08/14/2018
The Rental Market in Orange County
The average price of home in Orange County was $700,000 in November, an increase by $7,250 from what it was the previous month, and an increment of $40,000 than what was obtainable in the prices in November 2016. Although there is a vigor in the housing market, the increased federal government interest rates, continuous effort by new generations to store up their savings and the prevalence of younger generations in the rentals market could affect the housing market negatively.
In December 2017, the mean rental market in Orange County reduced to $2,180, a reduction of $10 compared to November but still a rise of $223 compared to 2016. The building permit activity was at the peak in October 2014, with a total of 1,892 permits given out in this period. A sum of 812 permits were given in December 2017, indicating a rise of 186 building permits month-over-month, but a reduction of 416 permits year-over-year. Irvine and Aliso Viejo supplied the highest number of new building permits in December 2017 at 157 and 102, respectively.
July 2018 saw the rental market in Orange county to be operating at an average rent of $2,046, an increase of 2% compared to the same time last year, as stated by RenCafe referencing the YardiMatrix data.
The rental Market in Orange County reflects the rental trend nationwide. Irrespective of the increase in construction of new homes, demand for rentals and the rate keeps soaring high. The national rent is at an average of $1,409 in July, leading to 2.8% year over year. Close to 283, 000 units are expected to enter the rental market nationwide before the end of the year, as reported by RenCafe. The seasonal demand and increase in activities have offset the wave of new apartments that were opened this year thus far, leading to even, but reasonable yearly growth in all apartment sizes.
11,449 new units are expected to be delivered in the metro of Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim this year. The rent in Newport Beach is the highest in the rental market in Orange County with an apartment going for an average price of $2,723, increasing by 4.1% year over year. To rent a two-bedroom apartment, it will cost up to $3,148, a hike of 5% from the year before.
The increase in the average per capita income is not commensurate with the prices of rents and houses. New mortgage stiffening and the newly introduced SALT tax limits implies that it will not be attractive to buy or sell houses as it used to be.
CAR latest statistics indicates that buyers are buying properties that are expensive because of their availability. The prices of Condo/Townhouse increased in May to $494,000. Inventory generally decreased although not like it did in 2017 when listing drastically dropped. The reduction in availability is more in homes that are less than $200k.
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The Rental market in orange county was at an average price $700,000 in rent in November, an increase by $7,250 from what it was the previous month.