Real estate services company Redfin Corp. RDFN, -7.35% said Thursday that the median U.S. asking rent rose 8.8% from a year ago to $2,002, but that was the slowest year-over-year (YOY) increase since August 2021. That also marked the fourth straight month that YOY growth decelerated, with rents now growing at half the pace of six months ago. “The rental market is coming back down to earth because high rents and economic uncertainty have put an end to the pandemic moving frenzy of 2020 and 2021, when remote work fueled an enormous surge in housing demand that would’ve otherwise been spread out over the coming years,” said Redfin Deputy Chief Economist Taylor Marr. Rent growth is expected to slow further into next year, as supply rises and as Americans continue to “hunker down,” Marr said.
