Apartment rents are a key indicator of the work-from-home trajectory as well as mobility and affordability.

Nowhere is this more pronounced than in smaller markets that got a lot bigger during the pandemic and the months thereafter, according to new analysis from RealPage researcher, Kim O'Brien.

She finds that markets such as Boise City, Gainesville, Augusta, Cape Coral, Ann Arbor, and Santa Maria have underperformed larger ones lately.

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