napa economic summit: the economy 2012: napa, north bay and beyond napa, caoctober 28, 2011 robert...
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Napa Economic Summit:The Economy 2012: Napa, North Bay and Beyond
Napa, CA October 28, 2011
Robert Eyler, Ph.D.Professor, Economics
Frank Howard Allen Economics Research FellowDirector, Executive MBA Program
Sonoma State [email protected]
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Current State of Affairs• 2011 was a year of mixed signals • Global: Europe, geopolitical uncertainty
– May change tourism over time
• National: Recovery underway, slow from jobs weakness– May change both wine sales and tourism
• State: Revenue generation and public workers• Local: Recovery slow and needs a jump start
Policy Issues• How do we create jobs through Congress?
– Temporary versus permanent job creation– Cost recovery versus investment
• Credit Supply Issues: reticence to lend– Riskiness in Europe not helping
• Credit Demand Issues: reticence to borrow– Interest rates low and stable as a result
• FED declaration on rates only as good as expected inflation
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California• 2011-12 likely to be slightly better than 2010-11• Labor market still the big deal, and will remain in 2012• CA slowly bifurcating in terms of housing markets
– Interior valleys: Japanese-like recovery– Wine country: general economic recovery and conversion of
emerging world wealth to local housing/services demand• California’s recovery hinges on two major factors
– The expansion of the tech industry and it remaining here– How state government intends to fund itself
Napa County and the Region• Napa has a place of economic strength in region
– Creating jobs in wake of recession– Tourism and wine to be the long term niche
• Need to continue to strengthen this niche– Northern and Southern Napa working in cohesion– Market to emerging world wealth: go to NVC for
Mandarin!• Competition is regional and growing
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Local Housing Market Recovery: Keys• Job creation in technology industries• National economic recovery continuing• Recognition housing needs to follow general
economic recovery, and will not drive it• International audience for real estate welcomed
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Median Price of Existing Detached HomesNapa County, August 2011: $354,760, Down 10.0% YTY
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SOURCE: CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
SOURCE: California Association of REALTORS®
County Aug-10 Jul-11 Aug-11Lake 74% 73% 64%Marin 29% 25% 28%Mendocino 52% 61% 48%Napa 39% 51% 48%Solano 67% 70% 71%Sonoma 41% 46% 42%CALIFORNIA 44% 43% 44%
Distressed Sales by County(Percent of Total Sales)