Thurston apartment vacancy rate slips to 7.36 percent

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• Report: Thurston apartment rents rise to $854 in March

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  Apartment vacancy rates fell to 4 percent in March and rents are higher as a result, according to a new report.

• Rents climb, vacancies drop for apartments

  Rents climb, vacancies drop for apartments

  New and recent real estate data show it has become harder and more expensive to find a place to live in Thurston County.

• Homebuilders began at slower pace in January

  Homebuilders began at slower pace in January

  U.S. homebuilders began work at a slower pace in January than in December. But all of the drop occurred in the volatile area of apartment construction, which sank 24 percent. By contrast, the rate of single-family homebuilding rose 0.8 percent.

• Economy performed better than expected

  Economy performed better than expected

  The U.S. economy’s performance in the fourth quarter was not quite as bad as it first appeared, it turns out. And corporate profits rose in 2012 to an all-time high.