Vacation Rentals to Blame?

The housing market feels like it hasn’t been “normal” since 2019, and it doesn’t look like it will be again for some time. Many factors are affecting the market, like low mortgage rates in 2021, high rates now in late 2023 and a lack of inventory compared to the...

The Suburbanization of Renters

Two revolutions in transportation have left an indelible mark on the American city. Prior to the early 1900s, most cities were compact and oriented towards a downtown employment area. Cities couldn’t grow beyond a certain size for practical reasons: people needed to...

Vacant Housing

New in the 2023B release, we are expanding our vacant dwellings data to include the reason for vacancy. This helps us distinguish between temporarily and permanently vacant dwellings and it gives us a better handle on tourist activity via seasonal/occasional use...