Zillow: CPI Shelter Forecast, October 2025
Zillow forecasts that rent growth measured by the Consumer Price Index will soften further into 2026.
Renting
Construction catches up with demand, giving renters an affordability break
Affordability improves in most major metros
Zillow: CPI Shelter Forecast, September 2025
Zillow forecasts that rent growth measured by the Consumer Price Index will soften substantially into the end of 2025.
Renters make affordability gains for the first time in four years
Rent growth flattens as unseasonably cool summer winds down, allowing wages to make progress
Zillow: CPI Shelter Forecast, August 2025
Zillow forecasts that rent growth measured by the Consumer Price Index will soften substantially into the end of 2025.
Seven Major Metros Where Rents Are Flat or Falling This Summer
Rent growth continued to cool in July as more housing supply gives renters more bargaining power.
