Buying is more affordable than renting in 98 out of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas — even in New York, Los Angeles and Boston, according to real estate company Trulia’s rent vs. buy index. The index is based on asking prices for rental units and homes for sale on the company’s website between Dec. […]

The vacancy rate among Puget Sound apartment rentals decreased to 4.7 percent this month, down from 5.3 percent last September, according to a survey of 20-unit and larger apartments published Monday. The results excluded vacancies in new properties in lease-up and properties going through major renovation. The survey, conducted by research firm Dupre + Scott, […]

Home prices 'bottoming now,' BofA Merrill Lynch analysts say

BofA Borrowers in Foreclosure May Get Rent-Back Option Daily Real Estate News | Friday, March 23, 2012 Bank of America announced this week that it will make an offer to a select group of its borrowers who face foreclosure: You can stay in the property, but you’ll have to rent it instead. The bank’s pilot […]