Link Corkery has been tracking Bay Area job growth for over two decades. His findings have been the subject of many of his RHANAC (Rental Housing Association of Northern Alameda County) articles and analysis. We have found that by studying the trends in employment we can predict movement in the rental market.
Link predicted that rents would begin going up in 2005, and in November 2008 he accurately predicted that rents would peak that year. In November 2009 he stated that the East Bay rental market was currently going through the worst of the downturn and anticipated it would soon start a recovery. (more…)

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I had the pleasure of listening to Richard Knudsen talk about the apartment market in the Bay Area at the local IMF meeting. Richard is an extremely knowledgable veteran broker who is respected by many in the industry. Later I met with Richard to discuss the multi-family housing market and brokerage business in general. Below are the slides from his talk, please take a look at slide #6, it speaks for itself.

Presented By: Richard Knutson, CCIM

Apartment Forecast 2012 for the San Francisco Bay Area


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