Sacramento Multifamily Report – December 2022
Despite dropping, occupancy remains tight in California's capital.
Sacramento rent evolution, click to enlarge
Sacramento’s multifamily market posted a steady run in 2022, with robust investment activity and a construction pipeline above pre-pandemic levels. Yet at the start of the fourth quarter, rents declined 0.1 percent on a trailing three-month basis, while the national rate inched up 0.2 percent. Signs of a cooldown came from occupancy—the rate in stabilized properties dropped 110 basis points in the 12 months ending in September—but at 96 percent, Sacramento remains a tight rental market.
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Sacramento sales volume and number of properties sold, click to enlarge
Unemployment declined to pre-pandemic values for most of 2022, clocking in at 3.3 percent in September, a 170-basis-point increase since the start of the year, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California’s capital outperformed the state (3.9 percent) and the U.S. (3.5 percent), but trailed San Francisco (2.5 percent) and San Jose (2.2 percent). The job market expansion softened to 4.1 percent growth, or 29,200 jobs, in the 12 months ending in August, 20 basis points above the national rate. All sectors expanded except financial services, which lost 100 jobs.
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Developers delivered 1,588 units through October, 1.2 percent of existing stock and already above pre-pandemic levels, which never surpassed 1.0 percent. Another 7,498 units were underway, with a notable decline in the number of construction starts. Meanwhile, investment volume surpassed $1.3 billion, for a price per unit that rose 27.6 percent year-over-year, to $274,216.
