Jan 31, 2011 3:10PM The Census Bureau has released its survey of Residential Vacancies and Homeownership for the fourth quarter of 2010. Homeowner Vacancy and Rental Vacancy statistics are from the Housing Vacancy Survey, which is a supplement to the Current Population Survey. The homeowner vacancy rate is the proportion of the homeowner inventory which is vacant for sale. The rental vacancy rate is the proportion of the rental inventory which is vacant for rent. A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at... Jan 28, 2011 10:42AM This week we discussed the outlook for home prices and shared perspective on whether or not now is a good time to buy. Reuters was kind enough to poll economists on their updated home price outlook. Here are the results.... U.S. housing bottom seen in mid-2011: poll By Corbett B. Daly WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. house prices are likely to continue to slide before bottoming out sometime in the middle of this year but will rise just over two percent in 2011 as a whol e, according to economists...
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