Table 2.  Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by Area:  Second Quarter 1995 and 1994      
                                                                                         
                                                                                        
                                           Rental vacancy rate                   Homeowner vacancy rate     
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                      
                                      Second  Second  Standard   Standard  Second   Second  Standard   Standard  
                                      quarter quarter error on   error on  quarter  quarter error on   error on  
                                       1995    1994   1995 rate  difference  1995    1994   1995 rate  difference 
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                      
 United States........................ 7.7     7.4       0.2      0.2        1.6     1.4       0.1      0.1 
                              
  Northeast........................... 7.5     7.1       0.4      0.5        1.5     1.4       0.1      0.2 
  Midwest............................. 7.1     7.1       0.4      0.5        1.3     1.1       0.1      0.1
  South............................... 8.2     7.7       0.3      0.4        1.8     1.6       0.1      0.1
  West................................ 7.7     7.3       0.3      0.5        1.8     1.5       0.1      0.2
                     
 Note:  Metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data not shown this quarter, see  
        page 2 of the press release for explanation.