Apartment Rents Fall for 6th Consecutive Month in January

In response, the White House highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts to address housing costs.

A sign is posted in front of an apartment building with available rentals in San Francisco on June 9, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Apartment rents fell by 0.2 percent month over month in January—the sixth consecutive month of decline, according to a recent Apartment List analysis.

The national median monthly rent stood at $1,353 in January, down by 1.4 percent, or $20, from a year earlier. Since peaking in mid-2022, nationwide median rent has fallen by 6.2 percent.