Quiz: Which Cities Favor These Nine Terms in Luxury Rental Listings?
Looking for a concierge, a jetted tub or a rooftop deck? Here are the cities where you're most likely to find them, based on their luxury rental listings.
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Top Terms in Luxury Rental Listings, From Concierge to Wine
Check out the top 20 terms for luxury rental listings nationally -- and see what terms are hot in your city.
What Rental Listings Say in Urban, Suburban and Rural America
Looking for a rental with a fenced-in pool and a garage that's near a school? To suburbia with you! Are propane heat and a big sky more your jam? Head to rural America. If it's a doorman and nightlife you want, then urban rentals can deliver. Here are the terms you're most likely to find in urban, suburban and rural listings for rentals across the country.
15 Favorites From Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends Report 2017
Millennials make up almost a third of sellers. Forty percent of U.S. homeowners share their home with a pet. Nearly a third of buyers go over budget. We have the rundown on housing market data.
Breakeven Horizon Shortens Nationally, But Still Lengthening in Most Major Metros
It takes 4.9 years of renting in San Jose before buying a home there is a better prospect – but not because rents in San Jose are affordable: The median rent is $3,600 a month, among the highest in the country. It’s just that the median home value is even less affordable: $992,144.
National Apartment Market Outlook: Bearish for Now, Bullish for Later
A recent surge in apartment construction could mean opportunities for renters to save some money over the next few years as more supply continues to come online and landlords compete to fill vacant units – especially at the higher end of the market. But looking farther out, that dynamic could reverse as a handful of demographic and economic trends take hold.
Rising Rents Mean Larger Homeless Population
It’s well documented that there’s a connection between escalating rents and growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness. With this new research, we quantify that effect in 25 major metro areas. We found that in four metros currently experiencing a crisis in homelessness — Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and Seattle – the relationship between rising rents and increased homelessness is particularly strong.
For Many Low-Income Renters, Even Low-End Apartments Aren’t Affordable
In the 25 largest metro areas in the country, people with low incomes pay far more than 30 percent for rent. Even markets that were not historically out of reach now take a large chunk of low-income renters’ dollars. In Houston, the median low-income earner spends 65.1 percent of her income on the median bottom-tier rent. In Tampa, it’s 59.1 percent. In Philadelphia, 57.3 percent.
A Turning Tide? U.S. Homeownership Rate Climbs in Q2 as Rental Vacancies Mount
After a decade in which essentially all household formation was among renters, the most recent homeownership data provides a faint signal that the market may be turning. Between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017, the number of owner households increased 1.7 percent while the number of renter households fell by 1.6 percent.
How to Save on Rent: Don’t Move
Landlords typically raise rents at a slower rate for renewing tenants, so people are bound to save some money by sticking around -- but who knew it would be enough to pay for another couple months of rent?
