{"id":70,"date":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","slug":"vacation-homes-make-up-2-4-of-california-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/vacation-homes-make-up-2-4-of-california-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation Homes Make Up 2.4% of California Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Vacation homes remain a unique slice of the California real estate landscape, currently making up just 2.4% of the state\u2019s housing. Nationally, the number of U.S. vacation homes has shifted from 5.47 million in 2018 to 4.74 million in 2024, now representing 3.3% of all housing. Interestingly, timeshares are seeing strong use with a 79.9% occupancy rate\u2014outpacing hotels. Florida leads in sheer number of vacation homes, while Maine and Vermont have the greatest concentration. When clients consider the appeal and investment potential of vacation properties, I always emphasize the value of understanding these trends and how they might impact your next move. My approach is to offer clear communication and local insight so your decisions are both confident and informed.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26medford.com\/news\/state\/vacation-homes-make-up-2-4-of-california-housing\/article_999dd034-2f18-5fe9-8e29-fb61177d4950.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vacation homes remain a unique slice of the California real estate landscape, currently making up just 2.4% of the state\u2019s housing. Nationally, the number of U.S. vacation homes has shifted from 5.47 million in 2018 to 4.74 million in 2024, now representing 3.3% of all housing. Interestingly, timeshares are seeing strong use with a 79.9% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertlist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}