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Econowatch L.A. County.


ECONOWATCH L.A. COUNTY

GENERAL INDICATORS

                                                                %-from
                                        Latest     Previous    previous
                                        period      period      period

Employment (000's) (Dec) (1)               4,465       4,459       +.1%
Unemployment (000's) (Dec.) (1)              292         319       -8.5
Help-wanted ads index (Dec.)                  17          17          0
Jobless-to-job ad ratio (Dec.) (2)          17.1        18.8         -9
Film Production Days (Nov.) (3)            2,675       2,812       -4.9

Bankruptcies
Chapter 7 (Dec.)                           2,787       2,369     +17.60
Chapter 11 (Dec.)                             10          12      -16.7

Exports (mils.) (Nov.)                 $6,025.80    $6,253.2       -3.6
Imports (mils.) (Nov.)                $15,104.20   $16,640.8       -9.2
Air cargo (5)
  LAX (Dec.)                               173.8       171.3       +1.5
Burbank (Dec.)                               4.4         3.8      +15.8
Container volume6 (000's)
  Long Beach (Dec.)                          406       424.9       -4.4
  Los Angeles (Jan.)                       616.1       562.7       +9.5
Los Angeles CPI (Dec.)                     187.0       187.1       -0.5
Electricity Accounts (000's) (8)
  Residential (Jan.)                     1,227.9     1,226.7        +.1
  Commercial (Jan.)                        119.1       119.3        -.2
  Industrial (Jan.)                         14.7        14.8        -.7

REAL ESTATE

                                                                %-from
                                        Latest     Previous    previous
                                        period      period      period

Construction lending (mils.) (Dec.)       $606.8      $293.2      +107%
Property acquisition lending            $4,672.5    $3,875.8      +20.6
  (mils.) (9) (Dec.)
Refinance lending (mils.)              $10,007.1    $9,253.3       +8.1
  (Dec.) (10)

Foreclosures
  Number (Dec.)                              191         148      +29.1
  Value (mils.) (Dec.)                     $57.5       $35.4      +62.4
Building contracts (mils.)
  Residential (Dec.)                      $222.2      $296.7      -25.1
  Nonresidential (Dec.)                   $241.8      $346.7      -30.3
Building permits (mils.)
  Residential (Dec.)                      $379.7      $375.8         +1
  Nonresidential (Dec.)                   $269.5      $197.9      +36.2
Housing start permits (Dec.)               1,445       1,443        +.1
Home sales (Dec.)                          8,116       6,916      +17.4
Home prices (000's) (Dec.)                  $358        $350       +2.3
Condo sales (SDec.)                        2,074       1,801      +15.2
Condo prices (000's) (Dec.)               $280.5        $285       -1.6

Apartments (4th qtr.)
  Gross occupancy                          96.1%       96.7%         NA
  Avg. sq. ft. rent                        $1.49       $1.51       -1.3
  Avg. monthly rent                       $1,259      $1,290       -2.4

Office vacancy rates (4th qtr.)
  Downtown L.A.                            19.6%       19.9%         NA
  San Fernando Valley                       12.8        12.8         NA
  West L.A.                                   17        15.4         NA
  South Bay                                 19.6        19.4         NA
  Countywide                                16.2        15.8         NA

Industrial vacancy rates (4th qtr.)
  Downtown/Central                          1.9%        1.8%         NA
  South Bay                                  4.0         3.4         NA
  San Gabriel Valley                         2.3         2.2         NA

TOURISM

                                                                %-from
                                        Latest     Previous    previous
                                        period      period      period

Hotel occupancy rate (Nov.)                68.1%       73.9%         NA
Room rate (Nov.)                         $111.62     $114.57      -2.6%
Passengers
  LAX (000's) (Dec.)                       4,853       4,390      +10.6
  Burbank Airport (000's) (Dec.)           390.7       384.4       +1.6

GENERAL INDICATORS

                                        Year      %+ from
                                         ago      year ago

Employment (000's) (Dec) (1)              4,428       +.7%
Unemployment (000's) (Dec.) (1)             289         +1
Help-wanted ads index (Dec.)                 22      -22.7
Jobless-to-job ad ratio (Dec.) (2)         13.1      +30.5
Film Production Days (Nov.) (3)           2,267        +18

Bankruptcies
Chapter 7 (Dec.)                          3,349      -16.8
Chapter 11 (Dec.)                            11       -9.1

Exports (mils.) (Nov.)                 $5,146.4        -17
Imports (mils.) (Nov.)                $14,273.6       +5.8
Air cargo (5)
  LAX (Dec.)                                161         +8
Burbank (Dec.)                              3.6       22.2
Container volume6 (000's)
  Long Beach (Dec.)                         362      +12.2
  Los Angeles (Jan.)                      518.5      +18.8
Los Angeles CPI (Dec.)                    183.7       +1.8
Electricity Accounts (000's) (8)
  Residential (Jan.)                    1,221.1        +.6
  Commercial (Jan.)                       119.1          0
  Industrial (Jan.)                        14.9       -1.3

REAL ESTATE

                                        Year      %+ from
                                         ago      year ago

Construction lending (mils.) (Dec.)      $389.2     +55.9%
Property acquisition lending           $3,107.1      +50.4
  (mils.) (9) (Dec.)
Refinance lending (mils.)             $11,129.8      -10.1
  (Dec.) (10)

Foreclosures
  Number (Dec.)                             378      -49.5
  Value (mils.) (Dec.)                    $71.4      -19.5
Building contracts (mils.)
  Residential (Dec.)                       $183      +21.4
  Nonresidential (Dec.)                  $370.7      -34.8
Building permits (mils.)
  Residential (Dec.)                     $282.9      +34.2
  Nonresidential (Dec.)                  $185.7      +45.1
Housing start permits (Dec.)              1,003      +44.1
Home sales (Dec.)                         7,195      +12.8
Home prices (000's) (Dec.)               $291.5      +22.8
Condo sales (SDec.)                       1,848      +25.6
Condo prices (000's) (Dec.)                $266       +5.5

Apartments (4th qtr.)
  Gross occupancy                           96%         NA
  Avg. sq. ft. rent                       $1.42       +4.9
  Avg. monthly rent                      $1,173       +7.3

Office vacancy rates (4th qtr.)
  Downtown L.A.                           19.6%         NA
  San Fernando Valley                      15.3         NA
  West L.A.                                15.8         NA
  South Bay                                19.0         NA
  Countywide                               16.7         NA

Industrial vacancy rates (4th qtr.)
  Downtown/Central                         2.5%         NA
  South Bay                                 2.7         NA
  San Gabriel Valley                        4.7         NA

TOURISM

                                        Year      %+ from
                                         ago      year ago

Hotel occupancy rate (Nov.)               64.2%         NA
Room rate (Nov.)                        $112.14      -0.5%
Passengers
  LAX (000's) (Dec.)                      4,856       -0.4
  Burbank Airport (000's) (Dec.)         402.80         -3

FOOTNOTES

(1.) Not seasonally adjusted.

(2.) Thousands of jobless to index point of job ads.

(3.) Film production days

(4.) Through Los Angeles Customs District.

(5.) In thousands of tons.

(6.) 20-foot equivalent unit.

(7.) 1982-1984 = 100.

(8.) San Fernando Valley and metropolitan L.A. combined

(9.) Apartment and residential combined

(10.) Includes refinancings, second mortgages and equity mortgages

(11.) Based on a survey by Grubb & Ellis Co. Excludes available
sublease space NA means not applicable


BOLDFACE See boldface font.  INDICATES UPDATED FIGURES

Sources: California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W).  State Employment Development Department (employment figures); The Conference Board, N.Y. (help-wanted ad index); Entertainment Industry Development Corporation Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  Film Office (film permits); U.S Bankruptcy Court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties. , Central District of Calif., Los Angeles (bankruptcies); Dun & Bradstreet Brad·street   , Anne Dudley 1612-1672.

English-born colonial poet who wrote several collections of verse, including The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650).
 (business failures); Economic Development Corporation, Los Angeles (exports, imports); City of Los Angeles
For the city, see Los Angeles, California.
The City of Los Angeles was a streamlined passenger train jointly operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.
 Airport Department (LAX passenger traffic and air cargo air cargo: see aviation. ); Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority (Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War.  passenger traffic and air cargo); Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables.
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 Real Estate Solutions, Anaheim Anaheim (ăn`əhīm), city (1990 pop. 266,406), Orange co., S Calif., SE of Los Angeles; inc. 1870. Anaheim was founded by Germans in 1857 as an experiment in communal living.  (construction lending, property lending, refinance Refinance

1. When a business or person revises their payment schedule for repaying debt.

2. Replacing an older loan with a new loan offering better terms.

Notes:
When a business refinances they typically extend the maturity date.
 lending, foreclosures, home sales, home prices, home prices per square foot, condo sales, condo prices); F.W. Dodge Division, McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., (NYSE: MHP) is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are education, publishing, broadcasting, and financial and business services.  (building contracts); Construction Industry Research Board (housing start permits, building permits); M/PF Research Inc. (apartments); Grubb & Ellis ELLIS - EuLisp LInda System. An object-oriented Linda system written for EuLisp. "Using Object-Oriented Mechanisms to Describe Linda", P. Broadbery <pab@maths.bath.ac.uk> et al, in Linda-Like Systems and Their Implementation, G. Wilson ed, U Edinburgh TR 91-13, 1991.  (office and industrial vacancy VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled.
     2. By the constitution of the United States, the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate.
 rates); PKF PKF Peace Keeping Force
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occupancy rate - the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time
 rate, room rate).
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