Sydney real estate is going through significant regeneration, which coupled with ongoing light rail works have resulted in very
low vacancy rates of around 4 % in commercial office space.
Construction permits in San Jose are hard to get, and the area already has
the lowest vacancy rate of all the metro areas surveyed, so there is little wiggle room to accommodate tens of thousands of new workers in an affordable way.
With
the lowest vacancy rate of the 15 metros studied, the San Jose metro has very little slack to incorporate the additional workers.
The city has a fairly
low vacancy rate of 3 %, with rent on a two - bedroom apartment averaging $ 1,060 a month.
This was unsupported by evidence other than localised increases in real rents in both Perth and Sydney, which also had
the lowest vacancy rates of all capital cities at the time.
For instance, the National Association of Realtors reports that in 2014, San Jose, CA had
a low vacancy rate of 4.0 %, while Ocean City, NJ had a high vacancy rate of 58.4 %.
Prior to that, Downtown Vancouver, which consists of 22.7 million square feet of office space, had posted one of
the lowest vacancy rates of any metropolitan core in Canada for the past decade.
Rents are expected to plateau at the current $ 32 per sq. ft. levels and
a low vacancy rate of 3.80 per cent (as of September 2008) should provide some stability in the months to come.
Not exact matches
Office buildings located within 500 meters
of rapid transit stations generally benefit from
lower vacancy rates and higher rents than those areas not served directly by rapid transit.
«Despite the fact that Metro Vancouver has one
of the
lowest vacancy rates, we're still the third-most affordable in North America, which would suggest that perhaps we've got some runway in terms
of rental -
rate appreciation,» Trepp said while leading a panel discussion on the office market.
«On the other hand, investors are planning to hold onto their rental properties for at least eight to ten years and realize the benefits
of rising rents and
low vacancy rates.
Low vacancy rates in office spaces are important to the continuing success
of both the cleaning and carpet cleaning sectors, as they depend on getting most
of their business from offices and commercial buildings.
Available indicators
of rental
rates and
vacancies of residential property are volatile and vary considerably across capital cities but, in general, they provide tentative signs
of a mild easing
of growth in rents;
vacancy rates have picked up a little in some cities, but they remain
low.
In line with this,
vacancy rates for rentals across Canada are exceptionally
low, particularly in certain parts
of British Columbia where
vacancy rates have dipped to a record
low of 0.3 per cent.
Today, State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and State Senator Daniel Squadron released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s decision that changes to the Section 8 Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR) policy — which could have had severe unintended consequences for NYC Section 8 tenants — will not apply to cities with
low vacancy rates, like NYC.
«As we continue working with HUD on increasing affordability and other critical housing goals, we appreciate that HUD heard our request for a policy that takes into account the unique needs
of NYC, and other cities with
low vacancy rates, and that the unintentional but real harm posed by the proposed SAFMR rule will be averted.
Many
of these people live in areas where jobs are available and «there actually tends to be more
vacancies in areas with
low employment
rates than the national average», Mr Hutton told the IPPR.
Demand
lowered the Manhattan
vacancy rate from 12.8 percent at the end
of the recession in 2009 to 9.7 percent in 2015.
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For reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta Public Schools and the State
of Georgia,
lowering the dropout
rate, cutting back the number
of teacher
vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some
of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council
of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Conference.
The number
of new teachers entering the profession in England has dropped to its
lowest rate in five years — while
vacancy rates continue to rise.
«We're investing hundreds
of millions in teacher recruitment and the
vacancy rate has remained
low at around 1 % over the last 15 years,» said an education department spokesman.
Although the NAO states these figures are still relatively
low, the DfE has admitted they only reveal part
of the picture because data is taken in November when
vacancy rates are considered small.
Statistics Canada reported in 2012 that Canada's overall
vacancy rate was 2.8 % and
of the major urban centres, Calgary's was the
lowest at 1.3 %.
For those living in Toronto or Vancouver — or in Regina, Thunder Bay and Calgary, where
vacancy rates are an astonishingly
low 1 % to 1.3 % — the possibility
of finding a two - bedroom apartment for $ 1,600 in the downtown core may seem ridiculous.
Provincial Finance Minister Mike de Jong says he unveiled the tax as part
of legislation aimed at addressing
low vacancy rates and high real estate prices in southern B.C.
We figured that a
low vacancy rate suggests residents in a particular area have more interest in renting (though it could also mean a
low proportion
of rental properties).
In fact, if you dig into other parts
of the REI database, what you find is that
vacancy rates were unusually
low at that time before negative gearing was abolished.
If you're among the 35 million American households who rent, here's some good news: the red - hot rental market
of the past couple
of years — fueled by home foreclosures, the uncertain housing market, and
low vacancy rates — appears to tapering off.
That creates a big demand for rental properties, resulting in one
of the
lowest vacancy rates in the country and slowly rising rent prices.
Due to these demands, North Dakota experiences one
of the
lowest rental
vacancy rates in the nation.
In New York City, Midtown Manhattan and Midtown South had two
of the
lowest vacancy rates in the country, at 7.8 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively.
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Two factors supporting price increases are the
low inventory
of homes for sale and the
low vacancy rate among owner - occupied housing.
Despite the construction activity, retail
vacancy rates are at its
lowest point in a decade with overall shopping center
vacancies dipping to 7.3 % during the second quarter, according to a CB Richard Ellis survey
of properties 50,000 sq. ft. and greater.
At present, the areas with the
lowest industrial
vacancy rates are Los Angeles, with a
vacancy rate of 5.5 percent; Orange County, Calif., 6.2 percent; and Miami at 8.9 percent.
The
vacancy rate as
of August was 3.6 %, the national
low, and there are at least three large users seeking space that will result in new construction.
Along with robust corporate profits and healthy balance sheets, as the economy continues to improve, positive absorption and
low levels
of construction are expected further to bring down the
vacancy rate going forward.
Miami - Dade's Kendall submarket boasts a particularly
low vacancy rate, which has spurred development
of several new projects, including Columbia, Md. - based The Rouse Co.'s 1.3 million sq. ft. Kendall Town Center and locally based Prime Sites Inc.'s 300,000 - sq.
Apartments, lofts, condominium and residential mixed - use developments are the biggest investor plays due to high demand,
low vacancy (3.8 percent), elevated rental
rates, and the return
of a strong condo market.
The North County sub-market in the San Francisco area has a
vacancy rate of 0.5 percent and rent growth
of more than 51 percent year - over-year, currently averaging almost $ 58 per sq. ft.. Other high - rent,
low -
vacancy sub-markets include Torrey Pines in San Diego (3.3 percent
vacancy and $ 427.40 per sq. ft. average rent), Lake Union in Seattle (2.6 percent
vacancy and $ 43.87 per sq. ft. average rent) and Philadelphia's Central Business District (CBD)(1.5 percent
vacancy and $ 28 per sq. ft. average rent).
At the epicentre
of Toronto's financial district and with one
of the
lowest historical
vacancy rates in Canada, Bay Street is home to many international banks, financial companies such as hedge funds and securities companies, as well as law firms.
The large base
of owner - occupied facilities tends to
lower vacancy rates in multi-tenant space.
From his Los Angeles office, Craig Meyer, SIOR, sits in the middle
of an exceptionally - tight industrial real estate market, featuring what the 2008 - 09 SIOR President says is a «16 - year -
low in
vacancy» with
rates «under 2 %.»
And while occupancy
rates and rental prices have risen, the pipeline
of new housing has been lacking, so
vacancy rates have dropped to all - time
lows in many parts
of the country.
Still, the city's office -
vacancy rate remains well below the national average
of 13.5 percent, and its first - quarter
rate of 5.7 percent was the
lowest in the country.
Damage caused by
low oil prices has certainly been felt in the state's Northern market, but even that market has shown resilience, with second - quarter 2016
vacancy rates at 4.8 percent and 114,000 sq. ft.
of positive absorption in the first half
of the year.
Prologis executives note that their examination
of top markets and the firm's own holdings show that global industrial
vacancy rates should remain
low, and rents high, for the next several years.
The areas with the
lowest industrial
vacancy rates currently are Orange County, Calif., with a
vacancy rate of 3.4 percent; Los Angeles, 3.7 percent; Miami and Palm Beach, Fla., both at 5.4 percent; and Seattle, at 5.6 percent.
For retail landlords, apparel and department - store closures have so far been offset by the store growth
of other kinds
of chains such as dollar stores and off - price retailers, which have kept
vacancy rates low.