Overview

We have surveyed rents, vacancies, and other rental market trends for 20-unit and larger apartment properties in the Puget Sound region since 1983, publishing the results in The Apartment Vacancy Report. The report includes current and historical trends for a number of market indicators, including rents, vacancies, rent projections, and much more information for various age groups of property, detailed for each of over 60 neighborhoods in King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, and Thurston counties.

What you get if you subscribe today

If you subscribe on May 9, 2008, you have immediate online access to the current (April 2008) report, published March 26, 2008. Your online access expires on January 31, 2009, during which time you will receive both the April and October 2008 reports.

If you want to begin your subscription with an earlier date, or the next issue rather than the current issue, please contact us. (Note: First time subscribers usually do not get a full year's access online. That's due to the timing of our publication dates. However, timely renewals do get a full year of online access.)

Cost

The Apartment Vacancy Report costs $495.00 for two issues and online access to custom reports (plus sales tax where applicable).

What if I just want info for one or two neighborhoods?

If you want to find apartment rent and vacancy trends for just one or two specific neighborhoods in the Puget Sound region, you don't have to buy the complete Apartment Vacancy Report. Instead, you can purchase one or more Single Neighborhood Reports. Each Single Neighborhood Report costs $99.00 (plus sales tax where applicable).

If you subscribe on May 9, 2008, you have immediate online access to the results from the current (April 2008) report, published March 26, 2008. Your online access expires on September 15, 2008.

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Printed report

The 120+ page printed report includes five-year trend tables and ten-year trend graphs for each neighborhood.

Report size: 117 pages
Based on a semiannual survey of more than 170,000 apartment units
We survey more than 70% of the entire rental market of properties with 20 or more units
Geographical coverage: More than 60 neighborhoods detailed for King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, and Thurston counties
Presents information for studios, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments
Details results by age group of property: all age groups; 1900-1945; 1946-1964; 1965-1974; 1975-1984; 1985-1993; 1994 and newer
Includes more than 70 pages of neighborhood tables detailing current vacancies, rents ($), and rent per net rentable square foot
Each neighborhood table also includes a five-year history of trends every six months for key indicators (vacancy, rent, incentives, turnover, days, vacant, projected rent increases)
Each neighborhood table graphs rents and vacancies over the past ten years
Twenty pages of tables detail rent forecasts, parking charges, water/sewer billing, absorption trends, and more
Absorption tables and graphs present trends over the past five years for nine submarkets covering King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties
Construction tables show the past eight years of building activity by neighborhood.
Published: Each April and October
Online service: Subscribers receive immediate access to a PDF version of the report online as well as the capability to create customized online reports

Sample pages from the printed report

Table of Contents (147kb PDF)
Foreword (sample) (148kb PDF)
Neighborhood map (186kb PDF) (Look here for more detailed maps)
Sample Data Page (131kb PDF)
Using the Report (315kb PDF)
Methodology (173kb PDF)

Create your own customized online reports

In addition to the printed report, subscribers get immediate online access to a PDF version of the printed report as well as the ability to create customized online reports, directly from their "my account" page on our web site.

The sample on the right shows just a portion of the report subscribers can create online for any neighborhood or submarket. These reports include current rental market data as well as historic trends.

How does your property compare?

Investors and property managers should find this report a useful tool in comparing neighborhood rents and vacancies as well as comparing the performance of specific properties.

Instant access

In addition to the printed version of this report, which we send by UPS, subscribers can also access the report online immediately upon subscribing to the report. This online capability means you have access to The Apartment Vacancy Report from anywhere at any time, as long as you have access to the internet.

Where do we get the information?

We survey apartment owners, professional property managers, and on-site property managers every spring. Each member of this "Panel of Experts" takes time to share rental market information for his or her properties by completing our survey.

The survey questionnaire asks participants to provide information about current rents, turnover rents, vacancies, concessions, turnover rates, how long apartments stay vacant, parking charges, water and sewer billing, their views about the market, plans for the next six months, and more.

Participants receive a free Executive Summary of the results. (Learn more about participating.)