“While the price of buying a home climbed through the third quarter, would-be buyers pivoted towards renting and other housing arrangements,” said Realtor.com Economic Data Analyst Hannah Jones.
Read More »Rental Vacancies Down, But Houston Rate Still Running High
According to Morningstar Credit Ratings, the average vacancy across single-borrower, single-family rental securitizations was down in January 2018, dropping to 5.0 percent from December 2017’s rate of 5.2 percent. Morningstar’s latest Single-Family Rental Research report says the drop is likely ...
Read More »For Single-Family Rentals, Low Vacancy Rates Mean Rent Growth
CoreLogic has released its February U.S. Economic Outlook, with the spotlight this month turning toward the single-family rental market, and specifically the relationship between vacancy rates and rent price growth. As explained by CoreLogic Chief Economist Dr. Frank Nothaft, single-family ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Vacancy Rates Treading Water
National vacancies rates held steady across the country during Q1, and the data for Q2 will be released on Thursday. Will vacancy rates rise or fall in the second quarter?
Read More »Vacancy Rates Inch Upward
Vacancy rates in rental housing were highest outside of Metropolitan Statistical Areas at 9.2 percent and were lower in principal cities at 7.7 percent and suburbs at 6.2 percent. The homeowner vacancy rate was also highest outside MSAs at 2.5 percent and was slightly lower inside principal cities at 1.9 percent and in the suburbs at 1.7 percent.
Read More »Homeownership Down Below ’90s Levels; Vacancy Rate Little Changed
The homeownership rates declined by at least 0.6 percentage points year-over-year in all age categories (under 35; 35 to 44; 45 to 54; 55 to 64; and 65 and older), with the largest decline coming in the 35 to 44 age group (2.3 percentage points, from 60.7 down to 58.4 percent.
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