A sign advertises apartments for rent at the corner of Leado Avenue and 30th Street on Jan. 24, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. Experts told The Midwest Newsroom that it might be wiser to rent than buy in ...

Rent prices fell overall last month, posting their first decline in 2020, according to data from Realtor.com. But rents in the Midwest surged 4.5% in May, a sign that more tenants are showing interest ...

Methodology. For this study, GOBankingRates analyzed cities in the Midwest to find the cities where rent costs less than 30% of the middle class household income. The average rent cost was sourced ...

The cost of putting a roof over your head, as measured by the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI), has consistently risen throughout 2024. However, the September Rental Report from Realtor.com shows ...

The Midwestern multifamily market is roaring back to relevance after a period of pandemic hibernation, with marked increases in rent growth and occupancy upticks offering a sharp contrast to softening ...

Each April, when the local energy company again starts shutting off late-paying customers after its winter moratorium, Milwaukee resident Elizabeth Brown faces a dilemma: pay her rent on time or keep ...

Homebuyers looking for a good deal have turned their attention to the Midwest. According to a recent report by Realtor.com, three out of the top ten hottest housing markets are located in this region.

The September 2023 Rent Report by Rent.com shows that metropolitan areas in the Midwest made up a majority of gainers in rent price of the last year. While the median monthly price of rent has ...

CHICAGO—The region may not have the sky-high rents found on the coasts, but the overall affordability of rents and strong income levels in the region create ample runway for rent growth, says JVM's ...

Plenty of financial experts both past and present insist that you should never put more than 30% of your income toward rent. This once was not a terribly tough rule to live by, but now, with costs of ...

But there are some cities, including in the Midwest, where folks in the bottom percentile of middle-class earners can spend 30% or less of their income on average local rent. In a new study, ...