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Condos for rent have appeared to be a better option for many recently. Selling condos have slowed considerably, which means the rental market is going to be a lot more appreciated.

Mr. Franco had to abandon his plans to sell 180 luxury condominiums with floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of the Washington Monument and Capitol Hill.

After waiting out six long weeks Mr Franco acknowledged that failing to lure no more than a couple of dozen buyers did not mean all is lost. Both Mr. Franco and his partner, Jeff Blum, joined the builders of nearly 6,000 condominium units in the Washington metropolitan area, they decided to encourage a metamorphosis to their projects and alternatively put the condos up for rent as rental apartment buildings.

Six months into 2006 a frenzied condominium market in the States and in several other big cities like Las Vegas, Miami and Boston appears to have collapsed. The previously roaring sales have slowed to a trickle, sparse inventory has squashed into a superfluity and those once elevated prices have flattened out and started falling.

In numerous cities the banks are significantly scaling back their loans to condominium builders. Many have even demanded developers sell half or more of their units in a building before even beginning construction.

In a desperate salvaging crusade hundreds of developers just like Mr. Franco are looking to the strong market for apartments and doing the only sensible thing - renting their units for at least a couple of years to wait out today’s condo surplus to shrink. Mr. Franco and Mr. Blum hope to break even on what will be a somewhat less expensive building expedition this spring.

Many developers have additionally turned back to their older buildings for rental purposes, especially after this aborted attempt at condo conversion. Meanwhile, another 2,500 proposed condominiums in the Washington area have been pulled altogether.

Condominium buildings generally cost more to build and operate than those built for apartments from scratch. While rents are high and rising in most cities, in most cases they still are not sufficient to turn a profit.

However, there have been tentative signs the worst of the overall housing slump could well be easing as builders cut back and interest rates remain relatively modest, but condo for sale continue to suffer, and condos for rent are taking up priority.

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