Table 1. Absorption Rates for Unfurnished Apartments Completed by Geographic 
    Area: 1996
    (Privately financed, nonsubsidized, unfurnished, rental apartments in buildings
    with five units or more.  Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.)
    
    
                                    Percent          Percent absorbed in:
                                        of       3         6         9        12
    Geographic areas       Total     total    months    months    months    months
    
    United States, total  191,300      100        72        88        95        98
     Inside MA            180,100       94        71        88        95        98
      In central city      89,900       47        73        89        95        98
      Not in central city  90,300       47        70        87        95        98
     Outside MA            11,200        6        88        95        98        99
    
    Northeast               6,100        3        61        71        98       100
    Midwest                37,200       19        77        90        94        97
    South                  96,900       51        69        87        94        98
    West                   51,100       27        75        91        97        99