Rental market rate increases by season

I think July 1 to Sept 1 are the peak 3 months, and Dec 1 to Feb 1 are the bottom 3 months, and that there is around a 10% difference between these. The pricing right now is for April 1-ish starts, so I'd guess 5% or maybe a bit more.

January is a bit more up than you might think if you only look at the seasons. And February had some residual as inventory tried for a January bump and might not settle back fast enough.
But even this year is a bit different from the normal pattern in that many leases were pushed to be more than 12 months if in the past 2 years they began in the winter, bringing them closer to peak times. Also many peopke did move to take advantage of the prior winter lows, and get out of above market leases from years prior, and now there are fewer people with appetite to move (because prices are higher than last year, and because moving every year or two isn't palatable to all).

There were really some great deals for February 1 in the 70s in the low $2ks. I think that was the best time this year.

lydiat, Fairway, what size -square footagely speaking -are you seeing?