Rent inflation in Los Angeles-Orange County takes biggest surge since 1980 – Daily News

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”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.

Buzz: The federal government’s key cost of living measurement says tenants in California and across the nation are seeing jumps in rent inflation not seen in decades.

Source: My trusty spreadsheet analyzed the lengthy history of the “rent of primary residence” slice of the inflation-tracking Consumer Price Index for three big California metropolitan areas anThe key metric? How fast rent inflation changed in a year’s time — or looking at the increase in the increase.

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The CPI’s extended track record for rent allows us to put rising housing expenses into a long-term perspective.

Consider that during 2022’s first four months, nationwide rent inflation’s one-year jump was the largest since 1948.

In California, San Diego’s eye-popping rent spurt was last bigger back in 1968. And Los Angeles and Orange counties haven’t seen a rent hike surge like early 2022’s since 1980.

And the San Francisco metro area’s rent latest increases were not historically noteworthy — other than marking the first time rent hikes increased after five years of shrinking increases.

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In Los Angeles and Orange counties, the CPI says the cost of renting in 2022’s first four months is up 3.43% in a year. In 2021, rent inflation ran at 1.24%.

That 2.2 percentage jump in what tenants pay — if it continues the rest of the year — would be the biggest surge in 42 years.

Nationally, consumers are paying 4.3% more for rent this year — that’s 2.07 percentage points higher than last year’s 2.23% hike.



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