Seattle in Top 15 for Rent Increases

Here are the 25 cities with the largest rental increases in the past year, according to RentRange:

1. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL  (23.6%)
2. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA  (17.6%)
3. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL  (17.2%)
4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA  (17.0%)
5. Charleston-North Charleston, SC  (16.5%)
6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA  (16.3%)
7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA  (16.1%)
8. Denver-Aurora, CO  (14.6%)
9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX  (14.0%)
10. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA  (13.6%)
11. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN  (13.2%)
12. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA  (12.6%)
13. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC  (12.3%)
14. Stockton, CA  (12.1%)
15. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA  (11.9%)
16. Columbus, OH  (11.5%)
17. Tulsa, OK  (11.3%)
18. Kansas City, MO-KS  (10.6%)
19. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR  (10.4%)
20. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL  (10.3%)
21. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL  (10.0%)
22. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA  (10.0%)
23. Birmingham-Hoover, AL  (9.8%)
24. Bakersfield-Delano, CA  (9.7%)
25. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX  (9.6%)

Landlords are making a better living, as millennials and others choose renting over buying. It is a great time to be a property owner in these cities!

Happy Investing!