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Question: How has the rental market performed so far in 2025?
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Rental Prices Across Arlington Continue Higher
Local job uncertainty and economic headwinds were no match for rental prices in Arlington so far in 2025, with the average price of renting an apartment (condo), townhouse/duplex, and detached home all up and competition high across all three property types.
Over the past five years, the average rent price in Arlington is up 27.3% across all property types and 25.2% on a price per square foot basis. So far in 2025, the average price of all rentals is up 1.2%, but the average price per square foot is up 6.9%, which is likely a better reflection of actual rental price increases in 2025.
You can see my mid-year analysis on the for sale market for detached homes and condos, here and here.
Highlights and Data Table
Here are some highlights from the data table (keep in mind that 2021-2024 includes 12 months of data, but 2025 is just 7 months of data):
- The average rent for an apartment (condo) is up 5.9% compared to last year and up 29.6% over the past five years
- The average rent for a detached home is up 2.1% compared to last year and up 23.4% over the past five years
- The average rent for a townhouse/duplex is up 2% compared to last year and up 22.8% over the past five years
- The five year increase in average rent for apartments (condos) and detached homes is much higher than the increase in average price to purchase a condo (6%) and detached home (15.5%) over the past five years
- While the average price of renting in North Arlington is about 16% higher than is South Arlington, the rate of annual rent growth is similar across both regions of the county
- Renting a detached home or townhouse/duplex was moderately more competitive than renting an apartment (condo), with nearly 50% of detached and townhouse/duplex properties renting within ten days on market, compared to just over one third of apartments
About the Data
The data above is rental data from the MLS in Arlington over the last five years. Note that very few commercial apartment buildings list in the MLS so this data is limited to non-commercially owned rentals (for apartments, that is mostly individually owned condos).
Further, it’s difficult to say what percentage of non-commercially owned properties go through the MLS for rent but I would guess that it’s about half of rented apartments (condos), but likely a majority if detached and townhouse properties. Despite the limited data set, we still have more than enough information available through the MLS to generate outputs that represent the true rental market.
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