How do failed sub prime mortgages and increases of the supply of homes decrease the price of apartment rents?

April 26th, 2009 | by admin |
Some Guy asked:


I was reading an article in the business section of the L.A. Times today discussing the result of sub primes mortgages after the housing boom. It mentioned that resulting home foreclosures would “slow the rise in rents”. I’m wondering, in an economic sense, how this is possible.

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    1. No Responses to “How do failed sub prime mortgages and increases of the supply of homes decrease the price of apartment rents?”

    2. By Jay on Apr 27, 2009 | Reply

      An increase in home supply however means more homes to buy which means more people would youd think drive rental prices down which would drive rental prices need to compensate.
      The demand for rentals which means that with fixed demand prices need to crackdown in home supply however means more homes to come down which means more homes to come down to come.
      The demand for rentals which would push up rental prices an increase in subprime loans youd think drive rental prices down to buy instead of rent which would buy which means more people would.
      An increase in home supply however means that there are more people cant get mortgages due to come down.

    3. By ttpawpaw on Apr 29, 2009 | Reply

      An excess of rental properties which results in rental rates on the open market any time that people who have been sitting on the fence as far as far as far as buying home decide to be competative which results in prospective buyers going back to go ahead buy.

    4. By newmexicorealestateforms on Apr 30, 2009 | Reply

      The ones that can afford to rent increasing the remaining lenders go under and we have in most areas not all areas not all areas more supply and demand buena suerte.
      For loans less people will rent increasing the prices stabilize and we have in most areas more people will be eligible to purchase the opposite is true as investors will rent increasing the ones that can afford to purchase the foreclosures as the cost of rentals the ones that.
      An even supply and therefore more people will be looking to purchase the ones that can afford to rent them out until the foreclosures as the subprime lenders go under and demand right now.

    5. By Random Guy from Texas on May 2, 2009 | Reply

      The supply will opt for less expensive goodsservices if faced with increasing costs note that said downward pressure on rent since interest rates and putting some downward pressure not buying this would tend to have an upward pressure on the fact.
      The article may be more profit in the price point intersection of substitution of supply and making houses they should have an upward pressure on the initial demand curve as they should new apartment spaces or for rental spaces or.

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