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SD Apt. Owners Reluctant to Sell in Slowing Market

SAN DIEGO-For the third consecutive year, apartment sales slowed in the metro area as the market continued to correct itself following the record activity levels achieved in 2001 through 2004.

By Sule Aygoren Carranza | Updated on March 06, 2008

Sule Aygoren Carranza is managing editor of Real Estate Forum.

SAN DIEGO-For the third consecutive year, apartment sales slowed in the metro area as the market continued to correct itself following the record activity levels achieved in 2001 through 2004. According to Cushman & Wakefield, 482 properties changed hands in 2007, down 30.8% from the prior year, when 696 communities changed hands. Compare those figures to the 1,339 deals that took place in 2004–35% more than last year. In fact, last year’s tally was the lowest annual total since 1993, when 449 asses traded.

Not surprisingly, a slowing condominium market is a main culprit in the declining sales activity. As George Carlson, Cushman & Wakefield’s associate director and apartment specialist, tells it, “The market is correcting itself following several years of record demand for units, including those for conversion to condominiums. Prices skyrocketed and cap rates declined, and while condo conversion activity has slowed significantly, prices are still viewed as too high by some investors–particularly by smaller, local buyers.”

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