Inflation Alert! April 2023 Rental Report: The median asking rent was $1,734, up by $4 from last month and down by $43 from the peak but still $348 (25.1%) higher than the same time in 2019 (pre-pandemic).

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.realtor.com/research/april-2023-rent/ In April 2023, the U.S. rental market experienced single-digit growth for the ninth month in a row after fifteen months of slowing from a high of 16.4% growth in January 2022. Median rent across the top …

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Rental and wage inflation are still on the rise

NYC rental inflation hits fastest since 2005, per Bloomberg: pic.twitter.com/F4mTZkZrGx — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) May 17, 2023 Atlanta FED median wage growth tracker Updated for April pic.twitter.com/hRJ65VgZXj — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) May 17, 2023 Rising inflation is increasing anxiety among Americans. The …

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The Rental Crisis

by Martin Armstrong I reported how BlackRock is now the largest landlord in the US. Institutions have purchased hundreds of billions in real estate across the nation and have no plans to sell because rentals are a lucrative venture. Inventory is …

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Rental prices dropping

by CCJones56 My house has been on the market for months. Two weeks ago we had a possible buyer so we went looking for an apartment in the Sandy Springs/Alpharetta GA area temporarily until we can move to a different …

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Apartment Rental Market: Houston Rents Plunge Most; Southern California Lose Grip. New York, Washington DC, Chicago Down. “Mid-Tier” Cities Red-Hot

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Where Apartment Rents Fell & Where They Surged: March Update In San Francisco, the most expensive major rental market in the US, the median asking rent in March for one-bedroom apartments jumped 8.8% from last year …

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Seattle’s Rental Bubble Meets its Inflection Point

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Construction boom, flood of new high-end apartments, not enough demand, rising vacancy rates, and the biggest concessions since the Great Recession. The Seattle metro has enjoyed strong job growth in recent years and soaring housing costs. …

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End of the 9-Year Rental Housing Boom?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Since the Financial Crisis, the number of renters surged at a blistering pace, and renters became a majority in 42 cities, but the trend has now reversed. The number of people living in rented housing in …

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