RH-WH-2025

Wuhan Rental Housing Market: 2021–2025 Evolution and 2025 Review

武漢住房租賃市場：2021—2025年演進與2025年深度觀察

Wuhan rental housing market research, 2021–2025: Executive Summary, Research Scope and EILT Model; Policy evolution and operating impact; Market Scale and Product Supply; Rent, Occupancy and Demand Anchors; Capital Markets, Risks and Recommendations.

Key findings

1. Reconstructed year-end 2025 supply reached 65,646 units, up by 6,836 from 2024.
2. Youth apartments represented 41,600 units, or 63.4%, and rental communities 20,901, or 31.8%, together 95.2% of supply.
3. EILT Tiers 1–3 contained 45,388 units, or 69.1% of citywide supply; Tier 3 was the largest tier with 28,580 units.
4. Comparable 2025 samples averaged RMB 1.52 per sq m per day and 98.5% occupancy.
5. Comparable supply increased by 22,457 units from 2023 to 2025, driven mainly by youth apartments and rental communities.
6. From 2021 to 2025, Wuhan policy expanded from affordable-rental mobilisation toward existing-asset activation, talent housing, rental regulation and urban renewal.

What's inside

1. Executive Summary, Research Scope and EILT Model04—07
2. Policy evolution and operating impact08—17
3. Market Scale and Product Supply18—33
4. Rent, Occupancy and Demand Anchors34—46
5. Capital Markets, Risks and Recommendations47—51

Who it is for

• Institutional investors evaluating entry into the Wuhan rental housing market
• Developers and operators planning youth apartments and rental communities
• Asset managers sourcing REIT-eligible rental assets
• Policy analysts tracking rental housing regulation