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Survey: More Than 95 Percent Of Renters Will Move In 2010

Many renters across the country are ringing in the New Year with a new apartment. According to a national survey conducted by Apartments.com, more than 95 percent of renters said they are planning a move in 2010.
Many renters are also moving earlier this year, searching for better deals and nicer apartments in more desirable [...]



Apartment investments

The rental vacancy rate may be rising in Boston and elsewhere. But there could be a long-term silver lining for landlords: Baby Boomers will be increasingly looking for rentals as they downsize their abodes in coming years.
File under: Time to scout out Boston-area triple-deckers for sale.



Renting in Boston gets easier

From today’s Herald:
The area’s vacancy rate stood at 6.3 percent last quarter, up from 6.1 percent a year ago and up from 5.8 percent in 2007, according to Reis Inc., a New York real-estate research firm.
The Reis survey also showed that monthly rental prices dipped to an average $1,613, down 2.8 percent compared to a [...]



Hub Faces Rental Glut

It’s a tenants market. Boston-area landlords are dealing with a glut of vacant apartments:
Boston apartments presently avail – 1,044
Last year at this time – 535
Back Bay number of avail apartments – 142
Same time last year – 49
Beacon Hill number of avail apartments – 63
Same time last year – 12
Read more from today’s Boston Herald including [...]



Boston Apartments – Renters Market

Renters have it so good right now! Not only do they have bragging rights about not jumping on the homebuyer bandwagon potentially losing a ton of money, but now they have rentals galore to choose from.
Reuters.com reports that in the second quarter, the national vacancy rate for apartments hit a 22-year high of 7.5%. Real-estate [...]



Landlords, your not going to like this

Are you a landlord? Do you maybe own an investment property, or a summer place that you rent to others, or perhaps you could not sell your last house so you are renting it instead? Well, you’re really going to hate this one:
Recipients of real estate rental income that make payments of $600 or more [...]



Not Too Proud For Rentals

With residential sales getting tougher to close, an increasing number of Boston brokers who once worked exclusively in sales are now taking on transactions that in the past they never would have touched: rentals.
In the last few months, I have noticed an increase in MLS rental listings from Boston brokers. I also noticed a large [...]




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