Rents have risen nationwide, making it tough for potential homeowners to save

NBC NEWS (April 8, 2018) – Both Zillow and real estate software and analytics firm RealPage flagged Sacramento as the city with the fastest-rising rents, with each finding that rents have risen by 8 percent over the past year. (RealPage, which finds annual rent growth of 2.5 percent, focuses on apartments rather than single-family home rentals.) According to Zillow, the median rent in Sacramento now is $1,445.

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