Canva Written by: Emily Sherman The last few years have shown costs rising due to inflation—from the price of groceries and utility bills to travel and entertainment. But one of the hardest pills to swallow has been the rising cost of rent across the U.S. As the largest expense in most Americans’ budgets, high housing...Read More
Elena_Alex_Ferns // Shutterstock Written by: Dom DiFurio The cost of rent skyrocketed in the COVID-19 pandemic’s second year as homes for sale remained scarce. Millions of American millennials who couldn’t afford to rent were forced to squeeze into relatives’ homes. Rentlodex ranked cities with the highest rent increases from December 2021 to 2022 using data...Read More
Canva Written by: Jill Jaracz The rental market in the U.S. has been on a roller coaster over the past two years, soaring to new highs in rents and plummeting to new lows in terms of vacancies. About 44 million people rent their homes, according to 2021 Census data. They choose to rent for various...Read More
Canva Written by: Dom DiFurio Property owners are having a harder time finding tenants for smaller rental homes, signaling a potential long-term shift in renter preferences. Rentlodex collected rental vacancy data from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey from March 9, 2021, to understand what characteristics determine whether a property is likely to...Read More
Canva Written by: Jill Jaracz Prospective home buyers know that when a house sits empty for months on the market, it’s a sign that an eager-to-sell owner might be ready to bargain. Unfortunately for current home buyers, the national homeowner vacancy rate—measured by the share of vacant homes for sale—is at 0.8% for the first...Read More
