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california economic update
CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC UPDATE ISSUE 42 JULY 2015 A NNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Summer 2015 Update Here we are in the summer of 2015 and California enjoys an interest rate around 4%, affordability at 34% and inventory levels around 3.5 months and declining. In the past, this combination typically means an escalation of price, an acceleration of sales, and a boom market mentality begins to take hold. Let’s take a look at various counties to see if that is occurring in any major county we follow. Orange County Year over year, Orange County has had a less than a 3% price increase and stands at a median price of $727,850. Prices actually declined from September 2014 through January 2015. Since the beginning of 2015, prices have had gradual, steady gains. Real Estate Radio Show 590AM SATURDAYS FROM 6:00-6:30PM ON KTIE 590AM To put that price in perspective, the peak price for Orange County during the 2005-2007 boom was $775,424. I have always discounted that peak number believing it was only reached on the backs of extremely lax lending policies. We used the price Orange County was at when the state of California reached 17% affordability and calculated that should have been the peak price. That price was $697,798. FEATURES In our latest report, 2015: Proceed with Caution, we used a formula driven more by monthly payment to arrive at a peak price during the cycle we are in now. It takes into consideration the possibility of aggressive lending hikes. Los Angeles...................... 10 Orange ................................ 1 Riverside ............................. 3 Sacramento ......................... 5 San Diego .......................... 9 Santa Clara ....................... 12 San Francisco ................... 13 Affordability Update ..... 14 Upcoming Events.............17 July 21-23 NEWSLETTER TEAM Bruce Norris DISTRESSED PROPERTY BOOTCAMP Three full days in our office in Riverside as Bruce Norris shares what it takes to be a successful California real estate investor. Call Diana Barlet at 951-780-5856 for details. Aaron Norris Rich Durant, Graphic Design Please forward all questions or comments to aaron@thenorrisgroup.com. TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 1. Median Price – Orange County Median Price of Existing Single-Family Homes $740,000 YTY% Change in Sales Median Price of Existing Single-Family Homes 30.0% YTY% Change in Sales $720,000 20.0% $700,000 10.0% $680,000 0.0% $660,000 -10.0% $640,000 -20.0% $620,000 -30.0% May-13 Nov-13 May-14 Nov-14 May-15 Source: California Association of Realtors. 2. Orange County Potential Price Increases Assume median income at peak in 2005 Peak price was $775,424 due to aggressive lending, assume $697,798 max price Goal max payment $3,299 Price 80% loan Mortgage Payment (PI) Peak Jan 2015 Current $697,798 $558,000 $3,299 (4/05) $692,390 $553,888 $2,644.30 $727,850 $582,280 $2,779.89 Median Price 80% of Median Price Mortgage Payment (PI) Potential Upside if Interest Rates Remain at Interest Rate Listed 4% 5% 6% $862,937 $691,000 $3,299 $768,125 $614,500 $3,299 $688,000 $550,400 $3,299 25% 11% -1% Source: The Norris Group. For each 1% interest hike your median price peak goes down by 10-11% ■ Inventory levels in Orange County are on par with the state of California. The month’s supply chart has gradually come off of the January high of over 5 months to its current 3.5 months’ supply. 3. Unsold Inventory – Orange County (In months) Unsold Inventory Index & Median Time of Market 80 Median Time On Market 6 Unsold Inventory Index (right axis) 5 4 3 40 2 20 Months Number of Days 60 1 0 0 May-13 Nov-13 May-14 Nov-14 May-15 Source: California Association of Realtors. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 2 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 Sales of homes have gone up 4.9% year over year can be seen in Chart 3. 4. Single-Family Housing Permits – Orange County Source: California Association of Realtors. Single-family home construction has been unable to gain any consistency for the last two years. The chart above shows both multi-family and single-family construction, with the only burst in growth coming from the apartment construction business. Riverside County 5. Median Price – Riverside County Source: California Association of Realtors. Year over year, Riverside County has also had a less than inspiring 2.7% change in price and the median price stands at $332,490. If you divide this chart from 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, most of the price increases came in the first year. After that, price increases have been difficult to come by. To put that price in perspective, the peak price for Riverside County during the 2005-2007 boom was $431,713. When calculating trends, I have always discounted that peak number believing it was only reached on the backs of extremely realxed lending policies. I use the price Riverside County reached when the state of California reached 17% affordability. That price was $389,406. In Proceed with Caution, we used a formula driven more by monthly payment to arrive at an expected peak price during the current cycle. It takes into consideration the possibility of aggressive lending hikes. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 3 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 6. Riverside County Potential Price Increases Assume median income at peak in 2005 Peak price was $431,713 due to aggressive lending, assume $389,406 max price Goal max payment $1,842 Price 80% loan Mortgage Payment (PI) Median Price 80% of Median Price Mortgage Payment (PI) Potential Upside if Interest Rates Remain at Interest Rate Listed Peak Jan 2015 Current $389,406 $311,525 $1,842 (4/05) $322,700 $258,160 $1,232.50 $332,490 $265,992 $1,269.89 4% 5% 6% $482,500 $386,000 $1,842 $428,750 $343,000 $1,842 $384,125 $307,300 $1,842 49.5% 33% 19% Source: The Norris Group. 7. Unsold Inventory – Riverside County (In months) Source: California Association of Realtors. According to this chart, inventory levels stood at 4.3 months, about a 1% higher level than the state of California. This report differs from another inventory chart I’ve seen recently that shows Riverside’s inventory levels at below 3 months. The latest report on CAR’s website shows 4.3 in May, down from 4.5 months in April. It’s been our recent experience in Riverside that inventory is pretty tight with a declining number of available homes. Sales in Riverside County have increased by 7.8% year over year as seen in Chart 5. 8. Single-Family Housing Permits – Riverside County Source: California Association of Realtors. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 4 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 Construction in Riverside County is slowly improving but very far off anything resembling a construction boom. Riverside County built 423 new single-family homes versus only 30 units. Since Riverside’s construction employment is so important, I’ve enclosed a chart showing the creation of building lots. 9. Subdivisions – Riverside County 500 400 375 399 298 300 212 200 100 54 19 2009 11 25 20 2010 2011 2012 43 72 10 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2013 2014 2015Q1 Source: Real Estate Research Council of Southern California, Construction Industry Research Board. Although this chart shows some improvement, it shows hesitancy on the part of the developers to go “all in.” This is very different behavior from anything we’ve experienced before, especially given the high affordability and low interest rate environment. Sacramento County Year over year, Sacramento County has enjoyed a healthier price increase of 7.2% and stands at a median price of $293,480. This chart shows a pretty consistent plodding of prices moving gradually upwards. 10. Median Price – Sacramento County Source: California Association of Realtors. To put that price in perspective, the peak price for Sacramento County during the 2005-2007 boom was $394,450. Once again, I have always discounted that peak number believing it was only reached on the backs of extremely lax lending policies. We used the price Sacramento County was at when the state of California reached 17% affordability and calculated that should have been the peak price. That price was $369,765. In 2015: Proceed with Caution, we used the formula driven by monthly payment to arrive at a peak price during the cycle we are in now to take into account possibilities in interest rate hikes. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 5 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 11. Sacramento County Potential Price Increases Assume median income at peak in 2005 Peak price was $394,450 due to aggressive lending, assume $369,765 max price Goal max payment $1,750 Price 80% loan Mortgage Payment (PI) Median Price 80% of Median Price Mortgage Payment (PI) Potential Upside if Interest Rates Remain at Interest Rate Listed Peak Jan 2015 Current $369,765 $296,000 $1,750 (4/05) $270,150 $216,120 $1,031.80 $293,480 $234,784 $1,120.89 4% 5% 6% $458,125 $366,500 $1,750 $407,500 $326,000 $1,750 $365,000 $292,000 $1,750 70% 51% 35% Source: The Norris Group. Inventory levels stood at 2.9 months. That’s roughly 0.5% lower than the state of California. 12. Unsold Inventory – Sacramento County (In months) Source: California Association of Realtors. Sales in Sacramento County have increased by 4.9% year over year. 13. Single-Family Housing Permits – Sacramento County Source: California Association of Realtors. Construction in Sacramento County is slowly improving but also very far off anything resembling a construction boom. Sacramento built 204 homes to zero apartment units. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 6 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 San Bernardino County 14. Median Price – San Bernardino County Source: California Association of Realtors. Year over year, San Bernardino County prices gained only 3% and stands at a median price of $220,890. This chart also shows a pretty consistent plodding of prices moving gradually upwards. To put that price in perspective, the peak price for San Bernardino County during the 2005-2007 boom was $350,288. In the following, we use the price San Bernardino County was at when the state of California reached 17% affordability and calculated that as the peak price. That price was $301,799. Using our formula driven by monthly payment, we arrive at a peak price during the cycle we are in now. It takes into consideration the possibility of aggressive lending hikes. 15. San Bernardino County Potential Price Increases Assume median income at peak in 2005 Peak price was $350,288 due to aggressive lending, assume $301,799 max price Goal max payment $1,432 Price 80% loan Mortgage Payment (PI) Median Price 80% of Median Price Mortgage Payment (PI) Potential Upside if Interest Rates Remain at Interest Rate Listed Peak Jan 2015 Current $301,799 $241,439 $1,431 (4/05) $208,080 $166,464 $794.70 $220,890 $176,712 $843.65 4% 5% 6% $374,991 $300,000 $1,432 $333,437 $266,750 $1,432 $300,750 $240,600 $1,432 80% 60% 44% Source: The Norris Group. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 7 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 16. Unsold Inventory – San Bernardino County (In months) Source: California Association of Realtors. Inventory levels stood at 4.4 months, about a 1% higher level than the state of California. Sales in San Bernardino County have increased a very healthy 12.7% year over year. 17. Single-Family Housing Permits – San Bernardino County Source: California Association of Realtors. Construction in San Bernardino County is slowly improving but very far off anything resembling a construction boom. San Bernardino County had 252 new homes built versus 45 apartments. 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Year over year, San Diego County has had a healthy 8.2% price increase and stands at a median price of $538,660. Prices have been more volatile in San Diego than in some of the other more boring counties. To put that price in perspective, the peak price for San Diego County during the 2005-2007 boom was $622,378. Discounting that peak number to when the State of California reached 17% affordability, we use the price of $593,601 for calculations. 19. San Diego County Potential Price Increases Assume median income at peak in 2005 Peak price was $622,378 due to aggressive lending, assume $593,601 max price Goal max payment $2,808 Price 80% loan Mortgage Payment (PI) Median Price 80% of Median Price Mortgage Payment (PI) Potential Upside if Interest Rates Remain at Interest Rate Listed Peak Jan 2015 Current $593,601 $475,000 $2,808 (4/05) $493,000 $394,400 $1,882.90 $538,660 $430,928 $2,057.32 4% 5% 6% $735,000 $588,000 $2,808 $653,750 $523,000 $2,808 $585,625 $468,500 $2,808 49% 33% 19% Source: The Norris Group. 20. Unsold Inventory – San Diego County (In months) Source: California Association of Realtors. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 9 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 Inventory levels in San Diego County are about on par with the state of California. The month’s supply chart has gradually come off of the January high of over 5 months to its current 3.3 months’ supply. Sales of homes have gone up 6.5% year over year. 21. Single-Family Housing Permits – San Diego County Source: California Association of Realtors. Single-family home construction has been unable to gain any consistency for the last two years. This chart shows both multi-family and single-family construction, with the only burst in growth coming from the apartment construction business. San Diego County built only 244 homes but 716 apartment units. Los Angeles County 22. Median Price – Los Angeles County Source: California Association of Realtors. The median price in Los Angeles County went up 5.1% year over year; from $411,640 to $432,570. The peak price for Los Angeles County during the 2005-2007 boom was $625,812. Discounting that peak number for our calculations to the point where the state of California reached 17% affordability, we get the price of $451,503. That seems unreasonably low, so we settled on a $500,000 maximum price level to do our calculations. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 10 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 23. Los Angeles County Potential Price Increases Assume median income at peak in 2005 Peak price was $625,812 due to aggressive lending. Going to use $500,000 as max price Goal max payment $2,365 Price 80% loan Mortgage Payment (PI) Median Price 80% of Median Price Mortgage Payment (PI) Potential Upside if Interest Rates Remain at Interest Rate Listed Peak Jan 2015 Current $500,000 $400,000 $2,365 (4/05) $477,600 $382,080 $1,824.10 $432,570 $346,056 $1,652.12 4% 5% 6% $619,375 $495,500 $2,365 $550,625 $440,500 $2,365 $493,125 $394,500 $2,365 30% 15% 3% Source: The Norris Group. 24. Unsold Inventory – Los Angeles County (In months) Source: California Association of Realtors. Inventory levels in Los Angeles County are about on par with the state of California. The months’ supply chart has gradually come off of the February high of over 5 months to its current 3.6 months’ supply. Sales of homes have gone up 2.2% year over year. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 11 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 25. Single-Family Housing Permits – Los Angeles County Source: California Association of Realtors. This chart shows both multi-family and single-family construction, with the majority of the activity coming from the apartment construction business. Los Angeles County built only 374 homes but 1,032 apartment units. Santa Clara County 26. Median Price – Santa Clara County Source: California Association of Realtors. Year over year, Santa Clara County has had a very healthy price gain of 13.1%, one of the highest in the state. Price gains have been very consistent for the past two years. The current median price of $993,000 is far above the highs reached in 2007 at $865,000. 27. Unsold Inventory – Santa Clara County (In months) Source: California Association of Realtors. Inventory levels in Santa Clara County are at a miniscule 1.8 months’ supply, about half of the California 3.5 months’ supply. This is one of the lowest inventories in the state. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 12 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 However, sales in Santa Clara County have only gone up 2.0 % year over year, much less than the 8.9% for the state of California. 28. Single-Family Housing Permits – Santa Clara County Source: California Association of Realtors. Construction in Santa Clara County is pretty evenly divided between single-family and apartment construction. Construction of single-family homes represents much less of a priority for employment in this area. That role is supplied by the tech industry. In the entire county, only 86 homes were built and 93 apartment units. San Francisco County 29. Median Price – San Francisco County Source: California Association of Realtors. San Francisco County enjoyed a powerful increase of 22.8% to get to a median price of $1,375,000. That is almost triple the median price of California. The peak price reached in our last boom was $932,352. 30. Unsold Inventory – San Francisco County (In months) Source: California Association of Realtors. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 13 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 Inventory levels in San Francisco County stands at only 1.8 months. Like Santa Clara, it’s about half the state inventory level of 3.5 months. Despite the rapid acceleration of price, the volume of sales in the area went down by about 13% year over year. 31. Single-Family Housing Permits – San Francisco County Source: California Association of Realtors. Single-family construction in San Francisco County was virtually non-existent with seven new homes under construction. All of the residential construction was for multi-family units at 213. Affordability 32. California Affordability 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 1999 1997 1995 1993 1991 1989 1987 1985 1983 1981 1979 1977 0% Source: California Association of Realtors. California affordability stands at a healthy 34%. Historically, that leaves us with plenty of room for prices to run. The local picture varies considerably. Here’s how each area compares with its past history of affordability. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 14 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 Riverside County: San Diego County: ■ Current affordability: 42% ■ Current affordability: 28% ■ Past low affordability: 14% in 2005 ■ Past low affordability: 8% in 2005 ■ High affordability: 68% in 2010 ■ High affordability: 46% in 2010 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 42% in 2002 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 28% in 2001 San Bernardino County: Sacramento County: ■ Current affordability: 58% ■ Current affordability: 49% ■ Past low affordability: 19% in 2005 ■ Past low affordability: 19% in 2005 ■ High affordability: 78% in 2012 ■ High affordability: 74% in 2010 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 58% in 1999 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 49% in 2002 Orange County: Santa Clara County: ■ Current affordability: 22% ■ Current affordability: 22% ■ Past low affordability: 10% in 2005 ■ Past low affordability: 11% in 2007 ■ High affordability: 37% in 2009 ■ High affordability: 44% in 2009 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 22% in 2004 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 22% in 2004 Los Angeles County: San Francisco County: ■ Current affordability: 31% ■ Current affordability: 12% ■ Past low affordability: 9% in 2006 ■ Past low affordability: 8% in 2005 ■ High Affordability: 51% in 2012 ■ High affordability: 29% in 2012 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 31% in 2003 ■ Last time reached current affordability: 12% in 2004 With the exception of San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, California seems to be at a safe price range. I don’t see anything that causes immediate concern about needing to sell because a price peak is being approached. My attitude on that would change when interest rates rise and begin to eat away affordability without price increases. That will get my attention. Inventory levels are pretty low in most areas and the mix of inventory continues to be about 90% equity sellers and 10% being a combination of REOs and short sales. This percentage should continue to improve through the next 18 months. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 15 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 Since the lending world is still very restricted, it’s hard to imagine a circumstance that will change their policies overnight. This restriction does two main things: 1) It prevents a lot of sales volume that would otherwise occur, 2) It also prevents faulty loans from being created. Without a big volume of sales coming from the buyers who usually stretch the truth about their ability to pay, it would be hard to have a major downturn. Most people have loans that start with a 3% interest rate and I would bet they will hang in there and make that payment unless we go into a major recession and job losses occur. I found the following chart surprising. I don’t know why, but I had it in my head that most people in California moved about every five years or so. That doesn’t turn out to be true! 33. Tenure of Homeowners (Years) 30 25 18.9 20 Long Run Average = 15.9 15 10 5 0 CA Long Run Average SERIES: Percent of existing single-family homes being sold SOURCE: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Moody’s Analytics, C.A.R. This charts shows the tenure of home ownership for California. I really couldn’t believe the long run average is almost 16 years! That really surprised me and its hard for a chart to do that at this point. Perhaps even more importantly is the recent increase in length of ownership. Some of that was because of people being trapped under water with a mortgage balance greater than their house value. But I would bet some people are staying longer because they are not sure if they would actually qualify for a new loan. I can see this charts actually reflecting an owner even staying longer as interest rates rise. Why would you give up a 3% mortgage rate to move to your next house? I’m sure that may well restrict inventory in the future. © The Norris Group 2015 (951) 780-5856 www.thenorrisgroup.com 16 TNG CALIFORNIA INVESTOR QUARTERLY – JULY 2015 Newsletter Webinar Bruce walks through newsletter and takes questions live Friday, July 24. See link in email to register. Free for subscribers. 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