Seattle Rent Increases Top List

Here are the 25 cities with the largest rental increases in the past year, according to RentRange:

1. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL (23.6%)
2. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA (17.6%)
3. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL (17.2%)
4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (17.0%)
5. Charleston-North Charleston, SC (16.5%)
6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA (16.3%)
7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (16.1%)
8. Denver-Aurora, CO (14.6%)
9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (14.0%)
10. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA (13.6%)
11. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN (13.2%)
12. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (12.6%)
13. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC (12.3%)
14. Stockton, CA (12.1%)
15. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (11.9%)
16. Columbus, OH (11.5%)
17. Tulsa, OK (11.3%)
18. Kansas City, MO-KS (10.6%)
19. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (10.4%)
20. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (10.3%)
21. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL (10.0%)
22. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (10.0%)
23. Birmingham-Hoover, AL (9.8%)
24. Bakersfield-Delano, CA (9.7%)
25. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX (9.6%)

Landlords are making a better living, as millennials and others choose renting over buying. It is a great time to be a property owner in these cities!

Happy Investing!