Report: U.S. Apartment Market Rents Averaging 6.3 Percent Year-Over-Year Increase - Portland at 15.1 Percent

Santa Barbara, Calif.—The June 2015 edition of Matrix Monthly, a report on U.S. apartment market trends from Yardi®, documents a robust 6.3 percent year-over-year increase in average rents across the country.  Rents rose by 1.3 percent month-over-month in June, the largest increase since the last recession, and are now at an all-time high of $1,150.

The report states that continued rent escalation in San Francisco, Denver, Jacksonville, Fla., and Portland, Ore., accounted for much of the average rent increase in June. 

Read the full report.