Rental Vacancy Rates

rental apartments: Both cities had rental vacancy rates of 1.4 per cent a year earlier, according to The Chronicle Herald. Regina rental vacancy rate climbed to 4.8 per cent in April, from 2.5 per cent a year ago. The number of rental apartments that sat vacant in April climbed to 3.2 per cent in Calgary and 2.4 per cent in Edmonton. Meanwhile, the rental market tightened in Vancouver to 1.4 per cent, from 1.8 per cent previously. Renters in Vancouver paid the highest average rent for a two-bedroom apartment, at $1,345 per month. Toronto vacancy rate remained relatively flat, at 1.8 per cent, from 1.9 per cent previously. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.