{"id":29,"date":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/teitsmateam-com\/2026\/10\/03\/vacation-homes-make-up-5-5-of-michigan-housing-11th-most-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","slug":"vacation-homes-make-up-5-5-of-michigan-housing-11th-most-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/vacation-homes-make-up-5-5-of-michigan-housing-11th-most-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation Homes Make Up 5.5% of Michigan Housing, 11th Most in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Did you know that vacation homes make up 5.5% of Michigan&#039;s housing stock, ranking our state 11th in the nation? As someone who has spent decades helping clients find their perfect spot along Spring Lake, Grand Haven, and Muskegon, I&#039;ve seen firsthand how significant vacation properties are to our local landscape\u2014especially near the water. While the U.S. faces a housing shortage of 4.03 million units, vacation homeownership has actually declined from 5.47 million in 2018 to 4.74 million in 2024. It&#039;s interesting to note that timeshares now have higher occupancy rates than hotels, and vacation homes remain the backbone of resort communities. For those considering a second home or investment in our beautiful area, these trends are worth keeping in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iosconews.com\/news\/state\/article_61cd331c-2c80-525c-9665-70f5207cfea9.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that vacation homes make up 5.5% of Michigan&#039;s housing stock, ranking our state 11th in the nation? As someone who has spent decades helping clients find their perfect spot along Spring Lake, Grand Haven, and Muskegon, I&#039;ve seen firsthand how significant vacation properties are to our local landscape\u2014especially near the water. While [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":512,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}