CoreLogic: Annual Single-Family Rent Growth Remains Below 2% in December

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Single-family rent prices increased 1.8% year over year in December, up slightly from the previous month’s 1.5%–which had marked a 14-year low for rent growth–according to CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif.

This growth rate is down from December 2023, when rent prices grew 2.5%, and marks the lowest annual rate in about four years, CoreLogic’s latest Single-Family Rent Index report said.

The monthly growth rate for December 2024 remains low at -0.7%, the fifth consecutive month of below-trend seasonal month-over-month growth, CoreLogic said.

Molly Boesel, Senior Principal Economistwith CoreLogic, noted single-family rent growth averaged 2.6% in 2024, below the 2010-2020 average of 3.5% when rents were growing at a fairly steady rate. “Growth was frontloaded and slowed throughout the year,” she said. “Though increases were moderate, rents continue to increase, with an average increase of about $100 per year for the past five years.”

Rent prices for high-end properties increased 2.4% year over year in December, a gain from the 2.2% growth seen at the same time last year. In contrast, low-end rent prices increased 1.7% year over year in December, a slowdown from the 2.8% seen in December 2023. The report noted rent growth across property types remained fairly consistent in December, with detached rentals experiencing a growth of 1.7% and attached rentals growing 1.8%.