{"id":72,"date":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","slug":"vacation-homes-make-up-2-4-of-california-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/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 segment of California\u2019s real estate landscape, currently making up 2.4% of the state\u2019s housing. Nationally, we\u2019ve seen the number of U.S. vacation homes decrease from 5.47 million in 2018 to 4.74 million in 2024, now representing 3.3% of all housing. Interestingly, timeshares report a 79.9% occupancy rate\u2014outpacing hotels. Florida leads with the most vacation homes, while Maine and Vermont boast the highest concentration. As someone who has navigated a wide range of markets\u2014from Oahu\u2019s shoreline to California\u2019s coastal communities\u2014I know how these trends can shape both investment opportunities and the overall housing landscape. My goal is always to guide clients with clear insights and a steady hand, especially as the market evolves.<\/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 segment of California\u2019s real estate landscape, currently making up 2.4% of the state\u2019s housing. Nationally, we\u2019ve seen the number of U.S. vacation homes decrease from 5.47 million in 2018 to 4.74 million in 2024, now representing 3.3% of all housing. Interestingly, timeshares report a 79.9% occupancy rate\u2014outpacing hotels. Florida leads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/350"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthfisherhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}