BuzzHouse: How COVID-19 is affecting multifamily housing market studies

Baker Tilly’s podcast series specifically for professionals in the multifamily housing industry

David Haviland is a Baker Tilly senior manager, best known for his multitude of experience helping multifamily housing developers identify opportunities through housing market studies. In this episode, he reveals how COVID-19 has impacted the process of market studies and why virtual site visits may be the wave of the future. Hosts, Don Bernards and Garrick Gibson dig deeper to uncover chatter around rent collections, especially as it relates to secondary outbreaks. David deconstructs the multifamily housing market to share predicted design and amenity changes as renters’ mindsets shift, as well as new and successful marketing strategies that listeners can implement.

Special guest

David Haviland, Senior Manager at Baker Tilly

David Haviland has over 19 years of experience conducting real estate market research and providing consulting services to clients. He provides effective and practical solutions for property owners, tenants, mortgage lenders, public officials and others involved in all aspects of the real estate process. His typical clients include developers, in which he helps the development team to identify opportunities. He also serves as a third-party source for market studies needed for future funding applications. In addition, David works with lenders, syndicators and state agencies to help underwrite specific deals as investment.