A recent review of the U.S. Census Bureau's 1991 Residential Finance Survey yielded an analysis by John L. Goodman, Jr. and Michael R. Group published in the winter 1995 issue of Real Estate Finance.
Individual ownership dominates the rental housing market.
Partnerships did not gain market share in the 80s. Projects with government assistance, like the HUD Section Eight rent subsidy program, have above-average rents. Savings and loans in 1991 remained the largest single source for rental housing mortgage financing. Individual investors in single family rental properties are more likely to purchase properties entirely with cash, than owner- occupants. Go to top More than one-third of all rental properties have negative cash flows.