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Bay Area Apartment Market Shifting

OAKLAND-One report on San Francisco suggests asking prices for apartments are down 20%. Buildings are still getting multiple offers, but not at full price, according to a regional manager at Marcus and Millichap.

By Marsha Trent | Updated on May 14, 2001

OAKLAND-After the jumps in rents and apartment values over the past five years, some real estate experts predict the Bay Area will continue to attract multifamily investment during the rest of this year despite some softness in the market.

Given the perceived risks of investing in California due to the dot-com bust, a bankruptcy filing by the state’s largest utility and the reduction of earnings and employees at some of the Bay Area’s largest tech employers, higher cap rate adjustments are as likely as not, says William Huberty, vice president of the Multi-Housing Properties Group at CB Richard Ellis. Most investors will increase yield requirements in response to these conditions while a few could view this as a time to “finally get into this high barrier to entry market,” concludes the report.

“Clearly, the entire Bay Area, including Oakland, is feeling the impact of the slowing area economy,” says Huberty. “On the heels of nearly 30% multifamily rental growth in the year 2000, affordability has become an issue despite some owners’ wishful thinking that trees can grow to the sky. Large amounts of new housing supply has not been the disruptive force in Oakland or the Bay Area like most other parts of the county–our current re-pricing is all about a softening demand side.”

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