2025 rental market in review: Key trends and exclusive insights from RentCafe.com

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The rental market has shifted in meaningful ways in 2025, reshaping who rents and where. More than 506,000 new apartments opened nationwide, with over half located in the South — and newly built units are getting larger overall. At the same time, adaptive reuse continued to gain momentum: Over 70,700 apartments were created from former…

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December 16, 2025 at 01:40PM

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