Market & Trends

Share of vacant housing being held off the market continues to rise

From the archive, 2013. Rates, prices and market conditions described here are as they stood then. Treat the numbers as history, and the reasoning as the part that lasts.

Census Report - Rental Vacancy Rate

The latest report from the Census tells a story that some investors have been wondering about — why are there still so many vacant houses out there on the market which are not for sale or for rent? Also for rental housing in the third quarter the vacancy rate was 8.3%.

A story in the Atlantic Cities details the share of empty houses being held off the market, that is homes neither for sale nor for rent, is rising. Read more here called “Where the Empty Houses Are.”

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