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Dismal arithmetic.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
I was a bit confused reading "Nobody Home" (July 14). In the first paragraph, Kevin A. Hassett writes, "There are currently 129 million homes in the United States, and 18.5 million are empty." That would mean that about 14 percent of all homes in the U.S. are empty.
But the article includes a graph called "Homeowner Vacancy Rate," on which about 2 percent of homes built before 2000 are shown to be vacant, along with about 10 percent of newer homes. Mathematically, then, the total vacancy must rest somewhere between 2 and 10 percent, not at 14 percent.
On their face, the numbers don't seem to add up. Or is there a difference between the percentage of homes empty and the ...
- 1st-Quarter Rental Vacancy Rate Hits 21-Year High
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post May 2, 1987 700+ words
The nation's vacancy rate for rental housing stood at 7...residential units. The rental vacancy rate in the South was 10.5 percent...the Census Bureau said. The homeowner vacancy rate-1.7 percent nationally- was...
- Office Vacancy Rate Rises in Madison, Wis., But Remains Below...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Gribble, Roger A. June 21, 1995 700+ words
Jun. 22--Madison's office vacancy rate edged up during the last 12 months but...office vacancy survey. Madison's vacancy rate is among the lowest 5 percent in the...change the momentum." The average vacancy rate nationally is about 15 percent, he...
- METRO OFFICE VACANCY RATE FALLS TO 27.3%
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record CONSTANCE LEWIS June 28, 1988 700+ words
The vacancy rate for metropolitan area office buildings fell to 27.3 percent...It was the second consecutive quarter the area office vacancy rate has declined. The vacancy rate quarter was down from 27.9 percent in the first quarter...
- CITY OFFICE VACANCY RATE INCREASES TO 29.2 PERCENT/SAYS COLDWELL BANKER
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record DAVID PAGE March 18, 1987 700+ words
...Estate Services. It is the highest vacancy rate for the metropolitan area since the...Vacancy Index was started in 1982. The vacancy rate has risen for seven of the last eight...Of the five sectors of the city, the vacancy rate increased in four sectors and was down...
- CITY OFFICE VACANCY RATE HIKE HIGHEST AMONG CITIES IN U.S. / SAYS COLDWELL...
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record CONSTANCE LEWIS January 20, 1988 700+ words
...2.3 percent increase in the office vacancy rate for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area...Coldwell Banker Fourth Quarter Survey. The vacancy rate for the Oklahoma City metro increased...was revised from the 28.8 percent vacancy rate reported earlier by Coldwell Banker...
- OVERALL OKC OFFICE VACANCY RATE RISES TO 28.2 PERCENT
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record TIM RAY September 30, 1986 700+ words
Oklahoma City's overall office vacancy rate for the third quarter rose to 28.2...Estate Brokerage. The downtown office vacancy rate rose from 27 percent in the second quarter...the third quarter, while the suburban vacancy rate increased from 25 percent to 27.9...
- Lake County's retail vacancy rate improved in 2004.
- Newspaper article from: News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) January 26, 2005 700+ words
...Mentor. The countywide retail vacancy rate followed what is happening in Mentor...Department. Mentor's retail vacancy rate is 4 percent, unchanged for 2003, while the Lake County retail vacancy rate is 3.8 percent, down from 6...
- Industrial vacancy rate hits surprising 10-year low. (Los Angeles,...
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Proctor, Lisa Steen July 21, 1997 700+ words
...posted its lowest industrial vacancy rate in 10 years and is finally starting...construction activity. The vacancy rate for South Bay industrial space...space is backed out, the vacancy rate may be as low as 5 to 6 percent...
Source: HighBeam Research, Dismal arithmetic.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)