Market Intelligence: Q4 California/Pacific Northwest Update
Though geographically linked through their shared adjacency to the Pacific Ocean, there's a growing split between local market performance across California and Pacific Northwest metros. Although there are a few micro market exceptions, tight occupancy and limited new supply of housing stock are causing rents to grow faster than the national average in many regional metros. Further, apartment demand varies across the region with some differences driven by local markets and their economic makeup.
Join RealPage market experts as they recap market fundamentals along the nation's West Coast and dive into the 2026 outlook for California, Oregon, and Washington markets.
Dustin Weaver is a Market Analyst with RealPage's Data Analytics division, where he focuses on conventional apartment market analysis, research and data methodology. Dustin leverages his background in partnering with institutional investors and REITs to enable easier consumption and application of multifamily data and analysis.
Carl Whitaker
Vice President & Chief Economist, RealPage, Inc.Carl Whitaker is RealPage’s Chief Economist, leading the company's team of economists and market analysts. Carl and the Market Intelligence team specialize in analyzing and disseminating economic and market trends for the rental housing industry. He primarily focuses on presenting trends in the rental housing industry to a wide audience, including investors, asset managers, operations professionals and media, among other personas. Carl has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and GlobeSt and is a frequent keynote speaker for industry events. Carl holds degrees from the University of North Texas, including a Master of Science in Applied Geography.
