{"id":183458,"date":"2025-06-23T11:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?p=183458"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:09:00","slug":"a-map-of-73-cities-where-rents-have-dropped-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/a-map-of-73-cities-where-rents-have-dropped-in-2025","title":{"rendered":"A Map of All 73 Cities Where Rents Have Dropped This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Developers built <\/span>nearly 600,000 apartment units<\/span><\/a> last year, setting a new record. That glut of new supply, coupled with fears over trade war-induced inflation and recession, has caused rents to slow, stall, or even drop in 2025. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact,<\/span> 73 cities across the country have seen rents fall in the first five months of the year. Here\u2019s where they are, a deeper dive into what\u2019s causing rents to fall, and the outlook for rents moving forward. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cities With Falling Rents<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With a few exceptions, cities with falling rents have <\/span>mostly<\/span> clustered in the <\/span>Sunbelt<\/span>, Northeast, and Midwest.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n