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> Rental vacancy rates remain near all time lows Source?

• xnx 5y ago
  First result: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRVRUSQ156N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRVRUSQ156N
  • notch656a 5y ago
    I wonder how much of this has to do with flippers buying up rental properties to 'rehab', put a few coats of paint, change the tiles, flush out undesirables on and sell onward. Higher real estate turnover could put a damper on vacancy rates.
  • nopenopenopeno 5y ago
    I see. This measures only properties that are currently on the rental market; not empty homes. As corporate ownership increases, which is happening at a startling degree, this makes sense.
• DiggyJohnson 5y ago
  This comment can be deleted if it’s out of scope, but I have a question: Did you even try to find this source on your own? If not, whose obligation do you think it is to supply a source for empirical claims in a civil discussion? Or if you’re trying to educate yourself or simply asking out of interest, there’s probably a more meaningful way of engaging with the OP than a one word comment: ‘source’.
  • notch656a 5y ago
    >Did you even try to find this source on your own? This would be impossible to do without knowing what the poster meant by vacant rentals. Some would interpret any empty rental unit as vacant, whereas others would interpret it as a rental that is actually available for rent as being vacant. Without a source or other clarification, it can be impossible to know by which definition someone is using. >if not, whose obligation do you think it is to supply a source for empirical claims in a civil discussion? The burden on proof is always on the one making the assertion. > there’s probably a more meaningful way of engaging with the OP than a one word comment: ‘source’ It saves everyone from reading a long sentence when in the end all they are asking is for the person making the assertion to supply proof.