New Rental Data for 70 Metro Areas
The National Association of Realtors just released some very useful rental data for 70 metro areas showing information like the % change of income for renters from 2009-2014, % change in number of renter households, and % change in number of owner households.
For example, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, rents increased by 11.03% from 2009 - 2014 while renter income increased by 17.05%. The number of renter households increased by 5.69% while the number of owner households decreased by 11.59% during the same time frame (a lot of people moving back in with family or sharing housing!).
Here is a link to the original article and tabular data.
Edit: I tried to post the tabular data but the forum doesn't display tables correctly. If anyone knows how to post tables to the forum and maintain the formatting, please PM me.