1. The question of whether all the vacant homes is an isssue depends on how many of these there normally are. There are definitely a lot of vacation homes out there-a high absolute vacant number here doesn’t necessarily mean squat. I’ve also seen other sites disputing the 13M number.
2. On imputed rents, I’m not sure I understand the question, but if home rents go up, yes this will filter through to the CPI. Of course, that’s until they change the index they are following to exclude the volatile energy, food, and imputed rent categories.
