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Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Flattened in September Amid Growing Apartment Supply
The median U.S. asking rent was little changed from a year earlier for the sixth straight month as an increase in the number of rentals
Rental Market Tracker: Landlords Are Charging Near-Record Rents—But Offering Concessions
The median asking rent in August was $2,052, just $2 below the record high set a year earlier. Instead of taking a haircut on rents,
Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Are Inching Closer to Their Record High
The West is the only region seeing a drop in asking rents, which are coming back down to earth after surging a record 19% last
Rental Market Tracker: The Typical U.S. Asking Rent Is Only $24 Below Its Record High
Rent growth has slowed rapidly, but rents remain costly as landlords offer perks like free parking instead of lowering prices to fill vacant units. The
Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Fall 2% in the West But Rise 5% in the Northeast, Midwest
Nationwide, rents declined 1% from a year earlier in May—the largest drop since 2020— as a building boom increased supply and economic uncertainty cooled demand.
Rental Market Tracker: Asking Rents Flattened in April as Landlords Faced Rising Vacancies
A rise in new rentals hitting the market coincided with a slowdown in tenant demand, causing rent growth to cool for the 11th-straight month. The
The Single-Family Rental Is On the Decline
A record 33% of U.S. rentals are in large multifamily buildings, while 31% are single-family homes—a record low. As recently as 2021, single-family homes made
Typical Retail Worker Earns $37,000 Less Than Needed to Afford Typical Apartment
The typical retail worker earns $34,000 per year, or 52% less than they would need to afford the typical apartment. Rental affordability has improved slightly
New Apartments Are Increasingly Likely to Get Snapped Up Quickly As Construction Slows
48% of apartments built in Q1 were rented within three months, up from 47% in Q4 2024 and 46% in Q3 2024. As the balance
U.S. Asking Rents Rise Most Since 2022 As Apartment Construction Slows
Asking rents climbed 3% in August as slowing supply and robust demand gave landlords more bargaining power; the number of new apartments hitting the market
U.S. Homeowner Population Stops Growing for First Time in Nearly a Decade
The number of homeowner households fell 0.1% year over year in the second quarter—a small decline, but the first since 2016. Meanwhile, the number of
Permits to Build U.S. Apartments Have Fallen 23% Since the Pandemic Construction Boom
Developers obtained permits to build 12.8 multifamily housing units for every 10,000 people in the U.S. over the past year—down from an average of 16.7
