With rents going up, many people are deciding between continuing to rent, or purchasing a home. Some are still saddled with poor credit from the economic turndown but those feeling buyer confidence are feeling the squeeze put on by increasing rents.
As reported in “Accelerating Housing Costs Has Renters Feeling the Squeeze” Posted in Economist Commentaries”, by Nadia Evangelou, Research Economist on March 17, 2015:
The top markets where renters have seen the highest increase in rents since 2009 are:
- New York, NY-NJ-PA (50.7%)
- Seattle, WA(32.4%)
- San Jose, CA (25.6%)
- Denver, CO (24.1%)
- St. Louis, MO-IL (22.3%)
Portland Oregon is seeing a 20%+ increase.
The Salem area has not experienced that high of an increase but local renters will tell you the increase can definitely be felt and is trending in that direction.
With home prices continuing to rise in this area and speculation of rate increases many current renters may make the move to home ownership sooner rather than later.
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