Archive for the 'renting' Category

Private equity and Wall Street planning their exit from the rental business? Lower yields, IPOs, and packaging current deals to sell into a hot stock market.


The renting generation – homeownership rate for those 35 and younger continues to decline. Overall homeownership falls in spite of rising affordability.


Where the renters live. San Francisco and the big jump in rents and home prices. The least affordable place in California just got more expensive. San Francisco median rent now at $3,100.


When big money chases rentals – Fed pushing large money investors into becoming landlords.


Renting the California Dream – Typical Southern California mortgage payment down 54 percent from peak. Rents move up in the face of stagnant household income.


The uneven housing market of Southern California – Middle tier of Los Angeles and Orange County down over 8 percent in last 24 months. Lower tier holding steady over 24 months.


The new American Dream of renting – 5 reasons why renting is a better economic choice than buying a home in 2012. The benefits of renting are rarely promoted unlike the large lobbying groups for home buying through the banking industry.


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