Table 5. Absorption Rates for Condominium and Cooperative Apartments Completed
                  by Number of Bedrooms and Geographic Area: 1999
    
    (Privately financed, nonsubsidized apartments in buildings with 5 units or 
    more.  Data regarding number of bedrooms are collected at the initial 
    interview, i.e., 3 months following completion.  Details may not sum to totals
    because of rounding. Percents are computed using unrounded data)
    
                                         Percent            Percent absorbed in: 
                                         of             3        6         9        12
      Item                      Total    Total       months   months    months    months
    
       Total                    34,200        100        75       86         91       93
    
    BEDROOMS
    
    No bedrooms                    500          2        99       99        100      100
    1 bedroom                    3,700         11        67       82         86       88
    2 bedrooms                  21,300         62        74       84         89       92
    3 bedrooms or more           8,700         25        81       90         97       99
    
     REGION
    
    Northeast                    2,000         66        83       95         98       98
    Midwest                      7,900         23        65       75         77       79
    South                       13,200         38        79       90         95       98
    West                        11,100         32        80       89         95       98
    
      AREA
    
    Inside metropolitan areas   29,100         85        74       84         90       92
     In central cities          12,400         36        78       86         93       97
     Not in central cities      16,700         49        71       83         87       89
    Outside metropolitan areas   5,100         15        83       93         98       99