Apartment Vacancy Rates

Apartment Vacancy Rate Surges 7.8%, Rents Fall

The Wall Street Journal | NICK TIMIRAOS | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


The U.S. vacancy rate reached 7.8%, a 23-year high, according to Reis Inc., a New York real-estate research firm that tracks vacancies and rents in th...

Reluctant Landlords: More Homeowners Renting Out Their Homes

The Wall Street Journal | M.P. MCQUEEN | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


Hard data are scant on how many homeowners are renting out their homes, but anecdotal evidence suggests numbers are up. In one indication of the trend...