Econowatch L.A. County.
ECONOWATCH
L.A. COUNTY
GENERAL
INDICATORS
Latest Previous
period period
Employment (000's) (March) (1) 4,659.8 4,602.3
Unemployment (000's) (March) (1) 232.5 266.8
Help-wanted ads index (March) 11 11
Jobless-to-job ad ratio (March) (2) 21.10 24.30
Film Production Days (1st qtr.)# 9,278# 8,644#
Bankruptcies
Chapter 7 (March) 610 400
Chapter 11 (March) 23 8
Exports (mils.) (Feb.) $6,520.7 $6,509.1
Imports (mils.) (Feb.) $15,661.5 $17,944.5
Air cargo# *
LAX (March)# 193.4# 152.0#
Burbank (March)# 11.0# 9.2#
Container volume (6) (000's)
Long Beach (March) 561.2 515.5
Los Angeles (March) 670.9 480.8
Los Angeles CPI (March) 208.5 207.5
Electricity Accounts (000's) (8)
Residential (March) 1,243.4 1,241.2
Commercial (March) 178.8 182.4
Industrial (March) 14.0 14.0
% - from
previous Year
period ago
Employment (000's) (March) (1) +1.2 4,527.8
Unemployment (000's) (March) (1) -12.9 263.7
Help-wanted ads index (March) 0 12
Jobless-to-job ad ratio (March) (2) -13.2 22.0
Film Production Days (1st qtr.)# +7.3# 8,909#
Bankruptcies
Chapter 7 (March) +52.5 3,605
Chapter 11 (March) +187.5 11
Exports (mils.) (Feb.) +0.2 $5,704.1
Imports (mils.) (Feb.) -12.7 $15,419.6
Air cargo# *
LAX (March)# +27.2# 195.1#
Burbank (March)# +19.6# 9.0#
Container volume (6) (000's)
Long Beach (March) +8.9 466.0
Los Angeles (March) +39.5 525.0
Los Angeles CPI (March) +0.5 199.2
Electricity Accounts (000's) (8)
Residential (March) +0.2 1,236.2
Commercial (March) -2.0 177.3
Industrial (March) 0 14.0
% + from
year ago
Employment (000's) (March) (1) +2.9
Unemployment (000's) (March) (1) -11.8
Help-wanted ads index (March) -8.3
Jobless-to-job ad ratio (March) (2) -4.1
Film Production Days (1st qtr.)# +4.1#
Bankruptcies
Chapter 7 (March) -83.1
Chapter 11 (March) +109.1
Exports (mils.) (Feb.) +14.3
Imports (mils.) (Feb.) +1.6
Air cargo# *
LAX (March)# -0.8#
Burbank (March)# +22.2#
Container volume (6) (000's)
Long Beach (March) +20.4
Los Angeles (March) +27.8
Los Angeles CPI (March) +4.7
Electricity Accounts (000's) (8)
Residential (March) +0.6
Commercial (March) +0.8
Industrial (March) 0
REAL ESTATE
Latest Previous
period period
Construction lending (mils.) (March) $752.6 $694.2
Property acquisition lending (mils.)
(9) (March) $6,662.5 $4,236.7
Refinance lending (mils.) (March) (10) $11,132.6 $8,621.2
Foreclosures
Number (March) 106 71
Value (mils.) (March) $46.5 $60.1
Building contracts (mils.)
Residential (March.) $747.9 $379.6
Nonresidential (March) $454.4 $428.0
Building permits (mils.)
Residential (March) $627.6 $630.9
Nonresidential (March) $365.2 $370.0
Housing start permits (March) 1,549 2,317
Home sales (Apr.)# 7,159# 6,864 #
Home prices (000's) (Apr.)# $545.0# $536.0#
Condo sales (Apr.)# 1,961.0# 1,779.0#
Condo prices (000's) (Apr.)# $415.0# $418.0#
Apartments (1st qtr.)
Gross occupancy 97.5% 97.2%
Avg. sq. ft. rent $1.69 $1.68
Avg. monthly rent $1,420 $1,416
Office vacancy rates (1st qtr.)
Downtown L.A. 15.0% 14.9%
San Fernando Valley 7.0 7.8
West L.A. 8.0 9.8
South Bay 16.1 17.3
Countywide 12.2 11.2
Industrial vacancy rates (1st qtr.)
Downtown/Central 1.4% 1.3%
South Bay 2.5 2.8
San Gabriel Valley 1.9 1.6
% - from
previous Year
period ago
Construction lending (mils.) (March) +8.4 $478.8
Property acquisition lending (mils.)
(9) (March) +57.3 $5,970.3
Refinance lending (mils.) (March) (10) +29.1 $12,744.8
Foreclosures
Number (March) +49.3 54
Value (mils.) (March) -22.6 $23.4
Building contracts (mils.)
Residential (March.) +97.0 $483.8
Nonresidential (March) +6.2 $293.0
Building permits (mils.)
Residential (March) -0.5 $584.7
Nonresidential (March) -1.3 $259.3
Housing start permits (March) -33.1 1,082
Home sales (Apr.)# +4.3# 8,555#
Home prices (000's) (Apr.)# +1.7# $475.0#
Condo sales (Apr.)# +10.2# 2,158#
Condo prices (000's) (Apr.)# -0.7# $365.0#
Apartments (1st qtr.)
Gross occupancy NA 97.0%
Avg. sq. ft. rent +0.6 $1.59
Avg. monthly rent +0.3 $1,327
Office vacancy rates (1st qtr.)
Downtown L.A. NA 17.8%
San Fernando Valley NA 8.9
West L.A. NA 14.8
South Bay NA 20.4
Countywide NA 14.0
Industrial vacancy rates (1st qtr.)
Downtown/Central NA 1.1%
South Bay NA 2.5
San Gabriel Valley NA 1.5
% + from
year ago
Construction lending (mils.) (March) +57.2
Property acquisition lending (mils.)
(9) (March) +11.6
Refinance lending (mils.) (March) (10) -12.6
Foreclosures
Number (March) +96.3
Value (mils.) (March) +98.7
Building contracts (mils.)
Residential (March.) +54.6
Nonresidential (March) +55.1
Building permits (mils.)
Residential (March) +7.3
Nonresidential (March) +40.8
Housing start permits (March) +43.1
Home sales (Apr.)# -16.3#
Home prices (000's) (Apr.)# +14.7#
Condo sales (Apr.)# -9.1#
Condo prices (000's) (Apr.)# +13.7#
Apartments (1st qtr.)
Gross occupancy NA
Avg. sq. ft. rent +6.3
Avg. monthly rent +7.0
Office vacancy rates (1st qtr.)
Downtown L.A. NA
San Fernando Valley NA
West L.A. NA
South Bay NA
Countywide NA
Industrial vacancy rates (1st qtr.)
Downtown/Central NA
South Bay NA
San Gabriel Valley NA
TOURISM TOURISM
Latest Previous
period period
Hotel occupancy rate (March)# 80.8%# 78.6%#
Room rate (March)# $145.7# $144.5#
Passengers#
LAX (000's) (March)# 5,090.3# 4,250.2#
Burbank Airport (000's) (March)# 463.3# 409.4#
% - from
previous Year
period ago
Hotel occupancy rate (March)# NA# 79.0%#
Room rate (March)# +0.8# $132.2#
Passengers#
LAX (000's) (March)# +19.8# 5,186.4#
Burbank Airport (000's) (March)# +13.2# 446.4#
% + from
year ago
Hotel occupancy rate (March)# NA#
Room rate (March)# +10.2#
Passengers#
LAX (000's) (March)# -1.9#
Burbank Airport (000's) (March)# +3.9#
FOOTNOTES
(1.) Not seasonally adjusted.
(2.) Thousands of jobless to index point of job ads.
(3.) Music, television, film and commercials quarterly.
(4.) Through Los Angeles Customs District.
(5.) In thousands of tons.
(6.) 20-foot equivalent unit.
(7.) 1982-1984=100.
(8.) Metropolitan L.A. and San Fernando Valley
(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 INDICATES UPDATED FIGURES
Note: Updated figures indicated with #.
Sources: California State Employment Development Department (employment
figures); The Conference Board, N.Y. (help-wanted ad index);
Entertainment Industry Development Corporation Los Angeles Film Office
(film permits); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of Calif., Los
Angeles (bankruptcies); Dun & Bradstreet (business failures); Economic
Development Corporation, Los Angeles (exports, imports); City of Los
Angeles Airport Department (LAX passenger traffic and air cargo);
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority (Burbank passenger traffic
and air cargo); Bureau of Labor Statistics, Los Angeles (Los Angeles
consumer price index); Office of Economic Research at California State
University, Long Beach (index of leading indicators); First American
Real Estate Solutions, Anaheim (constriction lending. property lending,
refinance lending, foreclosures, home sales, home prices, home prices
per square foot, condo sales, condo prices); F.W. Dodge Division,
McGraw-Hill (building contracts); Construction Industry Research Board
(housing start permits, building permits); M/PF Research Inc.
(apartments); Grubb & Ellis (office and industrial vacancy rates); PKF
Consulting (hotel occupancy rate, room rate).
--Aarthi Sivaraman
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