Los Angeles
Los Angeles apartment rents are continuing to slow down. According to a report from Apartment List, apartment rents for a two bedroom increased only .06% year-over-year in June. Month-over-month, apartment rents for a two-bedroom in Los Angeles were flat. Now, rents for a two-bedroom are $1,760 on average.
“Rent growth is decelerating for a couple of reasons. First, a solid batch of new multifamily construction has come online in the past year or so, putting new vacant units on the market and relieving some rent pressure,” Igor Popov, chief economist at Apartment List, tells GlobeSt.com. “The construction boom appears to be mostly in downtown L.A., which houses a fair share of the city's rental stock and density. Second, despite the slowing growth rent levels remain high, so we're starting to see renters move to chase more affordable housing. We recently found that about a third of renters in LA looking for their next apartment are looking to move out of town. The top destinations are Phoenix and Riverside, which let renters fleeing L.A. keep their sunshine but ditch the high rents. This trend means fewer renters looking for housing, which also limits rent growth.”
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