The rental vacancy rate remains high.
Not exact matches
The Fed noted that
rental vacancy rates in northern New Jersey and upstate New York
remained near multiyear lows, while rents rose by about 4 % year - on - year.
«While annual supply completions
remain suppressed relative to previous years, increased supply at a time of weak demand is expected to continue to push up residential
vacancy rates, causing further
rental decline by the end of 2016.
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.
Washington, D.C.'s low median age of housing inventory (54 days, nine days less than the national average), even lower
vacancy rate (5.20 percent, about 23 percent less than the national average), and moderately high annual job growth
rate of 2.19 percent indicate that demand for housing there is and will likely
remain quite strong, making D.C. a profitable market for
rental real estate investors for quarters to come.
Even the most pessimistic apartment market researchers agree that very few apartments were empty in the third quarter and that the
vacancy rate in the multifamily
rental sector will
remain low in the short - term.
Vacancy rates for
rental apartments
remain low in the top six U.S. markets, despite an influx of new development.
«There is a great deal of optimism in Montreal with
rental rates increasing,
vacancy dropping and absorption levels
remaining positive,» says Morse.
«Commercial real estate in B.C. continues to
remain strong despite low
vacancies, higher
rental rates and economic pressure,» says Sheldon, a Realtor for over 16 years and past - chair of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board's Commercial Division.