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Springs apartment vacancy above state average

by Amanda Miller Published: May 10,2012

Tags: apartments, Colorado Springs, Real Estate, rent, vacancy

Apartment vacancy rates in Colorado Springs were above the state average in the first quarter of this year. The city was also just one of a few metro areas in the state where vacancy rates were higher than last year. The vacancy rate was 6.4 percent in Colorado Springs, which was up from 5.8 percent [...] [...]

Lower vacancy, higher rents good for apartment owners (access required)

by Amanda Miller Published: May 7,2012

Tags: apartments, Colorado Springs, rent, vacancy

The lower apartment vacancy rates and higher rents reported in last week’s survey from the Colorado Division of Housing are good for apartment property owners ... [...]

Apartment market at tipping point (access required)

by Jonathan Easley Published: February 4,2011

Tags: apartments, Foreclosures, rent, rentals

It has been a renter’s market in Colorado Springs for most of the last decade, but that’s about to change. Demand for apartments and rental homes is up because homeowners whose houses have been foreclosed upon are renting now, and builders are holding off on constructing apartment complexes until the economy strengthens. Rental vacancy rates [...] [...]

Apt. landlords have little to celebrate (access required)

by Becky Hurley Published: July 10,2010

Tags: apartment, Real Estate, rent

Like a barometer, apartment rental rates provide a measure of the Pikes Peak economy — and this summer the pressure is rising, though demand could soon drop even faster. Vacancy rates in apartment communities of 50 units or more are down to a 10-year low of 6.1 percent, compared to about 8.4 percent last year. [...] [...]

‘Rent control’ bill an effort to increase affordable housing (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: March 20,2010

Tags: 2010 legislature, rent

Lawmakers are considering a bill this year that would give local governments more leeway in requiring private developers to build affordable housing, though critics say the proposal is merely a back-door to controlling rents. The author of House Bill 1017, Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Denver, said his aim is fix two problems: lack of affordable housing [...] [...]

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