Buying, selling and operating apartments in Portland

Dec 16 + FY – Portland Apt Sales | 26 January 2017

To download the individual sales report, right-click the link below and “Save As”:

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Highlights:

• CapRates reported are still in the mid 5% compared to 2015 in the high 5% range. 
• $/unit Dec 16 YTD is a 15.6% increase over Dec 15 YTD.
• $/SqFt Dec 16 YTD  is a 10.6% increase over Dec 15 YTD.
• Dec 2016 YTD sales = $2922M vs. Dec 2015 YTD sales of $2360M

We are 24% over 2015 Full Year gross sales which is much higher than I would’ve projected in Sept 16.  50% of 2016’s gross dollar sales happened in Oct, Nov and Dec 16.

Dec 16 would’ve been a good year not that long ago (in 2010 to be specific.)

I’ll be posting a 5 year (2011-2016) Portland apartment sales history by mid-Feb, but if you’d like an earlier copy, eMail me.  I sort sales by:

• County
• Neighborhood
• Complex Size
• Decade Built
• Largest sales per county by total sale, $/SqFt and $/Unit

Interest rates have jumped.  My conjecture is there’s a sense of impending rate increases driving a burst of large transactions in Oct-Dec 16.  Dec 16 had $668M in transactions (vs. $260M in Dec 15).

If you’d like more information on:

– Details/background on individual sales in the report or a breakdown by neighborhood

– Free copy of our 80-page book – Buying, Selling and Operating Apartments Using Financial Analysis

– A very useful financial analysis of your property, call.  It will include I&E comparison to neighboring properties along with recent sales and rent comparables.

Please contact me:

Steve Morris | Vice-President
IMG Northwest
1234 SW 18th, Suite 102
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503.970.4593 
steve@imgnorthwest.com | www.imgnorthwest.com
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