The Census Bureau has released its survey of Residential Vacancies and Homeownership for the third quarter of 2010. Quick Recap..... Total Housing Units in the United States: 130.68 million How Many Are Occupied : 111.91 million ( 85.6% of total) How Many Are Owner-Occupied: 74.87 million (57.3% of total) How Many Are Occupied By Renters: 37.04 million (28.3% of total) How Many Homes Are Vacant : 18.77 million (14.4% of total) How Many Homes Are Being Held of the Market : 7.058 million (5.4%) DEFINITION OF "HOUSING UNIT" : A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants do not live and eat with other persons in the structure and which have direct...(read more)

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The Census Bureau has released its survey of Residential Vacancies and Homeownership for the third quarter of 2010. Quick Recap..... Total Housing Units in the United States: 130.68 million How Many Are Occupied : 111.91 million ( 85.6% of total) How Many Are Owner-Occupied: 74.87 million (57.3% of total) How Many Are Occupied By Renters: 37.04 million (28.3% of total) How Many Homes Are Vacant : 18.77 million (14.4% of total) How Many Homes Are Being Held of the Market : 7.058 million (5.4%) DEFINITION OF "HOUSING UNIT" : A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants do not live and eat with other persons in the structure and which have direct...(read more)