[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fhypums9tch51":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":43,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":47},{"item":4,"previous":31,"next":37},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":29,"updatedAt":30},706,"when-is-a-good-time-to-rent-not-now","When Is a Good Time to Rent? Not Now!","People often ask if now is a good time to buy a home. No one ever asks when a good time to rent is. However, we want to make certain that everyone understands that today is NOT a good time to rent.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F02154814\u002F20161206-Share-STM.jpg","People often ask if now is a good time to buy a home. No one ever asks when a good time to rent is. However, we want to make certain that everyone understands that today is NOT a good time to rent.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe \u003Cem>Census Bureau \u003C\u002Fem>recently \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.census.gov\u002Fhousing\u002Fhvs\u002Fdata\u002Fhisttabs.html\">released\u003C\u002Fa> their third quarter median rent numbers. Here is a graph showing rent increases from 1988 until today:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F20161206-STM-ENG.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-34623\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F20161206-STM-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"When Is a Good Time to Rent? Not Now! | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nAs you can see, rents have steadily increased and are showing no signs of slowing down. 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