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Yes, these are real rents, paid by real renters. I have rent from 13 years ago, plus about 10 years of annual 2% increases. The pandemic made my landlord forget about rent increases or something.
Well I'm asking because the report specifies that they only get the data from rental listings, so if a lot of landlords are setting rents to ridiculous levels expecting a tenant to pay it (and tenants aren't paying it), the report will still show an increase.
You’d have to dig into the report to check the methodology but anecdotally I know friends who have moved here recently and pay rents in this range.
Thanks. Damn then, looks like these prices will stick.