U.S. Census Bureau
 Survey of Market Absorption of Apartments (SOMA)



Metropolitan Area Absorption Rates
Second Quarter 2005

                                                   
                                              
                                                                                                                                  SURVEY OF MARKET ABSORPTION
                                                               Estimates of Absorption Rates


                                                  (Privately-financed, nonsubsidized, unfurnished units)


                                                                   

Completions in:                                3rd quarter 2004                      2nd quarter 2004                     1st quarter 2004
                                                   through                               through                              through
                                               2nd quarter 2005                      1st quarter 2005                     4th quarter 2004

                                                  Percent                               Percent                             Percent
                                                  absorbed          90%                 absorbed          90%               absorbed            90%
Area                                              in 3 months       C.I.                in 6 months       C.I.              in 9 months         C.I.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA                       75               +                    *                *                  -                 -
Anchorage, AK                                        *                *                    80              9.9                 *                 *
Atlanta, GA                                          52             15.7                   80              6.8                 91               1.4
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC                                 -                -                    -                -                  *                 *
Austin-San Marcos, TX                                49              6.1                   74              4.9                 89               3.0
Baltimore, MD                                        46              8.3                   76             12.8                 100               +
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX                             -                -                    *                *                  *                 *
Bergen-Passaic, NJ                                   *                *                    *                *                  *                 *
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS                       65               +                    98               +                  *                 *
Bloomington-Normal, IL                               38               +                    68               +                  80                +
Boston, MA-NH-ME-CT                                  #                #                    *                *                  *                 *
Bridgeport, CT                                       88               +                    94               +                  *                 *
Brockton, MA                                         -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY                            -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC                  63              3.9                   83              3.6                 92               2.2
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI (IL & IN parts)       #                #                    73             23.7                 93               3.0
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN                                 69             12.2                   90              5.6                 99               1.4
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH                          42             14.2                   *                *                  *                 *
Colorado Springs, CO                                 #                #                    *                *                  100               +
Columbus, GA-AL (GA part)                            63               +                    81               +                  *                 *
Dallas, TX                                           59             15.0                   80              6.4                 90               2.8
Danbury, CT (part)                                   -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Dayton-Springfield, OH                               -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO                           56             10.5                   72              6.4                 87               2.0
Des Moines, IA (part)                                *                *                    *                *                  100               +
Detroit, MI                                          50             14.4                   60             13.8                 62               9.8
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI                               -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Erie, PA                                             -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN (ND part)                      66               +                    88               +                  87                +
Fort Lauderdale, FL                                  61               +                    85               +                  100               +
Fort Wayne, IN                                       56              4.9                   79              6.0                 92               1.5
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX                             70              2.9                   88              1.7                 93               3.2
Galveston-Texas City, TX                             -                -                    *                *                  *                 *
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC              49               +                    75               +                  82                +
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA                      -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Hartford, CT                                         -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Honolulu, HI                                         #                #                    *                *                  *                 *
Houston, TX & Brazoria, TX                           53              2.6                   74              0.8                 84               2.5
Indianapolis, IN                                     49             10.2                   61             11.1                 77               4.9
Iowa City, IA                                        42               +                    62               +                  77                +
Jacksonville, FL                                     58              4.7                   82              0.8                 94               2.4
Kansas City, MO-KS                                   68              2.7                   90              5.9                 88               5.1
Kileen-Temple, TX                                    58               +                    *                *                  100               +
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL                            28               +                    28               +                  *                 *
Lansing-East Lansing, MI                             *                *                    -                -                  -                 -
Las Vegas, NV-AZ                                     74              0.5                   84              2.5                 96               1.1
Lexington, KY                                        *                *                    -                -                  -                 -
Lima, OH                                             -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR                    62               +                    86               +                  93                +
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA                           66              7.8                   86              2.6                 89               4.7
Louisville, KY-IN                                    46               +                    65               +                  86                +
Memphis, TN-AR-MS                                    54               +                    86               +                  -                 -
Miami, FL                                            85              9.2                   77             23.4                 87              15.9
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI                              100               +                    100              +                  *                 *
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI                          63             11.6                   76             24.5                 88              18.0
Mobile, AL (part)                                    -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Modesto, CA                                          *                *                    *                *                  *                 *
Nassau-Suffolk, NY                                   -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
Newark, NJ & Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdn, NJ         #                #                    69             14.4                 *                 *
New Orleans, LA                                      46              4.7                   66              3.0                 71               3.1
New York, NY                                         70             17.0                   85             17.3                 92               8.1
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC           51              9.7                   87              3.5                 *                 *
Oklahoma City, OK                                    50             13.8                   68             14.1                 86               6.0
Orange County, CA                                    79              3.2                   94              2.3                 97               0.5
Orlando, FL                                          66              3.0                   89              1.7                 95               0.5
Panama City, FL                                      *                *                    *                *                  *                 *
Pensacola, FL                                        88               +                    98               +                  99                +
Philadelphia, PA-NJ                                  #                #                    44              6.3                 *                 *
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ                                     71              3.7                   90              2.4                 97                +
Pittsburgh, PA                                       *                *                    *                *                  *                 *
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA                            #                #                    70             20.2                 84              18.4
Provo-Orem, UT                                       86               +                    *                *                  *                 *
Richmond-Petersburg, VA  (Richmond part)             48               +                    74               +                  88                +
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA                         #                #                    63             22.3                 87              11.6
Sacramento, CA                                       71              5.3                   85              4.1                 89               1.6
St. Louis, MO-IL                                     60             11.1                   100             0.8                 *                 *
Salinas, CA                                          *                *                    96               +                  *                 *
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT                             31               +                    70             12.6                 *                 *
San Angelo, TX                                       -                -                    -                -                  -                 -
San Antonio, TX                                      67              4.7                   86              4.5                 96               2.1
San Diego, CA                                        73              5.5                   88              3.7                 92               4.8
San Francisco, CA and Oakland, CA                    68              8.1                   81              3.5                 95               8.8
San Jose, CA                                         67             10.4                   91              4.9                 86              12.5
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA                         39              4.8                   74              5.0                 84               3.0
Stockton-Lodi, CA                                    *                *                    91               +                  *                 *
Tacoma, WA                                           48               +                    76               +                  84                +
Tallahassee, FL                                      62               +                    75               +                  94                +
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL                  59              1.8                   86              2.5                 92               1.3
Toledo, OH                                           60               +                    80               +                  85                +
Tucson, AZ                                           *                *                    *                *                  *                 *
Tulsa, OK                                            -                -                    *                *                  *                 *
Tuscaloosa, AL                                       80               +                    93               +                  97                +
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV                              69             17.9                   85              8.9                 92               2.9
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL                       56              8.8                   81              2.3                 91               1.7
Wichita, KS (part)                                   *                *                    *                *                  *                 *

* = Data suppressed to prevent disclosure
+ = Estimated to be less than one half of one percent OR cannot be estimated
- = No activity
# = Withheld because the estimate did not meet publication standards because of the associated standard error


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Washington, D.C. 20233-8500

                                                   


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division