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HUD provides the benchmark. Listings show the live market.
HUD Fair Market Rents are official gross-rent estimates used for housing programs and are not a live list of available homes. True Home Cost keeps that distinction clear.
Latest national apartment snapshot (October 2026): average U.S. apartment rent was $1,749, down 0.15% from the initially reported September level of $1,752 and up 1.6% year over year. The same October 29, 2026 CoStar release notes that September was later revised to $1,753 and a -0.06% monthly change; the October -0.15% headline uses the original September figure. This is a multifamily market indicator—not a live listing, a single-family rent benchmark, or a quote for a specific home. View the original report.
As a separate price-change measure, the BLS October 2026 CPI showed rent of primary residence up 0.2% month over month and owners' equivalent rent up 0.3%, seasonally adjusted. These indexes are not advertised asking rents or live listings; most October 2026 year-over-year CPI comparisons are unavailable because October 2025 data were not collected. View the BLS release.