Houses For Rent

 

Housing Affordability Crisis: Americans Squeezed By Higher Rents, Tight Credit Huffington Post By Michelle Conlin and Melanie Hicken July 5 (Reuters) - One night last spring, David Hall returned home to his studio apartment outside Boston to learn that his monthly rent had spiked from $725 to $995. It would be much cheaper for the maintenance ... See all stories on this topic »

FEATURE-UPDATE 1-Americans squeezed by higher rents, tight credit Reuters By Michelle Conlin and Melanie HickenJuly 5 (Reuters) - One night last spring, David Hallreturned home to his studio apartment outside Boston to learnthat his monthly rent had spiked from $725 to $995.It. See all stories on this topic »

Americans caught by rental, credit squeeze Globe and Mail Many would-be home buyers can't get mortgages, while rents surge and apartment vacancies plunge. See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Rent-Stabilized Apartments, Ever More Elusive New York Times In Manhattan, the price gap between a rent-stabilized and a market-rate unit has never been greater. Even before the spike in market-rate rents over the past year, rent-stabilized rates were, on average, $1245 a month cheaper. See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Renters Look to Houses as Rents Increase KLAS-TV Less than two weeks ago, Tony and Sue Canapa retired, moving to Las Vegas from Texas. Since then, they have been looking for a new home, choosing to rent instead of buy. See all stories on this topic »

Rising Rents in a Housing Price Depression Democratic Underground During the housing bubble we reached a crazy unsustainable price-to-rent ratio of almost two to one. When the down-turn started most (honest) analysts saw that one way or another the price-to-rent ratio would have to return to historically normal levels. See all stories on this topic »

Many Americans shut out of cheap housing market Financial Post (blog) Today's U.S. housing market is a buyers' dream but many Americans cannot benefit from the lower prices because they don't qualify for a mortgage. See all stories on this topic » Financial Post (blog)

Christchurch rents leap as listings fall Ninemsn At the same time, listings of houses for rent in Christchurch are down 34 per cent, even as demand jumped 47 per cent. Nationally, listings are up 4 per cent while demand is steady. "The news for prospective Christchurch tenants is still grim," said ... See all stories on this topic »

Welfare cuts: housing benefit claimants not welcome here The Guardian (blog) Only a fraction of private rented homes in the London borough of Hackney are affordable under welfare reforms, and many landlords are actively refusing to let to housing benefit recipients. See all stories on this topic »

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