Rent Trends
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The cheapest month to sign a lease in 50 big cities, and how much waiting can save
Rent follows a seasonal pattern almost everywhere: lowest in winter, highest in summer. In New York the gap between the …
US rent rose 0.4% in September, and the yearly increase is the biggest since 2024
Typical US rent rose about 0.4% in September, to $1,932, and the annual increase reached 2.9%, the fastest since Septemb…
Charleston rents are now nearly $500 a month higher than Savannah
Charleston and Savannah get sold as interchangeable coastal Southern cities. On rent they have stopped being comparable,…
National Rent Report: U.S. Rents Rose 0.3% in August 2026
The typical US rent rose about 0.3% (roughly $7) from July to August 2026 and is +2.7% year over year. San Francisco led…
Chicago rent growth is finally slowing after a blistering run
After a fast spring, Chicago rent growth is easing. Our downtown data shows the split, with Streeterville and River Nort…
Detroit has a 22% vacancy rate and rent prices still rose 3.9%
Vacancy sounds like it should predict rent, and it mostly does not. Detroit and New Orleans have a fifth of their homes …
Portland rent has risen just 20% since 2020, while most big cities ran away
Since 2020, Portland rent is up just 19.8% while San Diego climbed 45% and Chicago 40%. In a decade of runaway housing c…
Boston rent is falling while every other New England city rises
The one New England city getting cheaper is the expensive one. Every escape valve renters have used for a decade is now …
When a big employer comes to your town, rent usually jumps 25% in two years
Austin, Nashville, Arlington and Sunnyvale all absorbed a wave of corporate hiring. Our data shows the same shape each t…
Manhattan’s luxury rents are exploding, with $100,000 a month becoming almost normal
Manhattan's top 10% of rentals rose 35% in a year while $100,000-a-month apartments went from rare to routine. Here is w…
US rents are rising faster again as the apartment building boom fades
Rent growth is picking up again as the apartment building boom fades. Our city data confirms the split: the markets that…
Austin rent peaked four years ago and still hasn't recovered
Most rent coverage tracks what happened last month. A longer view shows seven big cities where rent peaked years ago and…
Sag Harbor’s reported rent is $53,556 a month. Here’s why that number is misleading
Some of the numbers on our own site should not be read the way you would read a big-city figure. Small towns produce uns…
National Rent Report: U.S. Rents Rose 0.1% in July 2026
The typical US rent rose about 0.1% (roughly $1) from June to July 2026 and is +3.5% year over year. San Francisco led w…
The most and least predictable rental markets in America
Some rental markets are steady enough to plan around and others whipsaw. Eleven years of our data shows Tampa swinging 4…
In 7 of 8 major metros, the top suburb now costs more to rent than the city
Renters still assume moving to the suburbs saves money. We checked eight well-known suburb and city pairs, and in seven …
Chicago rent is up 55% since 2015, and the sharpest jump came this year
Chicago rent has risen 55% since 2015, from $1,552 to $2,409. Most of the pain was gradual, but the largest one-year jum…
College town rents are cooling as student housing floods in, but a few still climb
A wave of purpose-built student housing is pulling rents down in college towns like Ann Arbor and College Station. A han…
The beach-town rent premium is cracking in Florida but surging on the Jersey Shore
Living near the water still costs a premium, but the market is splitting. Florida's Gulf coast is cooling while the Jers…
Manhattan rent hit a record $5,000 as apartments vanish from the market
Manhattan's median rent set a record at $5,000 in July, with Brooklyn at $4,500. The sharper story is the vanishing supp…
Income rose faster than Rent in 14 large US cities
Household income grew faster than rent in 14 large US cities in the latest year both datasets cover. The list is dominat…
How Much Does Rent Go Up Each Year? What Counts as a Normal Increase
Most renters see a single-digit increase at renewal. Here is what counts as a normal annual rent hike, using RentDataNow…
Rent got easier to afford in Oakland and Seattle, but worse in cheaper US cities
Of 155 large US cities, 108 saw rent take a bigger bite of local income since 2020. The ones that improved are mostly ex…
San Francisco Rent Is Up 50% From Its Pandemic Floor, Three Years After the Doom Loop Talk
San Francisco rent has risen 50.2% from its pandemic floor and sits 25.1% above January 2020. Our trend model puts the c…
The Best Time of Year to Rent an Apartment, From Our Rent Data
The pace of rent increases is smallest in late fall and winter and fastest in spring, which makes October through Januar…
Rent Is Falling, but It Still Costs Far More Than Before the Pandemic
Rent is falling in many cities, but zoom out and the typical US rent is still about 36% above its January 2020 level. Ev…
National Rent Report: U.S. Rents Rose 0.4% Across the Nation in June 2026, Led by Coastal Cities
The typical US rent rose about 0.4% (roughly $8) from May to June 2026 and is up 3.6% year over year. San Francisco led …
The Great Rent Divergence: The Sun Belt Is Cooling as the Midwest Heats Up
By RentDataNow's Rent Reality Score, the Sun Belt metros that boomed in the pandemic are now renting below trend, while …