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Job growth continues to increase strongly, with the economy generating 2.5 million jobs in March 2019 from one year ago. Payroll employment rose in March 2019 from one year ago in all industries [...]

The U.S. rental vacancy rate edged slightly higher to 7.1 percent in 2018 Q3, but this is still below the 7.5 percent vacancy rate in 2017 Q3.  The U.S. rental vacancy rate averaged 9.6 percent [...]

Second-quarter 2018 new construction metrics compared to second quarter 2017: 22.3% of newly built homes sold above their list price, down from 24.8%. For the past seven quarters, the percentage [...]