Thinking of renters living alone conjures up the image of a young professional in their late 20s to early 30s: adaptable, career-focused, and renting as a stepping stone to future plans. However, Point2Homes‘ closer look at the data reveals a twist: it’s actually aging Canadians who are emerging as major contributors to the solo rental market. An astounding 4.4 million Canadians lived alone in 2021 — twice what it was in 1991. Ontario and Québec each counted over 1.3 million one-person…
Americans’ love affair with the single-family home has been changing. As incomes are slowly creeping up but home prices and mortgage rates remain prohibitive, more and more renters are looking…
What makes a house renter tick? From spacious homes and generous backyards to plenty of storage and great parking options, there aren’t many features and amenities that a house renter…
Why rent a house over an apartment? Extra privacy and space are the understandable top reasons, but there’s a twist: The need for better pet accommodations surpasses that of housing a growing family. Hassle-free living — a renting perk: More than 41% of renters aren’t bothered by the inability to renovate, with a few others actually prefer when no modifications are allowed. For these renters, decorating with personal items is enough to make a rental…
What the data shows: Conditions: If they decided to buy a starter home (which we considered to be homes priced at half the local benchmark price) and went for a…
Everything is bigger in Texas — and that includes its appeal to house renters. Home to some of the country’s most thriving core cities, the state is getting even bigger…
What makes a suburb great for single-family home renters? The suburbs where renters thrive are, of course, the ones where renter incomes are high or have been increasing, where there are plenty of spacious houses for rent to choose from and where the more relaxed lifestyle is attracting more and more people, injecting vitality into a growing community. That’s exactly what’s going on in Phoenix and Tucson’s nearest suburban areas. Here, the suburbs and communities…
Being a renter these days is no walk in the park. Finding the right apartment or house for rent in the ideal city, within a walkable neighborhood and at an…
There’s no doubt that buying a condo would be easier than buying a single-family home, especially for first-time buyers trying to get on the property ladder and start building equity.…