Stay ahead of the curve with insights into current house rental trends and market fluctuations, helping you make confident decisions as a renter or property manager. Whether you’re checking out local rental conditions or diving into national data, our detailed studies, analyses and reports provide helpful information about the ever-changing and competitive rental market.
A recent Point2Homes study looked at how much time and money commuters, and especially renters, invest in their daily commute, focusing on the 30 largest U.S. cities. In high-density urban hubs, commuting to work seems to take either time or money, so knowing the real numbers behind their daily ride to work could help renters, who generally have lower incomes than owners, make more informed decisions. With about 108 bus, 12 rail, 3 subway, 5…
A Point2Homes study looked at how renters could save money by switching from driving to taking public transport on their daily commute. The analysis examined 30 of the largest cities…
A recent Point2Homes study looked at the 30 largest U.S. cities to determine how much money commuters (particularly renters) can save by switching from driving to using public transportation. San Francisco stood out in terms of potential savings, with the analysis adding another reason to leave the car at home: the time saved by driving instead of taking the bus isn’t significant enough to outweigh the financial benefits. While most commuters nationwide rely on cars…
Once homeownership strongholds, suburbs are ceding ground to the new housing reality: The renter-dominated suburb. Driven by affordability, mobility and changing lifestyles, homes for rent are extending beyond the city…
Key Highlights: Tightening mortgage costs, rising interest rates, and shifting lifestyle preferences have propelled the number of renter households to grow at twice the pace of homeowner households between the…
Of the 127.4 million occupied housing units in the U.S., more than 45.6 million are renter-occupied households, according to the latest U.S. Census data. And zooming in on the rental segment, single-family rentals are expanding the fastest, biting increasingly bigger chunks off of a growing market: The number of completed single-family rentals in build-to-rent communities across the country simply exploded, increasing more than tenfold from a meager 3,800 in 2015 to 39,000 new deliveries a…
Historically, driving has been Americans’ preferred way to get to work. According to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the share of workers who drive to work alone never dipped…
Renting isn’t just a fallback anymore. The mix of soaring home prices, inflation, and the weight of down payments is enough to push more and more Americans toward renting—not just…