Renting
Asking Rents Kept Climbing at a Slightly Subdued Pace (April Rent Report)
Official rental inflation looks poised to finally decelerate.
Rents slide for third month in a row to close out 2022 (December 2022 Rental Report)
Asking rents fell 0.3% from November to December, another large decline following the largest one-month drop in the seven-year history of the Zillow Observed Rent Index.
Why Charlotte Will Be 2023’s Hottest Market
Zillow’s annual predictions for the hottest housing markets of the year. Factors include expected home value growth, projected change in owner-occupied households and job growth compared to new construction.
Rents Slide by Largest Amount in at Least 7 Years (November 2022 Rental Report)
Asking rents declined 0.4% from October to November, the largest one-month decline in the seven-year history of the Zillow Observed Rent Index. November is usually the slowest month for rent increases, but outright declines had not exceeded 0.1% in this time of the year before the pandemic.
Renters Need to Work 63 Hours to Pay Rent, Six Hours More Than Before the Pandemic
An average American needs to work about 63 hours to earn enough to pay the typical U.S. rent of $2,040. That is three more hours than they would have needed to work a year ago, and six hours more than in October 2019, before the pandemic.
