With the housing market is in such a weak state at the moment, you may think that it's not possible to make money in the real estate market. But there are a lot of bargains out there as house prices are very low. We have identified a growing sector of the real estate market in which investors can capitalize on in this weak housing market.

There is decoupling happening between the residential market and the commercial real estate market. Over past 6 months, there has been increased demand by investors for commercial assets, the reason for this is mainly because commercial property demand trails the economy by 6 to 9 months and also the employment improvement over the past 12 months. The come back for demand in commercial real estate has particularly been for residential apartments, which has been fuel by the housing stats, as many homeowners are leaving house ownership for apartments.

The apartment market has seen a major jump and continues to grow as home ownership decreases. Apartment ownership has increased also because home ownership has become very costly over the years. The idea of having to write one check to a landlord at end of the month is more attractive than having to pay a mortgage, utility bills, insurance, and maintenance for a house.

Investing in the residential market would be a smart move in the current market, commercial real estate that is income producing is very attractive to many investors.