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United States Asking rents for a new lease

$1,932

per month September 2026

Data from Zillow, Zillow Observed Rent Index

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Change, September 2025 to September 2026

+$50.77 (+2.7%)

Changes over time

Asking rents for a new lease in the United States rose 2.7% from September 2025

per month · January 2015 to September 2026

Source: Zillow, Zillow Observed Rent Index American Default Research · americandefault.org/affordability/
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Available history

Asking rents for a new lease
Data periodUnited States (dollars)
Sep 20261,931.94
Aug 20261,929.79
Jul 20261,926.02
Jun 20261,920.64
May 20261,913.13
Apr 20261,903.90
Mar 20261,893.65
Feb 20261,883.06
Jan 20261,875.56
Dec 20251,872.61
Nov 20251,874.71
Oct 20251,878.19
Sep 20251,881.17
Aug 20251,882.92
Jul 20251,882.80
Jun 20251,880.41
May 20251,875.59
Apr 20251,868.56
Mar 20251,859.84
Feb 20251,848.85
Jan 20251,840.92
Dec 20241,836.49
Nov 20241,838.27
Oct 20241,841.44
Sep 20241,845.15
Aug 20241,845.89
Jul 20241,843.21
Jun 20241,836.57
May 20241,827.54
Apr 20241,817.16
Mar 20241,806.94
Feb 20241,796.84
Jan 20241,789.36
Dec 20231,786.26
Nov 20231,788.43
Oct 20231,793.32
Sep 20231,796.89
Aug 20231,796.81
Jul 20231,792.77
Jun 20231,784.78
May 20231,778.47
Apr 20231,767.10
Mar 20231,756.55
Feb 20231,744.08
Jan 20231,737.45
Dec 20221,735.46
Nov 20221,738.03
Oct 20221,743.86
Sep 20221,748.48
Aug 20221,746.62
Jul 20221,737.23
Jun 20221,720.58
May 20221,700.33
Apr 20221,680.66
Mar 20221,661.31
Feb 20221,646.57
Jan 20221,632.27
Dec 20211,621.86
Nov 20211,612.82
Oct 20211,603.77
Sep 20211,590.17
Aug 20211,568.34
Jul 20211,541.29
Jun 20211,512.21
May 20211,484.34
Apr 20211,460.70
Mar 20211,443.11
Feb 20211,427.86
Jan 20211,415.50
Dec 20201,407.00
Nov 20201,404.93
Oct 20201,406.60
Sep 20201,409.64
Aug 20201,412.22
Jul 20201,410.91
Jun 20201,405.68
May 20201,404.47
Apr 20201,404.16
Mar 20201,402.48
Feb 20201,394.13
Jan 20201,386.40
Dec 20191,381.49
Nov 20191,380.33
Oct 20191,381.44
Sep 20191,383.10
Aug 20191,383.68
Jul 20191,381.11
Jun 20191,375.83
May 20191,368.28
Apr 20191,358.71
Mar 20191,348.77
Feb 20191,338.87
Jan 20191,333.13
Dec 20181,329.35
Nov 20181,327.22
Oct 20181,326.58
Sep 20181,327.27
Aug 20181,328.24
Jul 20181,325.44
Jun 20181,320.43
May 20181,313.27
Apr 20181,305.40
Mar 20181,296.16
Feb 20181,286.88
Jan 20181,279.75
Dec 20171,275.10
Nov 20171,274.37
Oct 20171,274.51
Sep 20171,276.16
Aug 20171,275.97
Jul 20171,274.59
Jun 20171,270.03
May 20171,263.20
Apr 20171,254.17
Mar 20171,244.70
Feb 20171,233.46
Jan 20171,225.98
Dec 20161,221.58
Nov 20161,222.20
Oct 20161,223.40
Sep 20161,224.74
Aug 20161,225.03
Jul 20161,223.16
Jun 20161,218.96
May 20161,210.96
Apr 20161,202.84
Mar 20161,194.97
Feb 20161,189.18
Jan 20161,184.58
Dec 20151,181.64
Nov 20151,181.25
Oct 20151,180.96
Sep 20151,180.68
Aug 20151,178.85
Jul 20151,175.36
Jun 20151,169.86
May 20151,162.44
Apr 20151,153.92
Mar 20151,145.21
Feb 20151,136.69
Jan 20151,130.39

Source: Zillow, Zillow Observed Rent IndexDownload data (CSV)

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Sources and method

Zillow, Zillow Observed Rent Index supplies the figures shown.

U.S. Census Bureau gross rent includes rent and applicable renter-paid utilities and fuel. Zillow reports an index-derived typical asking rent for a new lease. These are different measures.

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ACS gross rent already includes applicable utilities. It is not added to the electricity figures. ACS survey windows and Zillow asking-rent histories remain separate.

Place comparisons use the same data period. An older common period is named beside the comparison. A missing or withheld value is never changed to zero.

The CSV includes the original source notes, annotations and estimate margins where supplied. Original source data remain subject to their publishers’ terms.

Data provided by Zillow Group. The Zillow Observed Rent Index measures asking rents; it is not the rent paid by every tenant.

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