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Jed Kolko: Renting Out Government-Owned Homes Is the Right Move -- But Probably Wouldn't Make Any Difference to You
Renting out REO properties would be a drop in the bucket -- it wouldn't clear much of the housing inventory and wouldn't ease rising urban rents, but it would help shore up neighborhoods where housing prices took the biggest slide, and that makes it worthwhile.
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Forget About Owning A Chinese Property, Now Even Renting Is Out Of Reach For Many
As Chinese property prices keep rising, the thought of owning a property has long become a pipe dream for many. Yet rent inflation follows property price inflation, and now even renting is becoming out of reach for many. China Daily... Read Post
Jed Kolko: Home Prices Are Up. Haven't You Heard?
Why do we see price increases in some places and price declines in others? What drives rent trends? Want to see the full list of price and rent changes for all 100 metros? Read Post
Jed Kolko: Las Vegas and Seattle Named 2012's Top Turnaround Housing Markets
Nationally, rents rose 5.2 percent year-over-year, still slightly ahead of the national price gain of 5.1 percent. In Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, rents are rising much faster than home prices. Read Post