from CoreLogic The Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), which analyzes single-family rent price changes nationally and across major metropolitan areas, for February 2021 shows a national rent increase of 3.9% year over year, up from a 3% year-over-year increase in February 2020. As families continue to seek out more space and face housing affordability concerns, high demand and low rental supply inventory have led to rising rental prices across almost every price tier. After growing about 3% annually since mid-2018, rent growth slowed in the spring of 2020 but bounced back in three of the four tiers to exceed the pre-pandemic growth rate beginning in October 2020. However, rent price growth of the low-price tier continues to lag behind that of high-priced rentals, reflecting the uneven U.S. job recovery, sometimes called a K-shaped recovery, seen throughout the country. Rent growth in the low-price tier remains below pre-pandemic levels as the recession continues to disproportionately affect lower-wage workers.