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Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Climbed 17% to a Record High in March
Rising monthly mortgage payments—up 34% from a year ago, due largely to rising interest rates–are pricing more people out of the homebuying market, which could lead to even more increases in rents.
Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Increased 40% Year Over Year in Austin
Nationally, asking rents were up 15% in February, while homebuyer mortgage payments increased twice as fast.
Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Rose a Record 15% in January
Portland and Austin saw the largest increases, with rents surging more than 30% year over year.
Rental Market Tracker: Rents Rise 14% in December—Biggest Jump in Over Two Years
The biggest increase was in Austin, where rents surged 40% from a year earlier.
Rental Market Tracker: Rents Jumped 7% in a Month, Up 21% From 2020
Increase in rents outpaced the increase in the monthly cost of buying a home.
Rental Market Tracker: Rents Up 13%, Outpaced by 17% Growth in Monthly Mortgage Payments
However, a handful of cities across the country saw rents rise more than 30% from a year earlier, including Miami, Seattle, Portland, OR and Austin.
Rental Market Tracker: U.S. Rents Post First Annual Decline in Three Years
The median asking rent fell 0.4% in March to the lowest level in 13 months. Austin and Chicago saw the largest declines, while Raleigh and
Rental Market Tracker: Rents Drop to Lowest Level in a Year
The median U.S. asking rent is up just 1.7% from a year ago—the smallest gain since May 2021—as landlords grapple with vacancies due to still-high
Rental Market Tracker: Rents Rose 2% in January—the Smallest Increase in 20 Months
Rental price growth is slowing due to increasing supply and waning demand. There are 11 metros where rents are already falling, with Phoenix and Oklahoma
Rental Market Tracker: Rent Growth Slowed for Seventh Straight Month in December
Rents rose 5% from a year earlier, the smallest increase in nearly a year and a half. That’s roughly one-third the pace of growth seen
Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Post Smallest Annual Increase in 15 Months in November
Rents are growing at half the pace they were in the summer and are expected to keep cooling, which should help bring down overall inflation.
Rental Market Tracker: Rents Rose 7.8% in October—Slowest Growth in 14 Months
Eleven major U.S. metros saw rents decline, with the largest drops in Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Baltimore. The median U.S. asking rent in October rose 7.8%
