Re:Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global...
by Kirby64 on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @02:12PM
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A 6.9% rental vacancy rate implies an average vacancy of ~3.5 weeks per year. Given the high turnover of many rentals, that seems pretty low to me. Turnaround time just to do a make ready for a new tenant tends to be a week at minimum, sometimes longer for proper overhauls (replacing carpet, fixes damage, etc). Sure, not all properties turn over every year, but there's also quite a few properties that have longer vacancies to counteract that.
That's homeowner vacancy rate. Rental vacancy rate is around 6.9%:
https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/current/index.html