We missed the building boom. And we missed the foreclosure crisis.
So how did the Capital Region end up on a list of metro areas with the fastest rising vacancy rates for homes and apartments?
Forbes magazine, in a list out Monday, ranked the Capital Region sixth on its list of where vacancy rates are rising, tied with Springfield, Mass.
The list wasn't about the most vacant housing units, but the rate at which those units were increasing.
Many cities, Miami for example, were on the list because of a glut of unsold houses and condominiums. Others, such as San Francisco, were there because high prices were "pushing Bay Area residents out of …

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