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AI Boom, Affordability Drive Rent Gains in a Handful of Apartment Markets

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Even as September marked the 38th consecutive month of annual declines nationwide in apartment rents, two market cohorts are seeing rent gains, Realtor.com reported. The AI boom is spiking demand in the Bay Area, while affordably priced metro areas are reversing their annual declines. The strongest rent growth is in the Bay Area, where the ... The post AI Boom, Affordability Drive Rent Gains in a Handful of Apartment Markets appeared first on Connect CRE .

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