A new forecast is projecting modest single-digit apartment rent increases in Southern California counties through the middle of 2026, with Inland Empire rents posting the largest rent growth in the region at 7%.

USC’s Casden Multifamily Forecast, which projects rent increases through mid-2026 in comparison to rent levels in the summer of 2024, said a persistent housing shortage will keep rents on an upward trajectory in SoCal, the Orange County Register reported.

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