What is the current U.S. 30-year mortgage rate in 2025?

According to FRED, the U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 6.47%. This is a national average.

What is the federal funds rate in 2025?

FRED reports the U.S. federal funds rate at 3.63%.

What is the U.S. unemployment rate in 2025?

The U.S. unemployment rate is 4.3% per FRED.

How often is the PropHunt Rental Price Index updated?

The PropHunt Rental Price Index targets a monthly update cadence. Each update adds newly verified city-level rent figures and refreshes the embedded chart.

Why are some cities missing from the rental price index table?

PropHunt only publishes figures it can source-verify. Rather than estimate or interpolate, cells are left blank until a credible, citable data release is available for that metro.

What is an affordability ratio and what threshold signals risk?

The affordability ratio expresses annual median rent as a share of annual median household income. A ratio above 0.30 (30%) is the conventional threshold at which a market is considered rent-burdened.

How does the federal funds rate affect rents?

The federal funds rate of 3.63% (FRED) influences multifamily construction financing costs, cap-rate expectations, and the relative attractiveness of real-estate investment versus fixed-income alternatives — all of which shape landlord pricing power and new supply pipelines.

Can I cite PropHunt's Rental Price Index in research or media?

Yes. PropHunt publishes source attribution for every data point. When citing this page, please reference both PropHunt and the underlying data partner listed in the table's source column.

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Rental Price Index by City 2025 — PropHunt Live Tracker

Track average rent by city in 2025 with PropHunt's Rental Price Index. Sortable data table, YoY trends, and affordability context updated monthly for commercial real-estate investors.

About This Tracker

The PropHunt Rental Price Index aggregates publicly available rent data to give commercial real-estate investors a single, citable reference for average rent by city in 2025. The table and chart below are updated monthly. Each row shows the city, median asking rent, year-over-year percentage change, and an affordability ratio (median rent as a multiple of local median household income, annualised). Use the column headers to sort.

> Methodology note: Median rents reflect asking prices for residential units as a proxy for residential-to-commercial rent spread analysis. Affordability ratios use the most recently published census income estimates for each metro. All macro rate figures are sourced from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database and are figures.

Data Series	Source	Scope
U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate (6.47%)	Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)	National
U.S. federal funds rate (3.63%)	Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)	National
U.S. unemployment rate (4.3%)	Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)	National
City-level median asking rents	Partner data releases (cited per cell)	Metro-level
Affordability ratios	Derived: median annual rent ÷ metro median household income	Metro-level

Rental Price Index by City 2025 — PropHunt Live Tracker

About This Tracker

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Macro Rate Context (FRED, 2025)

Rental Price Index Table — 2025

How to Read the Affordability Ratio

Embed-Ready Chart

How the Macro Environment Shapes City-Level Rent Trends

FAQ — Average Rent by City 2025

Data Sources & Methodology

Indicator	Value	Source
U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate	6.47%	FRED
U.S. federal funds rate	3.63%	FRED
U.S. unemployment rate	4.3%	FRED