A strong and widespread recovery of rents has pushed prices beyond where they would have been had the coronavirus pandemic never occurred, according to Zillow’s® latest market report. Although U.S. home appreciation again broke records in July, there are signs of ...

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After eight months of consistent slowdowns, rent growth in the nation’s largest housing markets saw its first uptick in March, rising 1.1% year-over-year, according to the realtor.com® Monthly Rental Report. Despite the improvement, the rental markets in pricey high-tech hubs like San Jose, San ...

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After eight months of consistent slowdowns, rent growth in the nation’s largest housing markets saw its first uptick in March, rising 1.1% year-over-year, according to the realtor.com® Monthly Rental Report released today. Despite the improvement, the rental markets in pricey high-tech hubs like San ...

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ATTOM Data Solutions, has released its 2021 Rental Affordability Report, which shows that owning a median-priced three-bedroom home is more affordable than renting a three-bedroom property in 572, or 63 percent of the 915 U.S. counties analyzed for the report.  ...

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Rental concessions, such as a free month’s rent, appear to be luring Gen Z out of their parents’ basements and back into the rental market. New Zillow research finds more Gen Z adults, ages 18 to 25, who had been ...

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Thirty-two percent of Americans have lost their job or lost wages—or someone in their household has—due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. The report features results from a survey ...

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Renters, much like homeowners, are favoring smaller more affordable markets that offer highly rated schools, strong local economies and more space over expensive tech hubs, a trend that is pushing rents up in many of the same markets where home ...

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Rents in college neighborhoods have been hit especially hard this year amid widespread campus closures and moves to online lectures during the coronavirus pandemic. The average rent in college areas has fallen 1.2% since February, while it’s grown 1.4% in ...

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The new normal for renting an apartment is now a fully digital experience, with both renters and property owners agreeing it is the fastest and safest way to rent during the COVID pandemic and beyond. Renters are becoming so comfortable ...

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U.S. renters spent a cumulative $4.5 trillion on rent during the 2010s, according to a new Zillow® analysis. That’s more than the GDP of Germany or the combined market values of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet. In 2019 alone, renters ...

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