Table 7. Absorption Rates for Furnished Apartments Completed by Rent and
               Number of Bedrooms, for the United States: 2000

(Privately financed, nonsubsidized, furnished, rental apartments in
buildings with 5 units or more.  Data regarding number of bedrooms and
asking rent are collected at the initial interview , i.e., 3 months
following completion.  Details may not sum to totals because of
rounding.  Medians and percents are computed using unrounded data)

                                  Percent                 Percent absorbed in:
                                  of             3           6          9           12
Item                  Total       Total        months      months     months      months

   Units              4,500         100         87           94         95          95

RENT CLASS

Less than $550          200           3          82          93        100         100
$550 to $649            (Z)           1         100         100        100         100
$650 to $749            100           2          90          90         90          91
$750 to $849            100           1         100         100        100         100
$850 to $949            100           3          83          96        100         100
$950 or more          4,000          89          87          94         94          94
Median asking rent     $950+         (X)         (X)         (X)        (X)         (X)

BEDROOMS

No bedroom               -           -            -           -          -           -
1 bedroom               200          5           96          96         96          97
2 bedrooms              900         19           88          93         93          93
3 bedrooms or more    3,400         76           88          93         93          93

X Not applicable.
Z Fewer than 50 units.			- No activity.