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Renters Are Increasingly Choosing Suburban Living Over Urban Areas

Zillow found that US rent growth has slowed this spring as heavy unemployment hit renters harder than homeowners.

An online real estate database company just released new figures showing that renters’ preferred location is tiling toward the suburbs.

Zillow attributed the new data to the impact of the coronavirus because of the spike in unemployment. Zillow reasoned that renters were hit more severely by the economic effects of the coronavirus than homeowners Instead of shelling out their savings on an apartment, for instance, millions of people who previously rented have chosen to move back in with family.

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Michael A. Mora

Michael A. Mora

Michael was born and raised in South Florida. He went to undergrad at Florida Atlantic University and earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is a litigation reporter for the Daily Business Review, as well as an editor for ALM Global. You can email him at [email protected].

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