Cotality: Single-Family Rent Prices Up 1.2% Year-Over-Year in December

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Cotality, Irvine, Calif., released its latest Single-Family Rent Index for December 2025, revealing rent prices in the month were up 1.2% year-over-year.

That’s down from the 2.5% increase between December 2023 and 2024.

“The single-family rental market ended 2025 on a notably softer trajectory. Thirty-five of the 50 largest metros posted slower annual rent growth in December 2025 than in December 2024, and 18 recorded outright annual declines–including eight in Florida, three in Texas and two in Arizona. In several of these markets, persistently high multifamily vacancy rates are giving renters meaningful leverage, softening rents, even in the single family segment,” said Molly Boesel, senior principal economist at Cotality, “Overall rent growth remains near 15 year lows, yet the high priced tier continues to track close to its long run trend, underscoring the K-shaped dynamics shaping today’s housing market. Affordability pressures remain front of mind for budget-constrained renters as these conditions persist.”

Broken down by property type, rent for high-end properties is up 2.2% year-over-year, compared with 2.8% in December 2024.

For low-end properties, single-family rental prices fell 0.3%, a drop from the 2.8% gain in December 2024.

Rent growth for detached rentals was 0.8% in December 2025, compared with 0.9% for attached rentals.