Single family rent growth was up 5.3%, the highest increase in 15 years, according to the latest CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index.

Strong rent growth this year will continue as supply shortages in the for-sale housing market and ongoing demographic pressure from aging millennials persist, the company's analysts said.

The rate of increases slowed in 2020, but even when compared with 2019, rent growth is running above pre-pandemic levels, CoreLogic noted.

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