Rental Tracker

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: Mortgage Payments Rose Faster Than Rents for the 8th Consecutive Month in September
Rents were up 11%, the fastest annual growth in at least two years; mortgage payments for new homebuyers rose 15%.

Rental Market Tracker: Mortgage Payments for New Homebuyers Are Rising 67% Faster Than Rents
However, rents are climbing rapidly in some places, up over 20% from a year earlier in many Florida metros, Riverside, CA, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

U.S. Asking Rents Have Declined for 4 Months in a Row, But Are Still Only $63 Below Their Record High
Asking rents fell in over half the major U.S. metros Redfin analyzed in June. In Austin, rents dropped 6% year over year to the lowest

Asking Rents Are Falling in 28 Major U.S. Metros—the Most Since 2023
The median U.S. asking rent dropped 1% year over year to $1,633 in May as elevated apartment supply gave renters room to negotiate. Asking rents

New Apartments Are Sitting Vacant for Months, Giving Renters Power to Negotiate Concessions
49% of newly built apartments completed in the fourth quarter of 2024 were rented within three months—the fifth consecutive quarter with an absorption rate below

U.S. Asking Rents Fell 1% Year Over Year in April—Biggest Drop in 14 Months
The median asking rent was $1,625, down $80 from the record high, as elevated apartment supply pushed rents lower. Asking rents fell fastest in Austin,

Permits to Build U.S. Apartments Drop Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
Developers obtained permits to build 12.4 multifamily housing units for every 10,000 people in the U.S. over the past year—down 27.1% from the pandemic building

U.S. Asking Rents Fell Slightly in March, But Tariffs Could Drive Up Costs for Renters
The median asking rent dropped 0.6% year over year to $1,610, the 13th-straight month in which rents have been fairly stable. New tariffs could increase







