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| Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS) |
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| Type of housing unit | Third Quarter 2007 | Third Quarter 2008 | ||||||||
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| United States | Northeast | Midwest | South | West | United States | Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |
| All housing units | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Year-round vacant | 10.4 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 9.3 |
| For rent | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| For sale only | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Rented or sold, awaiting occupancy | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Held off market | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 4.2 |
| For occasional use | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| Temporarily occupied by persons with usual residence elsewhere | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| For other reasons | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| Seasonal vacant | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
| Occupied | 86.0 | 87.6 | 87.0 | 83.7 | 87.8 | 85.7 | 87.9 | 87.0 | 83.1 | 87.3 |
| Footnotes Percent distribution may not add to total, due to rounding. |
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| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division | ||||||||||
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