Tag Archive: vacancy rates

Feb 05

Rental market tightening with vacancies down

The rental market continues to be strong as challenging conditions for homeowners continue to frighten potential new homebuyers away from home ownership. The apartment industry continues its broad-based recovery, according to the National Multi Housing Council’s (NMHC) latest Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. For the second consecutive quarter, 60% of respondents said markets were tighter …

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Dec 18

U.S. housing starts and the percent of vacant housing units

U.S. total housing starts and the percent of vacant housing units (owner and rental), December 17, 2010 The graph shows housing starts through November 2010. The combined vacancy rate is calculated through Q3 based on the Census Bureau vacancy rates for owner occupied and rental housing. The good news is the total vacancy rate has …

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