White picket rents: Tenants are flooding the suburbs where they can't afford to buy

Housing: almost 1 in 5 consumers looking to rent or buy

Commencement numbers for the first 4 months of 2025 are "discouraging" at 3,945 units, around 40% of the levels observed in 2023 similar to levels in 2016

White picket rents: Tenants are flooding the suburbs where they can't afford to buy

Remote work, steep mortgage rates and new types of rental properties are fueling demand far from urban downtowns.

Renters Surpass Homeowners in Over 200 U.S. Suburbs

(AURN News) — For the first time in recent history, renters outnumber homeowners in more than 200 U.S. suburbs, upending the traditional image of suburbs as bastions of ownership and stability. This shift is more than just numbers; it is reshaping where and how working families live, especially those already facing housing insecurity. A new report from Point2Homes finds that 203 suburbs across the country’s 20 largest metro areas now have more r…

Suburban Rental Surge Reshapes U.S. Housing Landscape

A new analysis by rental market research firm Point2Homes reveals that between 2018 and 2023, rentership increased by at least five percentage points in 11 of the 20 largest suburban regions surrounding major U.S. metro areas. Fifteen of those suburbs transitioned from majority-homeowner to majority-renter communities during that period. The...