RAIT Expectations - RAIT Financial Trust
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RAIT Expectations - RAIT Financial Trust
RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia|New York|Charlotte RAIT Financial Trust A closer look at the jobs sector on a metrolevel June 6, 2014 US Commercial Real Estate RAIT Financial Trust New York City 600 3rd Avenue 11th Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 735-1495 Charlotte 6801 Fairview Road Suite D Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 362-0489 Haves and Have-Nots: The national economy has experienced job growth of 6.6% since the recession ended. The top 10 markets have seen job levels grow on average 14.0% since they troughed, while the bottom 10 markets in terms of job growth have increased only 2.4% on average. Job Leaders: Austin is the top market that we track in terms of job growth (regaining its hold on the top spot from Nashville), increasing 17.2% (almost 4.0% growth per year since 2010!), while San Jose, San Francisco, Nashville, and Houston are also seeing robust job growth with over 14% gains each. Other fast improving metros include Raleigh, Charleston, Orlando, Dallas, Charlotte, and Denver. Job Laggards: Conversely, markets such as Albuquerque, Syracuse, Virginia Beach, Buffalo, St. Louis, and Philadelphia have struggled to add jobs with job growth under 3.0% since their employment levels bottomed. The Informed Investor Job growth is paramount for commercial real estate fundamentals to recover. An informed investor in commercial real estate that makes the effort to dig past the headline numbers and analyze employment trends on a micro-level basis will have an advantage during these quickly changing times in commercial real estate. Volume 17 Market Strategy & Insight The Jobs Report: Summer 2014 Update As an update to our Summer 2013 “The Jobs Report”, the following report takes a closer look at job growth on a local level. There is job recovery occurring on the metro-level, although individual markets are improving at varying degrees. Metrolevel highlights include: Philadelphia - HQ Cira Centre 2929 Arch Street 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 243-9000 RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust: Greg Laughton Managing Director glaughton@raitft.com 704-362-4655 (direct) Table of Contents Section Summary Jobs, Jobs, Jobs - Summer 2014 Update National Employment Summary Private vs. Government Employment Office-Using Employment Manufacturing Employment Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Metro-Level Employment Summary Metros with Most Jobs Gained Metros with Least Jobs Gained Appendix A: Total Jobs Gained by % 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 8 10 Note: All charts are available in excel spreadsheet form per request RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – Summer 2014 Update The single most important factor for a recovery in the underlying commercial real estate fundamentals is positive job growth. Job growth fuels retail spending and business travel, as well as creates demand for office space, apartment units, and warehouse space. The good news is that economic conditions have improved after slowing last summer with the unemployment rate falling from 7.5% in May 2013 to 6.3% in May 2014. The not-so-good-news is that even with relatively stronger job growth the last twelve months; the economic recovery has been modest at best when compared to historical recoveries. Continued uncertainty abroad (Ukraine, Syria, Iran, slower growth in China, etc), along with a domestic economy that is still feeling the lingering effects of the recession and the recent slowdown in home price appreciation and buying), continues to add doubt to the recovery. Even with some uncertainty regarding the near term economic forecast, we believe the U.S. economic recovery is strong enough to continue to expand at a moderate pace and have begun to see signs that growth may begin to gain more traction later this year. We expect job growth will likely average around +225,000 for the remainder of 2014; although the pace will remain shy of historical recoveries and job growth will not be uniform by metro. While the national economic picture is important, real estate is a local business and investors in commercial real estate must take into account local conditions in their investment decisions. When one looks closely at the job market on a micro-level, it is plainly evident that the speeds at which local economies are emerging from the recession vary widely across the nation. In this report, we identify which metros have gained the most jobs since the recession and others that are still lagging. First, let’s start with the national data. National Employment Summary Overall, the U.S. economy has created 8,808,000 jobs since bottoming in February 2010 after suffering almost 8.8 million in job losses in 2008-2009. Job levels eclipsed their previous high last month and, while this is certainly cause for celebration, it should be noted that it has been over four years since job levels bottomed, highlighting just how slowly the economy has recovered. While the recent drop in the unemployment rate has been impressive, much of the improvement has been due to a falling labor participation rate. We believe that the unemployment rate will remain in the 6.0% to 6.5% range through the end of the year as unemployed people who had stopped looking for new employment become re-engaged. 2 RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte Figure 1: National Monthly Net Job Change and Unemployment Rate 500 11.00% 9.00% 100 8.00% Unemployment Rate Monthly Net Change (000s) 10.00% 6.3% 300 7.00% -100 6.00% -300 5.00% 4.00% -500 Overall, the U.S. economy has created 8,808,000 jobs since bottoming in February 2010 after suffering almost 8.8 million in job losses in 2008-2009. 3.00% -700 2.00% 1.00% Sep 2000 Jan 2001 May 2001 Sep 2001 Jan 2002 May 2002 Sep 2002 Jan 2003 May 2003 Sep 2003 Jan 2004 May 2004 Sep 2004 Jan 2005 May 2005 Sep 2005 Jan 2006 May 2006 Sep 2006 Jan 2007 May 2007 Sep 2007 Jan 2008 May 2008 Sep 2008 Jan 2009 May 2009 Sep 2009 Jan 2010 May 2010 Sep 2010 Jan 2011 May 2011 Sep 2011 Jan 2012 May 2012 Sep 2012 Jan 2013 May 2013 Sep 2013 Jan 2014 -900 Source: BLS, RAIT Financial Trust (Total Non-Farm, Seasonally Adjusted) Monthly Net Job Change Unemployment Rate Beyond the Headline Numbers Looking beyond the monthly headline jobs report, it is clear that the paths of private sector employment and government payrolls diverged beginning in 2010 as solid corporate profits helped push private employment levels higher, while the public sector struggled from the effects of the recession. Private sector job growth has been positive since February 2010, adding 9,196,000, jobs. Conversely, government payrolls have been a drag on overall employment as public sector jobs falling by 1,123,000 jobs since June 2010. Fortunately, it appears that the public sector employment sector has stabilized and, on the strength of improving state and municipality job gains, has seen three straight months of positive job growth for the first time since 2008. We believe that this trend will continue with the private sector continuing to add jobs while public sector job rolls remain relatively flat. Figure 2: Private vs. Government Sector Employment 400 11.00% 300 10.00% 9.00% 100 0 8.00% -100 7.00% -200 6.00% -300 -400 5.00% -500 Unemployment Rate Monthly Net Change (000s) 200 4.00% -600 3.00% -700 Monthly Private Sector Net Job Change Source: BLS, RAIT Financial Securities,Trust LLC (Total Non-Farm, Seasonally Adjusted) Jan 2014 Apr 2014 Jul 2013 Oct 2013 Jan 2013 Apr 2013 Jul 2012 Oct 2012 Jan 2012 Apr 2012 Jul 2011 Oct 2011 Jan 2011 Apr 2011 Jul 2010 Oct 2010 Jan 2010 Apr 2010 Jul 2009 Oct 2009 Jan 2009 Apr 2009 Jul 2008 Oct 2008 Jan 2008 Apr 2008 Jul 2007 Oct 2007 Apr 2007 2.00% Jan 2007 -800 Monthly Government Sector Net Job Change Unemployment Rate 3 Although modest, private sector job growth was positive since February 2010, adding 9,196,000 jobs. RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte While the tepid public sector forecast continues to weigh on overall job growth, solid gains, particularly in the office-using employment sector, driven mostly by 2,714,000 gain in professional and business services but also a turnaround in the construction sector, help build a case that (private) job growth will continue, and potentially at an increased rate. It should be noted that while government jobs at the federal level continues to fall, increasing state and local government payrolls have helped overall government job levels stabilize. Office-using employment has pushed higher for four straight years, powered mostly by the professional and business sector, although office-using employment gains continue to be modest on a monthly basis. Overall office-using employment has gained 2,739,000 jobs since levels bottomed in October 2009 after losing approximately 2,425,000 jobs during the recession. Figure 3: Office-Using Employment 0.50% 30,000 0.30% 29,500 29,000 0.10% 28,500 -0.10% 27,500 -0.50% 27,000 -0.70% 26,500 -0.90% 26,000 -1.10% 25,500 Office Using Employment % Change - MoM in 000's 28,000 -0.30% Office-using employment has increased four straight years, gaining approximately 2,793,000 jobs since levels bottomed in October 2009. Total Office Using Employment Source: BLS & RAIT Financial Trust In addition, the manufacturing sector, which had experienced a slowdown last summer, has seen growth pick up moderately in 2014, which has helped overall job growth average over 200,000 jobs added per month since last August. The manufacturing sector has added 647,000 jobs overall since January 2010. For the economy to gain real traction (and continue to exceed +200,000 jobs added per month), the manufacturing sector has to participate. 4 RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte Figure 4: Manufacturing Employment 0.50% 14,000 13,500 0.00% 13,000 -0.50% 12,500 12,000 in 000's -1.00% The manufacturing sector saw growth stagnate in early 2013. Even so, the sector has added 647,000 jobs since 2010. 11,500 -1.50% 11,000 -2.00% 10,500 Manufacturing Employment % Change - MoM Jan 2014 Apr 2014 Jul 2013 Oct 2013 Jan 2013 Apr 2013 Jul 2012 Oct 2012 Jan 2012 Apr 2012 Jul 2011 Oct 2011 Jan 2011 Apr 2011 Jul 2010 Oct 2010 Jan 2010 Apr 2010 Jul 2009 Oct 2009 Jan 2009 Apr 2009 Jul 2008 Oct 2008 Jan 2008 10,000 Apr 2008 -2.50% Total Manufacturing Employment Source: BLS & RAIT Financial Trust While weekly initial jobless claims remain higher than they historically would at this stage of a recovery, there are some positive signs that potentially point towards greater job growth in the near future. Initial jobless claims, which vacillated between 300,000 and 350,000 for the past six months, have remained below the 325,000 barrier for the last two months, marking the longest stretch of this cycle. The four week moving average is 311,500 jobless claims, the lowest it has been since mid-2007. If jobless claims continue to consistently come in under 325,000 we feel comfortable that the job recovery can break out of its current slow growth trajectory. Figure 5: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims (Seasonally Adjusted) 700,000 650,000 600,000 550,000 500,000 450,000 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 09 Jun 2007 04 Aug 2007 29 Sep 2007 24 Nov 2007 19 Jan 2008 15 Mar 2008 10 May 2008 05 Jul 2008 30 Aug 2008 25 Oct 2008 20 Dec 2008 14 Feb 2009 11 Apr 2009 06 Jun 2009 01 Aug 2009 26 Sep 2009 21 Nov 2009 16 Jan 2010 13 Mar 2010 08 May 2010 03 Jul 2010 28 Aug 2010 23 Oct 2010 18 Dec 2010 12 Feb 2011 09 Apr 2011 04 Jun 2011 30 Jul 2011 24 Sep 2011 19 Nov 2011 14 Jan 2012 10 Mar 2012 05 May 2012 30 Jun 2012 25 Aug 2012 20 Oct 2012 15 Dec 2012 09 Feb 2013 06 Apr 2013 01 Jun 2013 27 Jul 2013 21 Sep 2013 16 Nov 2013 11 Jan 2014 08 Mar 2014 03 May 2014 200,000 Weekly Initial Jobless Claims 5 Initial jobless claims, which vacillated above and below 300,000 for the past six months, have remained below 325,000 for the last two months. RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte Metro-Level Employment Summary: The Haves and Have-Nots While all of the 77 markets that we track have seen employment levels bottom and begin to improve; the velocity of the recovery varies widely by metro and region. Metro-Level Highlights Haves and Have-Nots: The national economy has experienced job growth of 6.8% since the recession ended. The top 10 markets have seen job levels grow on average 14.0% since they troughed, while the bottom 10 markets in terms of job growth have increased only 2.4% on average. Job Leaders: Austin is the top market that we track in terms of job growth (regaining its hold on the top spot from Nashville), increasing 17.2% (almost 4.0% growth per year since 2010!), while San Jose, San Francisco, Nashville, and Houston are also seeing robust job growth with over 14% gains each. Other fast improving metros include Raleigh, Charleston, Orlando, Dallas, Charlotte, and Denver. Job Laggards: Conversely, markets such as Albuquerque, Syracuse, Virginia Beach, Buffalo, St. Louis, and Philadelphia have struggled to add jobs with job growth under 3.0% since their employment levels bottomed. Florida and California Rising: Some of the hardest hit metros during the housing bust/recession are now experiencing accelerating job growth. Some of the biggest movers in job growth over the last year include Orlando, Miami, and Palm Beach in Florida and Sacramento, Inland Empire, and Oakland in California. See previous RAIT Expectations, “The Jobs Report” at www.rait.com for all previous charts. Which Markets have had the Largest Gains in Employment since Troughing? Overall, all of the 77 markets that we analyze currently have employment levels that are higher than their lowest point during the recession/post-recession period. Austin, our top market in terms of job growth, has added almost 130,000 jobs since employment levels bottomed in 2009, almost five times the amount of job losses incurred during the recession. Fueled by tech sector growth (Apple, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), San Jose and San Francisco have experienced stellar job growth since 2011. Nashville is helped by a diversified economy and in particular, growth in the education/health care sector has been a star performer since the end of the recession. The rebirth of domestic energy has spurred employment growth in Houston (+359,800 jobs, by far the most in the nation), Dallas, Fort Worth, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, and Denver. After getting hit extremely hard by the bursting of the housing bubble and subsequent recession, Orlando’s economy is hitting on all cylinders and, along with Dallas, has experienced the most job growth so far in 2014. Finally, broad-based job growth in Charlotte’s diversified economy continues the metros rapid recovery, while Boeing’s new plant in Charleston has led to solid employment gains. 6 RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte Since our September 2013 update, only a few markets fell out of the top 25, while others are making an appearance. Baltimore, Minneapolis, and Northern Virginia all fell out of the top 25 as job growth slowed. Conversely, increasing job growth helped Miami, Palm Beach, and Fort Lauderdale all move their way onto the top 25 list. A handful of markets have experienced significant job growth so far in 2014, including Dallas, Orlando, San Diego, Houston, Las Vegas, Fort Lauderdale, and Portland. All of which have seen job levels increase at least 1.25% over the first four months of 2014. Figure 6: Top 25 Markets by Total Jobs Gained by % - Since the Trough (Total Nonfarm, SA) Top 25 Historical Employment Change by Market 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD Gain since Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Rank * State (000s) % (000s) % (000s) % (000s) 1 Austin 40.8 5.80% 25.2 3.39% 5.6 0.73% (18.2) 2 San Jose 20.6 2.33% 19.0 2.10% (16.7) -1.80% (50.1) 3 San Francisco 23.9 2.47% 21.5 2.17% (9.4) -0.93% (52.9) 4 Nashville 10.5 1.41% 13.5 1.79% (19.3) -2.51% (26.0) 5 Houston 103.5 4.32% 89.3 3.58% 20.8 0.80% (107.5) 6 Raleigh 30.0 6.30% 19.4 3.83% (7.9) -1.50% (20.4) 7 Charleston 10.3 3.64% 8.0 2.73% (6.8) -2.26% (14.2) 8 Orlando 38.1 3.68% 11.9 1.11% (51.2) -4.72% (50.4) 9 Dallas 63.3 3.20% 55.5 2.72% (25.0) -1.19% (76.2) 10 Charlotte 43.0 5.36% 26.2 3.10% (23.5) -2.70% (48.9) 11 Denver 22.9 1.90% 26.8 2.19% (15.8) -1.26% (49.8) 12 Fort Worth 28.4 3.43% 20.1 2.35% (5.8) -0.66% (30.4) 13 Miami 21.1 2.03% 10.9 1.03% (48.5) -4.53% (42.2) 14 Salt Lake City 27.6 4.61% 16.0 2.55% (12.1) -1.88% (25.9) 15 San Antonio 24.6 3.09% 25.7 3.13% 3.2 0.38% (13.6) 16 Greenville 8.2 2.73% 6.9 2.24% (11.4) -3.61% (16.0) 17 Oklahoma City 4.5 0.79% 9.8 1.72% 3.4 0.59% (22.0) 18 Columbus 11.5 1.24% 7.2 0.77% (15.8) -1.67% (33.3) 19 Portland 26.8 2.67% 14.3 1.39% (32.1) -3.07% (47.2) 20 Palm Beach 8.4 1.50% (9.3) -1.63% (29.4) -5.25% (26.7) 21 Seattle 46.2 2.75% 51.8 3.00% (30.5) -1.71% (89.1) 22 Tampa 17.4 1.43% (17.4) -1.41% (62.4) -5.12% (59.0) 23 New York City 76.1 2.10% 67.6 1.82% (7.1) -0.19% (93.4) 24 Fort Lauderdale 20.9 2.71% (2.6) -0.33% (48.7) -6.17% (38.3) 25 Indianapolis 19.3 2.16% 12.8 1.40% (23.2) -2.51% (32.3) Source: BLS.gov, Economy.com, RAIT Financial Trust; 2014 data through April 2014 * Ranked by gain since trough % -2.35% -5.51% -5.28% -3.47% -4.12% -3.94% -4.83% -4.87% -3.67% -5.77% -4.03% -3.50% -4.13% -4.11% -1.60% -5.26% -3.77% -3.58% -4.66% -5.03% -5.10% -5.10% -2.48% -5.17% -3.59% (000s) 24.6 15.8 11.8 21.1 50.4 9.1 10.6 13.5 42.1 20.5 13.9 12.9 15.7 9.3 13.5 8.1 11.6 12.9 16.7 1.8 18.3 17.6 66.3 5.1 10.5 % 3.25% 1.84% 1.24% 2.92% 2.02% 1.83% 3.78% 1.37% 2.11% 2.57% 1.17% 1.54% 1.60% 1.54% 1.61% 2.81% 2.06% 1.44% 1.73% 0.36% 1.10% 1.60% 1.80% 0.73% 1.21% (000s) 26.0 22.0 33.5 26.4 81.3 8.6 8.3 19.3 41.3 19.6 25.8 29.5 21.5 13.9 17.9 5.3 12.7 30.6 19.0 12.1 33.3 21.2 92.3 16.9 25.8 % 3.33% 2.52% 3.49% 3.55% 3.19% 1.70% 2.86% 1.94% 2.03% 2.39% 2.15% 3.46% 2.16% 2.26% 2.11% 1.79% 2.21% 3.37% 1.93% 2.39% 1.99% 1.90% 2.47% 2.39% 2.94% (000s) 37.6 43.7 55.3 25.0 113.6 17.8 8.7 29.9 57.5 25.1 43.4 28.0 26.0 25.6 26.4 5.7 14.8 31.1 21.2 11.5 47.7 23.1 94.2 14.6 18.4 % 4.66% 4.87% 5.56% 3.25% 4.32% 3.46% 2.91% 2.94% 2.76% 2.99% 3.54% 3.18% 2.56% 4.08% 3.04% 1.89% 2.53% 3.31% 2.12% 2.22% 2.79% 2.03% 2.46% 2.02% 2.03% (000s) 37.8 44.1 36.3 27.2 88.3 18.5 4.0 36.1 69.9 21.9 36.9 18.3 30.7 14.2 28.5 9.4 17.8 10.5 27.5 17.1 45.0 27.5 83.7 22.4 14.8 % 4.47% 4.69% 3.46% 3.42% 3.22% 3.47% 1.30% 3.45% 3.27% 2.53% 2.91% 2.01% 2.95% 2.17% 3.19% 3.06% 2.96% 1.08% 2.69% 3.23% 2.56% 2.37% 2.13% 3.03% 1.60% (000s) 3.7 11.5 8.1 5.6 36.5 4.0 2.5 20.8 48.0 7.1 15.5 5.6 12.9 6.9 7.1 1.9 4.5 1.3 13.0 5.5 17.3 12.2 14.0 9.5 4.0 % 0.43% 1.21% 0.77% 0.70% 1.32% 0.75% 0.81% 1.98% 2.24% 0.82% 1.21% 0.61% 1.23% 1.05% 0.79% 0.61% 0.75% 0.13% 1.27% 1.03% 0.98% 1.05% 0.36% 1.28% 0.43% (000s) 129.5 141.3 150.1 106.1 359.0 62.9 34.3 119.3 239.8 94.9 140.2 98.3 113.2 66.3 88.5 30.4 57.8 90.9 96.7 50.4 165.7 105.5 353.0 67.1 81.2 % of Lost Jobs % Recaptured 17.15% 546.4% 16.57% 181.6% 15.87% 209.3% 14.76% 217.9% 14.36% 309.0% 12.73% 205.6% 12.25% 153.8% 12.13% 115.4% 12.01% 212.8% 11.88% 131.1% 11.85% 185.4% 11.72% 234.6% 11.60% 121.1% 10.99% 162.5% 10.63% 393.3% 10.57% 102.0% 10.29% 249.1% 10.15% 176.8% 10.03% 118.4% 10.02% 73.0% 10.00% 127.6% 9.62% 73.7% 9.62% 256.5% 9.57% 74.3% 9.37% 141.7% Which markets have recaptured jobs lost during the Recession? While a majority of markets are still a long way from peak employment levels attained before the recession, 35 markets (led by Austin, San Antonio, Houston, District of Columbia, New York City, Oklahoma City, Northern Virginia, Fort Worth, New Orleans, and Nashville) have recaptured all of the jobs lost during the recession and currently have overall employment levels that are at all-time highs. This is up from a total of 28 markets that recaptured 100% of lost jobs as of June 2013. Conversely, eleven markets have recaptured less than 50% of jobs lost during the recession (U.S. has recaptured 98.7%) including Birmingham, St. Louis, Memphis, Tucson, Northern New Jersey, Greensboro, Wichita, Detroit (although it has created 144,000 new jobs, or 8.4% growth, it is still only 29% of total jobs lost from 2000 to 2009), Virginia Beach, Syracuse, and Albuquerque. Others still with a deep deficit of jobs are Central New Jersey, Hartford, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee. 7 RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte Which Markets have Limited Employment Growth? Highlighting the vast differences between the “Haves” and “Have-Nots” in terms of job creation during this recovery there are five markets that have seen job levels fall over the past twelve months ending in April 2014, including Albuquerque, Syracuse, Detoit, Virginia Beach, and Suburban Maryland. The Syracuse, Albuquerque, and Virginia Beach economies continue to struggle to gain any traction, while a handful of other markets remain precariously close to their near term lows. Memphis, Central New Jersey, Northern New Jersey, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Buffalo lead a geographically diverse list of 14 other markets that are struggling to add jobs with overall growth still under 4.0%. The full list of metros is located in Appendix A of this report. Figure 7: List of Metros with Limited Employment Growth Bottom 25 Historical Employment Change by Market 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD Gain since Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Rank * State (000s) % (000s) % (000s) % (000s) 53 Long Island 10.4 0.83% 10.9 0.87% (23.3) -1.83% (28.2) 54 Fairfield Cty 4.6 1.06% 5.1 1.18% (12.7) -2.89% (19.1) 55 Chicago 47.0 1.05% 29.2 0.64% (120.8) -2.65% (212.3) 56 New Haven 5.6 1.48% 0.9 0.23% (8.5) -2.22% (14.4) 57 Pittsburgh 10.1 0.89% 5.5 0.48% (6.7) -0.58% (24.1) 58 Cleveland (3.1) -0.29% (3.3) -0.31% (31.8) -2.97% (49.4) 59 Kansas City 20.4 2.07% 10.6 1.05% (11.8) -1.16% (37.2) 60 Birmingham 8.3 1.59% 3.0 0.57% (13.2) -2.47% (27.9) 61 Little Rock 7.3 2.17% 4.9 1.43% (3.9) -1.12% (8.9) 62 Milwaukee 13.1 1.55% 0.4 0.05% (15.4) -1.80% (39.1) 63 Suburban Maryland 4.9 0.86% (1.0) -0.17% (9.9) -1.72% (8.9) 64 Greensboro 9.5 2.62% (1.1) -0.30% (14.6) -3.94% (20.8) 65 Wichita 10.7 3.71% 6.1 2.04% 0.7 0.23% (21.3) 66 Tucson 10.9 2.93% (0.3) -0.08% (10.9) -2.85% (18.1) 67 Rochester (2.1) -0.41% 1.2 0.23% (2.9) -0.56% (12.8) 68 Hartford 12.3 1.98% 6.7 1.05% (8.5) -1.33% (23.5) 69 Memphis 9.5 1.50% (0.1) -0.02% (22.3) -3.48% (29.0) 70 Central New Jersey 23.8 2.34% 0.6 0.06% (30.5) -2.93% (24.0) 71 Northern New Jersey 7.8 0.76% 6.3 0.61% (31.4) -3.02% (33.4) 72 Philadelphia 21.1 0.76% 14.5 0.52% (42.8) -1.52% (88.4) 73 St. Louis 17.1 1.27% 7.6 0.56% (33.1) -2.42% (48.1) 74 Buffalo 0.6 0.11% 2.7 0.49% (2.4) -0.44% (12.8) 75 Virginia Beach 10.1 1.32% 1.0 0.13% (18.0) -2.33% (19.1) 76 Syracuse 0.00% 2.9 0.90% (2.8) -0.86% (9.4) 77 Albuquerque 10.3 2.68% 1.9 0.48% (8.7) -2.20% (14.1) Source: BLS.gov, Economy.com, RAIT Financial Trust; 2014 data through April 2014 * Ranked by gain since trough % -2.26% -4.46% -4.78% -3.86% -2.11% -4.76% -3.70% -5.36% -2.58% -4.65% -1.57% -5.84% -6.96% -4.87% -2.50% -3.72% -4.68% -2.38% -3.31% -3.19% -3.60% -2.34% -2.53% -2.93% -3.64% (000s) 14.9 4.9 40.5 (0.3) 19.0 5.3 8.2 (0.4) 3.5 5.8 4.8 2.5 (1.7) (0.8) 4.6 3.9 (1.0) (4.5) (10.5) 18.8 5.8 6.0 (0.1) 0.7 (1.5) % 1.22% 1.20% 0.96% -0.07% 1.70% 0.54% 0.85% -0.08% 1.04% 0.72% 0.86% 0.75% -0.60% -0.23% 0.92% 0.64% -0.17% -0.46% -1.08% 0.70% 0.45% 1.12% -0.01% 0.22% -0.40% (000s) 15.3 4.1 58.9 2.9 16.3 13.3 12.1 5.0 0.9 1.4 2.2 2.4 (0.1) 3.5 9.2 3.4 9.2 8.3 4.9 4.3 12.4 4.1 3.9 1.7 (4.7) % 1.24% 1.00% 1.38% 0.80% 1.43% 1.34% 1.24% 1.02% 0.27% 0.17% 0.39% 0.71% -0.04% 0.99% 1.83% 0.55% 1.56% 0.85% 0.51% 0.16% 0.96% 0.76% 0.53% 0.54% -1.26% (000s) 16.9 4.7 74.9 5.5 4.8 18.6 11.0 6.5 4.5 12.4 4.6 4.3 4.5 3.8 2.1 7.8 8.5 16.8 5.6 28.5 5.3 2.0 10.6 2.0 3.6 % 1.35% 1.12% 1.73% 1.51% 0.42% 1.85% 1.11% 1.31% 1.32% 1.53% 0.81% 1.26% 1.59% 1.07% 0.41% 1.26% 1.42% 1.70% 0.58% 1.05% 0.41% 0.37% 1.43% 0.64% 0.98% (000s) 9.0 1.9 42.7 2.8 -4.5 3.8 6.8 10.0 1.5 10.5 5.8 2.1 3.0 6.0 -0.9 3.8 1.5 16.5 11.5 10.5 8.8 5.4 -2.2 -1.4 -3.2 % 0.71% 0.44% 0.97% 0.76% -0.39% 0.37% 0.68% 1.99% 0.44% 1.28% 1.02% 0.61% 1.04% 1.66% -0.17% 0.61% 0.25% 1.64% 1.18% 0.38% 0.67% 0.99% -0.29% -0.44% -0.86% (000s) 2.6 1.0 -19.0 0.3 7.4 4.0 4.4 -0.5 3.8 1.2 -3.3 -0.8 0.7 1.6 0.8 -2.6 2.8 -4.0 4.2 5.6 5.5 -1.7 -1.8 -2.6 -1.4 % 0.20% 0.23% -0.43% 0.08% 0.64% 0.39% 0.44% -0.10% 1.10% 0.15% -0.58% -0.23% 0.24% 0.44% 0.16% -0.42% 0.46% -0.40% 0.43% 0.20% 0.42% -0.31% -0.24% -0.82% -0.38% (000s) 67.5 21.4 221.7 18.1 53.8 46.5 44.2 22.1 14.4 32.6 22.1 13.3 11.0 13.3 18.4 21.7 20.5 32.0 29.1 78.4 36.2 15.0 7.5 2.2 1.2 % of Lost Jobs % Recaptured 5.54% 123.6% 5.24% 64.9% 5.24% 66.1% 5.11% 63.1% 4.85% 127.2% 4.62% 64.1% 4.57% 75.9% 4.49% 47.5% 4.32% 89.4% 4.06% 54.2% 4.02% 80.7% 3.98% 36.1% 3.94% 35.5% 3.80% 37.5% 3.69% 98.4% 3.59% 51.3% 3.49% 37.9% 3.25% 50.5% 3.02% 36.3% 2.93% 54.2% 2.81% 43.9% 2.81% 73.5% 1.01% 19.4% 0.71% 16.1% 0.32% 3.8% Summary The U.S. economy is now three and a half years into the economic “recovery”, and there is a clear line between which markets are successfully creating new jobs and other markets that continue to struggle to gain traction. The markets leading the nation from the recession echo the sectors that are the current economic drivers in the United States, such as energy (Texas, Oklahoma City, and to a lesser extent, Denver and Salt Lake City) and tech (San Jose and San Francisco), education/health care (Nashville), as well as diversified business friendly/lifestyle locations (Austin, Orlando and Charlotte). We are also seeing the return of job growth to much of Florida and California, which highlights job and demographic trends that have been in place for decades. Growth is occurring in the Sunbelt, particularly Texas, the Carolinas, Florida, and California, while the much of the Midwest and Northeast struggle to gain traction. We expect these trends will continue over the near term and that the current job growth leaders will continue to shine bright during this job growth cycle. Conversely, many of the laggards in 8 RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte terms of job creation will continue to labor with some struggling to match their pre-recession peak job levels. Job growth is paramount for commercial real estate fundamentals to recover. An informed investor in commercial real estate that makes the effort to dig past the headline numbers and analyze employment trends on a micro-level basis will have an advantage during these quickly changing times in commercial real estate. 9 RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte Appendix A: Total Jobs Gained by % - Since the Trough (Full List of Metros) Historical Employment Change by Market 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD Gain since Trough Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change % (000s) % 4.66% 37.8 4.47% 4.87% 44.1 4.69% 5.56% 36.3 3.46% 3.25% 27.2 3.42% 4.32% 88.3 3.22% 3.46% 18.5 3.47% 2.91% 4.0 1.30% 2.94% 36.1 3.45% 2.76% 69.9 3.27% 2.99% 21.9 2.53% 3.54% 36.9 2.91% 3.18% 18.3 2.01% 2.56% 30.7 2.95% 4.08% 14.2 2.17% 3.04% 28.5 3.19% 1.89% 9.4 3.06% 2.53% 17.8 2.96% 3.31% 10.5 1.08% 2.12% 27.5 2.69% 2.22% 17.1 3.23% 2.79% 45.0 2.56% 2.03% 27.5 2.37% 2.46% 83.7 2.13% 2.02% 22.4 3.03% 2.03% 14.8 1.60% 3.02% 52.6 2.94% 3.78% 23.8 1.83% 4.30% 39.1 3.26% 3.68% 38.0 2.64% 2.47% 32.0 3.84% 1.49% 18.0 1.36% 2.03% 51.7 2.18% 2.21% 15.4 0.83% 1.92% 17.9 2.99% 1.23% 40.1 2.26% 1.92% 4.1 0.55% 4.26% 23.5 2.31% 2.97% 23.5 2.76% 3.54% 94.3 2.32% 3.78% 5.4 0.87% 2.14% 6.2 0.98% 2.91% 3.1 0.86% 1.88% 5.5 1.95% 1.67% 11.3 0.83% 1.68% 2,475.0 1.83% 1.49% 41.8 1.67% 0.52% 4.5 1.36% 1.49% 20.4 2.01% 2.27% 7.0 1.63% 1.96% 4.0 1.57% 1.31% 10.8 2.29% 1.22% 9.1 1.69% 1.35% 9.0 0.71% 1.12% 1.9 0.44% 1.73% 42.7 0.97% 1.51% 2.8 0.76% 0.42% -4.5 -0.39% 1.85% 3.8 0.37% 1.11% 6.8 0.68% 1.31% 10.0 1.99% 1.32% 1.5 0.44% 1.53% 10.5 1.28% 0.81% 5.8 1.02% 1.26% 2.1 0.61% 1.59% 3.0 1.04% 1.07% 6.0 1.66% 0.41% -0.9 -0.17% 1.26% 3.8 0.61% 1.42% 1.5 0.25% 1.70% 16.5 1.64% 0.58% 11.5 1.18% 1.05% 10.5 0.38% 0.41% 8.8 0.67% 0.37% 5.4 0.99% 1.43% -2.2 -0.29% 0.64% -1.4 -0.44% 0.98% -3.2 -0.86% (000s) 3.7 11.5 8.1 5.6 36.5 4.0 2.5 20.8 48.0 7.1 15.5 5.6 12.9 6.9 7.1 1.9 4.5 1.3 13.0 5.5 17.3 12.2 14.0 9.5 4.0 2.4 19.4 5.4 7.4 11.0 13.3 6.7 -8.2 6.9 5.4 1.4 4.8 9.8 26.1 -5.2 3.9 2.5 -0.4 -0.6 1068.0 9.9 2.2 10.6 1.2 2.6 2.0 -0.3 2.6 1.0 -19.0 0.3 7.4 4.0 4.4 -0.5 3.8 1.2 -3.3 -0.8 0.7 1.6 0.8 -2.6 2.8 -4.0 4.2 5.6 5.5 -1.7 -1.8 -2.6 -1.4 Rank * State (000s) % (000s) % (000s) % (000s) 1 Austin 40.8 5.80% 25.2 3.39% 5.6 0.73% (18.2) 2 San Jose 20.6 2.33% 19.0 2.10% (16.7) -1.80% (50.1) 3 San Francisco 23.9 2.47% 21.5 2.17% (9.4) -0.93% (52.9) 4 Nashville 10.5 1.41% 13.5 1.79% (19.3) -2.51% (26.0) 5 Houston 103.5 4.32% 89.3 3.58% 20.8 0.80% (107.5) 6 Raleigh 30.0 6.30% 19.4 3.83% (7.9) -1.50% (20.4) 7 Charleston 10.3 3.64% 8.0 2.73% (6.8) -2.26% (14.2) 8 Orlando 38.1 3.68% 11.9 1.11% (51.2) -4.72% (50.4) 9 Dallas 63.3 3.20% 55.5 2.72% (25.0) -1.19% (76.2) 10 Charlotte 43.0 5.36% 26.2 3.10% (23.5) -2.70% (48.9) 11 Denver 22.9 1.90% 26.8 2.19% (15.8) -1.26% (49.8) 12 Fort Worth 28.4 3.43% 20.1 2.35% (5.8) -0.66% (30.4) 13 Miami 21.1 2.03% 10.9 1.03% (48.5) -4.53% (42.2) 14 Salt Lake City 27.6 4.61% 16.0 2.55% (12.1) -1.88% (25.9) 15 San Antonio 24.6 3.09% 25.7 3.13% 3.2 0.38% (13.6) 16 Greenville 8.2 2.73% 6.9 2.24% (11.4) -3.61% (16.0) 17 Oklahoma City 4.5 0.79% 9.8 1.72% 3.4 0.59% (22.0) 18 Columbus 11.5 1.24% 7.2 0.77% (15.8) -1.67% (33.3) 19 Portland 26.8 2.67% 14.3 1.39% (32.1) -3.07% (47.2) 20 Palm Beach 8.4 1.50% (9.3) -1.63% (29.4) -5.25% (26.7) 21 Seattle 46.2 2.75% 51.8 3.00% (30.5) -1.71% (89.1) 22 Tampa 17.4 1.43% (17.4) -1.41% (62.4) -5.12% (59.0) 23 New York City 76.1 2.10% 67.6 1.82% (7.1) -0.19% (93.4) 24 Fort Lauderdale 20.9 2.71% (2.6) -0.33% (48.7) -6.17% (38.3) 25 Indianapolis 19.3 2.16% 12.8 1.40% (23.2) -2.51% (32.3) 26 Phoenix 66.6 3.62% 14.3 0.75% (110.5) -5.75% (120.3) 27 San Diego 16.8 1.29% 3.5 0.27% (30.2) -2.29% (59.1) 28 Inland Empire 21.9 1.74% (2.2) -0.17% (73.0) -5.69% (65.0) 29 Orange County 21.1 1.40% (14.6) -0.95% (69.1) -4.56% (88.3) 30 Las Vegas 25.5 2.84% 7.3 0.79% (55.9) -6.00% (63.2) 31 Baltimore 17.6 1.36% 4.5 0.34% (21.4) -1.62% (33.9) 32 Atlanta 65.8 2.77% 18.8 0.77% (85.4) -3.48% (115.2) 33 Detroit (58.3) -2.86% (34.1) -1.72% (99.5) -5.12% (122.2) 34 Jacksonville 18.3 2.99% (1.3) -0.21% (24.4) -3.88% (27.1) 35 Minneapolis 9.7 0.54% 1.9 0.11% (35.5) -1.98% (70.6) 36 District of Columbia 3.5 0.51% 9.4 1.36% 2.7 0.39% 1.4 37 Oakland 7.2 0.69% 5.1 0.48% (37.6) -3.55% (54.9) 38 Sacramento 7.4 0.82% 0.9 0.10% (34.6) -3.78% (46.2) 39 Los Angeles 45.3 1.09% 22.6 0.54% (129.6) -3.06% (219.8) 40 Louisville 10.8 1.77% 3.4 0.55% (15.1) -2.41% (20.2) 41 Richmond 12.1 1.95% 0.7 0.11% (8.3) -1.31% (24.9) 42 Columbia, SC 6.9 1.94% 3.8 1.05% (8.4) -2.29% (16.4) 43 Durham 10.4 3.91% 4.1 1.48% (0.1) -0.04% (11.2) 44 Northern Virginia 21.9 1.71% 10.9 0.84% (10.1) -0.77% (10.2) 45 United States 2,085.0 1.54% 1,140.0 0.83% (3,576.0) -2.58% (5,087.0) 46 Boston 37.4 1.55% 34.2 1.40% (17.0) -0.69% (61.8) 47 Knoxville 7.1 2.16% 0.7 0.21% (2.8) -0.83% (14.1) 48 Cincinnati 0.4 0.04% 12.8 1.23% (25.6) -2.43% (44.1) 49 Tulsa 9.2 2.18% 4.8 1.12% 1.3 0.30% (24.5) 50 Colorado Springs 2.7 1.05% 2.4 0.93% (6.9) -2.64% (8.2) 51 Omaha 7.2 1.59% 8.0 1.74% 0.3 0.06% (13.5) 52 New Orleans 55.8 12.40% 23.0 4.55% 1.3 0.25% (10.3) 53 Long Island 10.4 0.83% 10.9 0.87% (23.3) -1.83% (28.2) 54 Fairfield Cty 4.6 1.06% 5.1 1.18% (12.7) -2.89% (19.1) 55 Chicago 47.0 1.05% 29.2 0.64% (120.8) -2.65% (212.3) 56 New Haven 5.6 1.48% 0.9 0.23% (8.5) -2.22% (14.4) 57 Pittsburgh 10.1 0.89% 5.5 0.48% (6.7) -0.58% (24.1) 58 Cleveland (3.1) -0.29% (3.3) -0.31% (31.8) -2.97% (49.4) 59 Kansas City 20.4 2.07% 10.6 1.05% (11.8) -1.16% (37.2) 60 Birmingham 8.3 1.59% 3.0 0.57% (13.2) -2.47% (27.9) 61 Little Rock 7.3 2.17% 4.9 1.43% (3.9) -1.12% (8.9) 62 Milwaukee 13.1 1.55% 0.4 0.05% (15.4) -1.80% (39.1) 63 Suburban Maryland 4.9 0.86% (1.0) -0.17% (9.9) -1.72% (8.9) 64 Greensboro 9.5 2.62% (1.1) -0.30% (14.6) -3.94% (20.8) 65 Wichita 10.7 3.71% 6.1 2.04% 0.7 0.23% (21.3) 66 Tucson 10.9 2.93% (0.3) -0.08% (10.9) -2.85% (18.1) 67 Rochester (2.1) -0.41% 1.2 0.23% (2.9) -0.56% (12.8) 68 Hartford 12.3 1.98% 6.7 1.05% (8.5) -1.33% (23.5) 69 Memphis 9.5 1.50% (0.1) -0.02% (22.3) -3.48% (29.0) 70 Central New Jersey 23.8 2.34% 0.6 0.06% (30.5) -2.93% (24.0) 71 Northern New Jersey 7.8 0.76% 6.3 0.61% (31.4) -3.02% (33.4) 72 Philadelphia 21.1 0.76% 14.5 0.52% (42.8) -1.52% (88.4) 73 St. Louis 17.1 1.27% 7.6 0.56% (33.1) -2.42% (48.1) 74 Buffalo 0.6 0.11% 2.7 0.49% (2.4) -0.44% (12.8) 75 Virginia Beach 10.1 1.32% 1.0 0.13% (18.0) -2.33% (19.1) 76 Syracuse 0.00% 2.9 0.90% (2.8) -0.86% (9.4) 77 Albuquerque 10.3 2.68% 1.9 0.48% (8.7) -2.20% (14.1) Source: BLS.gov, Economy.com, RAIT Financial Trust; 2014 data through April 2014 * Ranked by gain since trough % (000s) % (000s) % (000s) -2.35% 24.6 3.25% 26.0 3.33% 37.6 -5.51% 15.8 1.84% 22.0 2.52% 43.7 -5.28% 11.8 1.24% 33.5 3.49% 55.3 -3.47% 21.1 2.92% 26.4 3.55% 25.0 -4.12% 50.4 2.02% 81.3 3.19% 113.6 -3.94% 9.1 1.83% 8.6 1.70% 17.8 -4.83% 10.6 3.78% 8.3 2.86% 8.7 -4.87% 13.5 1.37% 19.3 1.94% 29.9 -3.67% 42.1 2.11% 41.3 2.03% 57.5 -5.77% 20.5 2.57% 19.6 2.39% 25.1 -4.03% 13.9 1.17% 25.8 2.15% 43.4 -3.50% 12.9 1.54% 29.5 3.46% 28.0 -4.13% 15.7 1.60% 21.5 2.16% 26.0 -4.11% 9.3 1.54% 13.9 2.26% 25.6 -1.60% 13.5 1.61% 17.9 2.11% 26.4 -5.26% 8.1 2.81% 5.3 1.79% 5.7 -3.77% 11.6 2.06% 12.7 2.21% 14.8 -3.58% 12.9 1.44% 30.6 3.37% 31.1 -4.66% 16.7 1.73% 19.0 1.93% 21.2 -5.03% 1.8 0.36% 12.1 2.39% 11.5 -5.10% 18.3 1.10% 33.3 1.99% 47.7 -5.10% 17.6 1.60% 21.2 1.90% 23.1 -2.48% 66.3 1.80% 92.3 2.47% 94.2 -5.17% 5.1 0.73% 16.9 2.39% 14.6 -3.59% 10.5 1.21% 25.8 2.94% 18.4 -6.65% 13.0 0.77% 33.6 1.97% 52.5 -4.58% 9.2 0.75% 12.0 0.97% 47.3 -5.38% 1.0 0.09% 6.2 0.54% 49.5 -6.11% 17.1 1.26% 15.2 1.11% 51.1 -7.22% (9.4) -1.16% 11.0 1.37% 20.1 -2.61% 15.9 1.26% 23.7 1.85% 19.5 -4.86% 26.1 1.16% 41.9 1.84% 47.2 -6.62% 31.9 1.85% 56.0 3.19% 40.0 -4.49% 8.4 1.46% 2.1 0.36% 11.3 -4.02% 22.2 1.32% 43.7 2.56% 21.5 0.20% 13.0 1.85% 11.7 1.63% 14.0 -5.37% (5.0) -0.52% 14.6 1.52% 41.6 -5.25% (12.7) -1.52% 6.5 0.79% 24.6 -5.35% 14.7 0.38% 31.0 0.79% 139.0 -3.31% 9.1 1.54% 0.9 0.15% 22.7 -3.99% 4.8 0.80% 13.2 2.18% 13.2 -4.58% 2.5 0.73% 6.3 1.83% 10.2 -3.99% 2.6 0.97% 4.3 1.58% 5.2 -0.78% 25.5 1.97% 19.4 1.47% 22.4 -3.77% 1,058.0 0.82% 2,083.0 1.59% 2236.0 -2.51% 29.0 1.21% 31.0 1.27% 36.7 -4.23% 5.2 1.63% 5.7 1.76% 1.7 -4.30% (1.3) -0.13% 17.7 1.81% 14.9 -5.61% 3.3 0.80% 4.0 0.96% 9.5 -3.22% 0.00% 3.5 1.42% 4.9 -2.88% 6.0 1.32% 4.3 0.93% 6.1 -1.94% 6.0 1.15% 6.2 1.18% 6.5 -2.26% 14.9 1.22% 15.3 1.24% 16.9 -4.46% 4.9 1.20% 4.1 1.00% 4.7 -4.78% 40.5 0.96% 58.9 1.38% 74.9 -3.86% (0.3) -0.07% 2.9 0.80% 5.5 -2.11% 19.0 1.70% 16.3 1.43% 4.8 -4.76% 5.3 0.54% 13.3 1.34% 18.6 -3.70% 8.2 0.85% 12.1 1.24% 11.0 -5.36% (0.4) -0.08% 5.0 1.02% 6.5 -2.58% 3.5 1.04% 0.9 0.27% 4.5 -4.65% 5.8 0.72% 1.4 0.17% 12.4 -1.57% 4.8 0.86% 2.2 0.39% 4.6 -5.84% 2.5 0.75% 2.4 0.71% 4.3 -6.96% (1.7) -0.60% (0.1) -0.04% 4.5 -4.87% (0.8) -0.23% 3.5 0.99% 3.8 -2.50% 4.6 0.92% 9.2 1.83% 2.1 -3.72% 3.9 0.64% 3.4 0.55% 7.8 -4.68% (1.0) -0.17% 9.2 1.56% 8.5 -2.38% (4.5) -0.46% 8.3 0.85% 16.8 -3.31% (10.5) -1.08% 4.9 0.51% 5.6 -3.19% 18.8 0.70% 4.3 0.16% 28.5 -3.60% 5.8 0.45% 12.4 0.96% 5.3 -2.34% 6.0 1.12% 4.1 0.76% 2.0 -2.53% (0.1) -0.01% 3.9 0.53% 10.6 -2.93% 0.7 0.22% 1.7 0.54% 2.0 -3.64% (1.5) -0.40% (4.7) -1.26% 3.6 10 % 0.43% 1.21% 0.77% 0.70% 1.32% 0.75% 0.81% 1.98% 2.24% 0.82% 1.21% 0.61% 1.23% 1.05% 0.79% 0.61% 0.75% 0.13% 1.27% 1.03% 0.98% 1.05% 0.36% 1.28% 0.43% 0.13% 1.49% 0.45% 0.51% 1.31% 1.00% 0.28% -0.44% 1.15% 0.30% 0.19% 0.47% 1.14% 0.64% -0.83% 0.62% 0.70% -0.14% -0.04% 0.79% 0.40% 0.66% 1.04% 0.28% 1.02% 0.42% -0.06% 0.20% 0.23% -0.43% 0.08% 0.64% 0.39% 0.44% -0.10% 1.10% 0.15% -0.58% -0.23% 0.24% 0.44% 0.16% -0.42% 0.46% -0.40% 0.43% 0.20% 0.42% -0.31% -0.24% -0.82% -0.38% (000s) 129.5 141.3 150.1 106.1 359.0 62.9 34.3 119.3 239.8 94.9 140.2 98.3 113.2 66.3 88.5 30.4 57.8 90.9 96.7 50.4 165.7 105.5 353.0 67.1 81.2 155.3 112.3 103.4 122.0 71.0 107.2 189.2 143.6 47.8 137.5 54.3 75.7 63.8 293.0 43.2 43.8 25.0 19.0 88.2 8,808.0 161.5 19.5 58.8 24.0 14.2 25.7 29.3 67.5 21.4 221.7 18.1 53.8 46.5 44.2 22.1 14.4 32.6 22.1 13.3 11.0 13.3 18.4 21.7 20.5 32.0 29.1 78.4 36.2 15.0 7.5 2.2 1.2 % of Lost Jobs % Recaptured 17.15% 546.4% 16.57% 181.6% 15.87% 209.3% 14.76% 217.9% 14.36% 309.0% 12.73% 205.6% 12.25% 153.8% 12.13% 115.4% 12.01% 212.8% 11.88% 131.1% 11.85% 185.4% 11.72% 234.6% 11.60% 121.1% 10.99% 162.5% 10.63% 393.3% 10.57% 102.0% 10.29% 249.1% 10.15% 176.8% 10.03% 118.4% 10.02% 73.0% 10.00% 127.6% 9.62% 73.7% 9.62% 256.5% 9.57% 74.3% 9.37% 141.7% 9.21% 63.3% 9.15% 115.3% 9.02% 70.6% 9.00% 68.9% 8.90% 53.4% 8.58% 147.9% 8.40% 91.2% 8.38% 29.0% 8.30% 83.4% 8.16% 119.8% 7.82% 285.8% 7.79% 83.4% 7.77% 65.1% 7.55% 83.0% 7.40% 101.4% 7.34% 112.3% 7.30% 96.9% 7.08% 130.1% 6.88% 238.4% 6.79% 101.1% 6.76% 155.3% 6.14% 94.2% 6.00% 77.9% 5.83% 78.7% 5.68% 84.5% 5.64% 149.4% 5.64% 222.0% 5.54% 123.6% 5.24% 64.9% 5.24% 66.1% 5.11% 63.1% 4.85% 127.2% 4.62% 64.1% 4.57% 75.9% 4.49% 47.5% 4.32% 89.4% 4.06% 54.2% 4.02% 80.7% 3.98% 36.1% 3.94% 35.5% 3.80% 37.5% 3.69% 98.4% 3.59% 51.3% 3.49% 37.9% 3.25% 50.5% 3.02% 36.3% 2.93% 54.2% 2.81% 43.9% 2.81% 73.5% 1.01% 19.4% 0.71% 16.1% 0.32% 3.8% RAIT Expectations RAIT Financial Trust Philadelphia | New York | Charlotte RAIT Financial Trust, LLC (“RAIT”) provides the foregoing presentation for informational purposes only and it cannot be construed as investment advice and does not constitute a recommendation or solicitation regarding any investment advisory services. 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