Eye On Housing
According to the Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS), the U.S. homeownership rate was 63.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the fourth quarter of 2016, a small increase from the third quarter of 63.4%. This is the second consecutive increase, following a 50-year low of 63.1% in the second quarter of 2016. Homeownership rates increase with age, rising from… Read More ›
In the third quarter of 2015, the NAHB’s Multifamily Production Index (MPI) increased one point to a level of 56. This marks the 15th consecutive quarter with a reading of 50 or above, which indicates that more respondents report conditions are improving than report conditions are becoming worse. The MPI is fairly consistent with the strong performance of multifamily starts, which have recovered from… Read More ›
NAHB’s Multifamily Production Index (MPI) edged up one point to 55 in the second quarter, marking the 14th consecutive quarter that the index has been 50 or above. The MPI measures builder and developer sentiment on a scale of 0 to 100, where any number over 50 indicates that more respondents report conditions are improving than report conditions are getting… Read More ›
The rental market continues to be heat up with the national rental vacancy rate dropping to a 20 year low. At the same time, the homeownership rate continues to fall and is now at a low point not seen since the third quarter of 1994. The current first-time buyers share is 29% and remains well below the historical average of… Read More ›
The seasonally adjusted homeownership rate, according to Census Bureau’s quarterly survey, was 64.3% in the third quarter of 2014, down from the prior quarter and the reading from one year ago. The homeownership rate remains below the historical 20-year average of 66.9% and has not been this low since the fourth quarter of 1994 when the homeownership rate was 64.1%…. Read More ›
The homeownership rate declined slightly during the first quarter of 2013, falling to a seasonally adjusted reading of 65.2%. This marks the lowest reading since the end of 1995 and a 4.2 percentage point drop versus the peak observed in mid-2004. While the homeownership rate is somewhat lower than its 20-year historical average, the rate has not fallen as low… Read More ›
In the third quarter of 2012, NAHB’s Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI) improved 3 points to 33, largely offsetting the previous quarter’s 5 point swing in the other direction. The MVI is a measure of property owners’ sentiment about vacancies in existing rental apartments, so lower numbers are better. After hitting a record high of 70 in the second quarter of… Read More ›
The Census Bureau reported the seasonally adjusted homeownership rate fell to 65.3% during the third quarter of 2012. In terms of rates across age groups (which are not seasonally adjusted), only those households headed by persons 65 and over registered an increase in the homeownership rate versus the third quarter of 2011. The under 35 and 55-64 householder cohorts saw… Read More ›
After hovering around 66 percent in each of the last three quarters, the Census Bureau reported the seasonally adjusted homeownership rate fell to 65.5 percent during the first quarter of 2012. With this latest decline, the homeownership rate has slipped nearly 4 percentage points from its peak during the mid-2000s and its current level marks the lowest reading since 1997…. Read More ›
In the fourth quarter of 2011, NAHB’s Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI) declined for a second consecutive quarter—from 35.1 to 34.7 The MVI is based on a quarterly survey of NAHB’s multifamily members, tracking their sentiment about the market for existing apartments on a scale from 0 to 100. A declining MVI is a positive change, as it indicates that sentiment… Read More ›