A combination of factors is contributing to the increasingly tight summer rental market: the number of rentals has stabilized as new construction slowed during the down economy; rising gas prices are making vacations closer to home look more attractive; and an improving economy means travelers are more willing to spend on a getaway.
An article on Monday about Web sites that offer short-term room rentals misstated the number of rental listings offered by one site, Airbnb.
And – despite an unexpected crackdown from the chancellor in last month's budget that means some landlords will, from next April, start losing a major tax break on their rental income – the number of landlords looks likely to grow further.
Such companies will charge you for rental on the number of cameras you have them send you, then you return their cameras after the wedding.
The Just Browsing column in Weekend on Friday, about online movie rental companies, misstated the number of the director Dario Argento's films offered by GreenCine.
Others claim sites like Airbnb have a negative effect on the rental market, reducing the number of long-term homes available for locals, and pushing up rents in the process.
A significant factor in these shifts, the study said, was the increased number of people living in expensive and insecure private rental properties, with the number of people in poverty in private lets doubling in a decade to 4.5 million.
Cost: between $850 and $950 per TimeCorder rental, depending on the number of participants.
In addition, Americans are increasingly choosing rental housing as the number of married couples with children decreases dramatically, baby boomers begin to downsize and move to apartments or condos and millennials choose to be renters for mobility, comfort and financial reasons.
Rapid rehousing advocates argue the math is simple: move families into housing with rental subsidies and the number of homeless families goes down and with it the need for expensive shelters.
