So Cal Multifamily Sales Pulse - June 23, 2024 - June 29, 2024
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Here's What's Happening In The Market, Here’s What This Means For You

| Bad News for Homebuyers: "We are in a Big Hole" Filling the housing shortage is the long-term answer to making housing more affordable. |
What's Changed in CRE Sales Trends Prices per square foot, cap rates, and occupancies were some of the top trends during May 2024. |
| Retailers Cut Prices as Consumers Show Spending Strain As pressure hits consumers, it ultimately transfers to commercial real estate. |
Sales Slip as Home Prices Hit Record High Across U.S. Existing-home sales declined in May for the third consecutive month as the median sales price climbed to a record high of $419,300, up 5.8% from a year ago. |
| Orange County Rises To No. 1 Home-Price Gains In US On High-End Rush San Diego County prices rose 8.4% overall (No. 3) |
Fading Housing Demand Poses a Danger to Economic Conditions Homebuilders are 'increasingly pulling back' on building plans. |
| Housing's Battle of Demand Versus Affordability 'Cracks are forming beneath the surface,' says Cushman & Wakefield. |
More Renters Can't Afford Apartment Living While lower-income renters struggled to find affordable rentals, more higher-rent units came on the market. |
| Builders Say They're Stuck As Sentiment Slumps To Lowest Level Since December An economist for a U.S. home builder group said there's a catch-22 between inflation and interest rates. |
The $2T Wall Of Maturities Is Being Climbed Behind Closed Doors There's a lot happening in the background, besides what's happening with maturities, that we can’t track. |
| U.S. Shopping Center Leasing Reaches Two-Decade High Leasing in U.S. shopping centers is reaching a record pace as demand for retail surges following years of limited construction. |
Banking Credit Risk Spreads Across Multifamily Real Estate Comptroller of Currency Highlights Growing Regulatory Concern |
| Top Corporate CFOs Are Losing Some Confidence In Economy, As Consumer Demand Fears Spike Consumers are still traveling and eating out, the transaction values for those activities are down. |
Apartment Starts Plummet 52% Completions for buildings with five or more units rose only 0.8% in May as investors eyed new buildings. |
| This is What the End of Extend and Pretend Looks Like Big banks are trying to unload loans before they're forced to recognize a loss. |
OCC Underscores Multifamily as a Risk to the Banking System Office and some multifamily types are the big concerns say the regulator. |
| Multifamily Challenges Include Rising Costs, Slowing NOI Insurance premiums rose 27.7% YOY in January. |
Handicapping the Hard-, Soft-, and No-Landing Scenarios for CRE A soft landing still seems like the most likely outcome, at least for now. |
| US Big Banks Survive the Fed's CRE Shock Scenario 31 large institutions withstood a hypothetical 40% drop in valuations. |
MSCI: Prices Have Fallen Over 20% In Less Than 2 Years Additionally, apartment sales dropped 44% year over year in May to $6.7 billion. |
| BoA Has Grim News for Homebuyers Prices will stay high and could go higher, while inventory remains scarce. |
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Orange County
10
Closed Sales Last Week
34
Closed Sales - Average Days on Market
$2,148,489
Closed Sales - Average Sales Price
2
Transactions Sold At or Above Asking Price
4
Financed Transactions Last Week
6
All Cash Transactions Last Week
8
2-4 Unit Transactions Last Week
2
5+ Unit Transactions Last Week
22
New Listings Last Week
7
Months of Inventory
292
Total Number of Active Listings
$904,740,960
Active Listings, Dollar Volume
6
Active Under Contract Last Week
2
Pending Listings Last Week
0
Expired Listings Last Week
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Southern California
6
Closed Sales Last Week
54
Closed Sales - Average Days on Market
$1,225,167
Closed Sales - Average Sales Price
4
Transactions Sold At or Above Asking Price
3
Financed Transactions Last Week
3
All Cash Transactions Last Week
4
2-4 Unit Transactions Last Week
2
5+ Unit Transactions Last Week
6
New Listings Last Week
9
Months of Inventory
160
Total Number of Active Listings
$469,716,274
Active Listings, Dollar Volume
5
Active Under Contract Last Week
5
Pending Listings Last Week
1
Expired Listings Last Week
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