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According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the number of rental units was reduced by 15% and tenants were 8-9% less likely to move due to rent control. [55] Tenants paid 40% below market rates on their units, and the value of properties was diminished by 45%. [55]
The way the government measures rents and home prices in the Consumer Price Index, the main metric for consumer inflation, is complicated, to say the least—and it diverges significantly from how ...
The national median price of rent for apartments ranging from studios to two-bedroom apartments fell 0.3% year-over-year to in January. That’s down $5 from a year ago and $46 below the high in ...
Predatory pricing is a commercial pricing strategy which involves the use of large scale undercutting to eliminate competition. This is where an industry dominant firm with sizable market power will deliberately reduce the prices of a product or service to loss-making levels to attract all consumers and create a monopoly. [1]
The primary exception is the right to rent a space in a mobile home park, which is frequently transferable, frequently rent-controlled, and frequently subject to French-style "key money" payments to the original tenant in the form of buying the current mobile home at an inflated price. The new tenant can then junk the existing, outdated trailer ...
A law barring monthly rents of more than $10,000 for new listings is stopping high-end homes from going on the market, real estate agents and brokers say. Such homes could be in demand for wealthy ...
When the price of a good is lowered artificially, it creates less supply and more demand for the product, thereby creating shortages. [5] Some economists argue that incomes policies are less expensive (more efficient) than recessions as a way of fighting inflation, at least for mild inflation. Others argue that controls and mild recessions can ...
Rent prices rose 7.45% year over year in November, according to the latest available data from the Rent Report, the slowest annual rise over the last 15 months. Still, this increase is more than ...