On Biz: Another sign of the apocalypse
This is not good news.
The U.S. Census Bureau on Jan. 29 reported that the nation,Aeos housing-vacancy rate for ownership units hit an all-time high in the fourth quarter of 2006 ,Aei 2.7 percent, or about 50 percent higher than two years ago, when the rate was 1.8 percent. And before 2006, it should be noted, the rate had never cracked the 2 percent ceiling.
