Rents Decline Annually for the First Time in Six Years

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Oct 18, 2018
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Annual rent growth has now slowed for eight consecutive months; rent appreciation peaked at 6.6 percent in July 2015

- The median rent is $1,440, 0.2 percent lower than it was in September 2017.

- The median U.S. home is worth $220,100, up 7.6 percent from a year ago.

- There were 1.9 percent fewer homes for sale than there were last September.

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