Apartment shortage is forcing up rents
Not a sign of the times, in Centreville, Virginia.
(Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
Freddie Mac reports there’s a shortage of rental housing, giving a boost to big investors who bought thousands of foreclosed houses on a bet they’d be able to jack up rents.
Well, now they can.
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