The rental vacancy rate in the U.S. during the second quarter of this year was 6.8 percent, the lowest level in over 10 years, according to data just released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This was a decline of over 9 percent (9.33%) from the 2nd quarter of 2014 when the rental vacancy rate was 7.5% and is the lowest level the rental vacancy rate has been at in over 10 years.
As the chart and table below shows, the U.S. homeowner vacancy rate also declined during the 2nd quarter of this year to 1.8 percent which ties the lowest level the homeowner vacancy rate has been at in over 10 years as well.
St Louis Rental Vacancy Rate Increases During 2nd Quarter-
As the table below shows, rental vacancies in St Louis increased slightly during 2nd quarter rising to 8.7 percent from 8.6 percent the previous quarter.
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