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We update our online database with the most recent sales of 5 unit and larger apartment properties in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties almost every Friday morning.

As a result, subscribers to our Apartment Advisor can access a Weekly Apartment Investment Update report online every week that updates apartment investment trends using the most recent sales from our online database. Subscribers can also print out a 5 page PDF of this weekly update.

• If you subscribe to The Apartment Advisor, log in to your account then scroll down your "My account" page to read or download the current Weekly Apartment Investment Update.

Report overview

The report includes a brief discussion of apartment sale trends over the past two years, 14 graphs showing monthly changes in various investment indicators, a table comparing investment indicators over the past six months with the prior six months, and a list of the five most recent sales.

Investment indicators monitored

The weekly report includes 14 graphs that show monthly sales trends for the following:

• price per unit and price per net rentable square foot,
• gross income multiplier (actual and anticipated),
• capitalization rate (actual and anticipated),
• spreads (actual versus anticipated multipliers and cap rates),
• average rent in sales ($/unit and $ per net rentable square foot),
• expenses (per unit, per net rentable square foot, and % of scheduled gross income),
• net operating income per unit,
• assessed value as a percent of sale price,
• sales volume, (total dollar volume and number of sales)

Geography, property size, and property age groups

This report presents sales trends for all 5 unit and larger sales, all age groups combined, for King, Pierce and Snohomish counties combined.

Subscribers to our Apartment Investment Report can create more customized reports of sale trends by defining their own market area and selecting any property size range and age range they want to analyze. They can also look at trends over a longer time period and have access to more individual sales and more information about each sale.

Screen shots

Here are some screen shots of the Weekly Apartment Investment Update:

Introduction

Discussion of market trends

Monthly trend graphs

Table of key trends

List of recent sales

PDF download

You can download a professionally formatted 5 page PDF of the Weekly Apartment Investment Update. It includes your name, company, and contact information, as well as all of the discussion, tables, and graphs shown above.