Dallas is the No. 2 metro area in the country for new apartment construction in 2025, according to data from RentCafe.

The metro will add 28,958 units by the end of the year. The only city adding more units is New York, which will add over 30,000 units in 2025.

While that’s a 22.4% year-over-year decrease in Dallas, the metro is still the most active builder in Texas: Austin ranked No. 3 in the country, with about 2,000 fewer units than DFW, while Houston ranked No. 8, adding about half as many units as the Big D.

Most of the Metroplex’s new apartments — nearly 6,000 — are located in Dallas proper, followed by Fort Worth at 3,793 units and McKinney at 2,006. Over 1,000 new units can also be found in McKinney, Denton, Frisco and Anna.

via RentCafe

Dallas isn’t the only southern city packing in new apartments, though. Over half of all new U.S. apartments in 2025 — which equates to over 265,000 units — are located in the south.

“Southern metros typically offer streamlined approval processes and fewer regulatory hurdles, making it easier to bring multifamily projects to market,” explained Doug Ressler, senior analyst and manager of business intelligence for Yardi Matrix. “At the same time, elevated home prices and a shortage of attainable for-sale housing are pushing more residents toward rentals. For many households, single-family ownership is simply out of reach — fueling demand for rental housing.”