Table 2.  Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by Area:  Third Quarter 2000 and 1999



                                    Rental vacancy rates


                              Third        Third       Standard     Standard
Area                         quarter      quarter      error on     error on
                               2000         1999       2000 rate   difference

 
United States..........         8.2          8.2          0.2          0.3

  Inside MAs...........         8.0          7.8          0.2          0.3
    In central cities..         8.5          8.6          0.3          0.4
    Not in central cities
    (suburbs)..........         7.5          6.8          0.3          0.4
  Outside MAs..........         9.1         10.8          0.5          0.8

 Northeast.............         5.8          6.3          0.4          0.6
 Midwest...............         9.6          8.9          0.5          0.7
 South.................        10.6         10.4          0.4          0.5
 West..................         5.7          6.3          0.3          0.5



                                    Homeowner vacancy rates


                                Third        Third      Standard     Standard
Area                           quarter      quarter     error on     error on
                                2000         1999       2000 rate   difference


United States..........         1.6          1.6          0.1          0.1

  Inside MAs...........         1.4          1.4          0.1          0.1
    In central cities..         1.8          1.7          0.1          0.2
    Not in central cities
    (suburbs)..........         1.2          1.3          0.1          0.1
  Outside MAs..........         2.4          2.2          0.1          0.2

 Northeast.............         1.2          1.4          0.1          0.2
 Midwest...............         1.3          1.3          0.1          0.2
 South.................         2.0          1.8          0.1          0.1
 West..................         1.5          1.7          0.1          0.2