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2014 was Portland鈥檚 鈥渂est year ever鈥� for apartment sales, and 2015 appears to be following suit, according to Sperry Van Ness | Bluestone & Hockley Senior Advisor Steve Morris.

鈥淎t this point, not too many people want to sell,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檝e got plenty of buyers. People call me every day from California wanting to spend $5 (million) to $15 million.鈥�

Most apartment deals being handled by Morris are 鈥渙ff market,鈥� he said, meaning buyers are lined up with money before properties are listed.

Morris last week released a report comparing metro-area sales of apartment complexes (costing more than $450,000) in January 2014 and January 2015.

In January 2014, 18 complexes sold for slightly more than $6 million; two had more than 100 units 鈥� one in Hillsboro with 340 and one in Lake Oswego with 129. For those sales, the cost per unit was about $135,000, and the cost per square foot was about $136.

In January 2015, 21 complexes sold for about $7.8 million. For those sales, the cost per unit was about $185,000, and the cost per square foot was about $152.

鈥淭here are good buying opportunities in lower-priced outlying areas,鈥� Morris said. 鈥淒emand for smaller complexes continue to pick up as smaller investors let go of cash and see the relative stability of investments in multi-unit housing.鈥�