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Report: SF Multifamily Remains Solid

SAN FRANCISCO-Multifamily companies have continued to post among the best earnings growth in the REIT industry in 2006, driven by a return of pricing power and relatively low levels of new supply, according to a report by Banc of America Securities.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on October 24, 2006

(To read more on the multifamily market, click here.)

SAN FRANCISCO-Banc of America Securities is predicting high single-digit NOI growth for Bay Area apartment properties through 2007 due to the inaffordability of the single-family home and a lack of new apartment development. The report follows a tour of several Bay Area apartment properties owned by REITs such as Equity Residential, Archstone-Smith, United Dominion, Essex Property Trust and AvalonBay.

Average occupancy in the Bay Area has been rising steadily and now stands at 97.4% from its 2001 low of 94.4% following the telecom/dot.com bust, according to the report. Part of the reason for the improvement is supply. While there have been lots of apartment units converted to condominiums, the report found that no rental market rate apartments have been delivered for the past four quarters and that expected deliveries in 2006 will total only 480 units, only slightly better than the 406 units delivered in 2005. If construction completion expectations hold true, the Bay Area will have posted the two lowest annual totals since 1996, according to the report.

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