Boise home prices return to 2008 levels

Boise home prices return to 2008 levels

Median housing prices nationwide – and in Boise – are at the highest rate since 2008, according to statistics released by RealtyTrac, a leading housing data source.

Ada County’s average home price for 2014 is $209,900, a 6 percent increase over last year, according to the Ada County Association of Realtors.

RealtyTrac pegs the national median sales price for October at $183,000, up 16 percent from a year ago to the highest level since September 2008.

“I think around 200,000, 205,000, 210,000 is the right place for us to be right now,” said Marc Lebowitz, executive director of the Ada County Association of Realtors.

Ada County bottomed out at $146,000 in 2011.

Combining Ada and Canyon Counties, RealtyTrac placed Treasure Valley among 21 cities deemed to have “lost steam” with home price appreciation from October 2013 to October 2014. Home appreciation in Boise-Nampa stumbled from 23 to 0 percent in the last year, the lowest among all the “losing steam” cities that include nine California metros and Phoenix.

Lebowitz, however, sees a half-full glass with home price appreciation.

“We are ahead of the timeline,” he said. “Our prices increased ahead of theirs, ours fell sooner than theirs and our recovery is starting sooner than theirs.”

Lebowitz believes home appreciation in Boise is starting an upward trajectory while other “losing steam cities may still see drops in home appreciation rates.”

Boise, however, is ahead of the nation on foreclosures. It is seeing half the foreclosure rates of the country as a whole. Foreclosures among outstanding Boise mortgages in September were at .8 percent, down from 1.47 percent in September 2013, according to real estate data provider CoreLogic.

The national foreclosure rate was 1.6 percent, CoreLogic reported.

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Kennedy Wilson Acquires 324-Unit Apartment Community in Boise

Kennedy Wilson Acquires 324-Unit Apartment Community in Boise

YTD acquisitions for Company and its equity partners exceed $3 billion as global multifamily portfolio tops 20,000 units

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov 13, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global real estate investment and services firm Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) today announced that the Company purchased Reflections at River’s Edge, a 324-unit apartment community located in Boise, Idaho for $29.75 million investing $15.3 million of equity in the transaction (including closing costs). The Company also assumed debt of $15.2 million through Fannie Mae at a fixed rate of 5.3% with 5-years of interest only remaining.

“We are extremely excited to begin our presence in the Boise market with the acquisition of Reflections at River’s Edge,” said Kurt Zech, President of Kennedy Wilson Multifamily. “Boise is a strong, stable market with unemployment well below the national average. Employment and population growth has been very strong and have outpaced the national growth rate over the past decade.”

Reflections is located in the West End neighborhood of Boise. The property sits on a picturesque lake and is located 1.5 miles from downtown Boise. The adjacent greenbelt bike path provides tenants with easy access to Downtown and Boise State University. Immediately north of Reflections, a large parcel will soon be developed into a multi-use regional park. The Esther Simplot Park is a 55-acre property that includes 17 acres of ponds and will include fishing ponds, picnic areas, green spaces, public amphitheater and a whitewater park.

Kennedy Wilson’s global multifamily portfolio now totals 20,007 units. Real estate related acquisitions by the company and its equity partners year-to-date total more than $3.0 billion, which includes approximately $2.3 billion acquired by Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate plc.

About Kennedy Wilson

Founded in 1977, Kennedy Wilson is a vertically integrated global real estate investment and services company headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, with 25 offices in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Spain, Jersey and Japan. The company, on its own or with partners, invests opportunistically in a variety of real estate related investments, including commercial, multifamily, loan purchases and originations, residential, and hotels. Kennedy Wilson offers a comprehensive array of real estate services including investment management, property services, auction, conventional sales, brokerage and research. For further information on Kennedy Wilson, please visit www.kennedywilson.com.

SOURCE: Kennedy Wilson

Kennedy Wilson
Christina Cha, 310-887-6217
VP of Corporate Communication
ir@kennedywilson.com
www.kennedywilson.com

Copyright Business Wire 2014


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Multifamily Holding Strong!

Multifamily Holding Strong!

The national apartment market strength is not slowing down though many predicted it would. As national effective rent growth reached a 35 month high in September, occupancy remained above 95 %.

September’s effective rent growth of 4.3%, the strongest since the 4.4% of October 2011, is a 22-basis-point (bps) increase from August 2014's 4.1% and a 131-bps difference from September 2013's 3.0%.

Year-to-date (YTD) effective rent growth decreased by 2 bps to 5.5% in September, which is not surprising given the trends of the recovery period. YTD rent growth has peaked in August or September during the past four years and then declined somewhat before the end of the year.

 Meanwhile, YTD effective rent growth was stronger than any other post-recession year for the sixth straight month and is still stronger than the 5.2% recorded for the first nine months of 2010 and 2011.

National occupancy declined by 10 basis points from August’s 95.2% to 95.1%, the second highest rate since Axiometrics started reporting on a monthly basis in April 2008.

Historically, occupancy peaks in August or September, so the market appears to be following its seasonal pattern, but at a higher level.

This apartment cycle – which began in 2010 –  is already longer than the last one (2004 -2008), and the market continues to perform strongly. The apartment sector’s strength is surprising to many analysts, especially so deep into the current cycle.

The main factors driving this cycle’s second peak include the growing number of prime renters, those between 20-34 years old, and the fact that these renters are unwilling or unable to purchase homes.

The population in the prime renter cohort is larger than in the last cycle. Also, the home ownership rate has decreased from the last cycle. The prime renter age group is either not willing to or not able to purchase a home.

Ten years ago, the prime renter age group population (red bars in the chart below) was smaller. This cohort was also more interested in owning homes.

Another reason for the spike in rent growth at the beginning of the current cycle is that supply and demand were misaligned. Rent growth really started to pick up when the economic recovery began and job growth accelerated. Meanwhile, little, if any, new apartment supply was being delivered. Now that new units are being delivered, job growth and rent growth are more in balance.

-Axiometrics Inc.

The Iron Eagle Realty Team's mission is to assist you, our client, in the sale and acquisition of real estate properties in the state of Idaho, specifically the Boise Idaho Real Estate Market. Whether you are buying or selling a home, whether it is a foreclosure, short sale or equity property, we handle our customers and clients with empathy and honest truths so they can make informed decisions as they advance in the process of buying and selling real estate that meet specific needs.

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Regards, Michael Hon, REALTOR®CEO, The Iron Eagle Realty Team
Associate Broker, Silvercreek Realty Group
Certified Short Sale Specialist®
Investment Property Consultant
Direct: 208.919.0458 Office: 208.939.9033 Fax: 208.514.1422
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