While some thought the skyrocketing rents of 2014 couldn't be sustained, they did, and then some. There's no sign of any easing any time soon, writes Diana Olick at CNBC.
Annual rent growth in September was 5.2 percent, the highest since 2011 and the eighth-straight month the rate has been 5 percent or higher, according to Axiometrics, an apartment research firm. Annual rent growth was at 4.1 percent a year ago, which was still considered high.
"The eight months the rate has been above 5 percent is the longest sustained period of strength we have seen. The last growth cycle was only four years, and this cycle is already five years long — with no sign of stopping," said Stephanie McCleskey, vice president of research at Axiometrics.
-RW
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