Single Family Rent Index (SFRI)
Track single-family rent trends at national and local levels
Monitor single-family rent market trends
The Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI) provides a consistent measure of rent changes for single-family rental properties across U.S. markets. Available at the national and Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) levels, this dataset helps organizations monitor rent growth, benchmark market performance, evaluate regional dynamics, and support investment and housing market analysis.
Built on Cotality's extensive property and rental intelligence and updated regularly, SFRI delivers a reliable view of how single-family rents are changing over time. In addition to supporting market research and forecasting, SFRI can serve as a valuable indicator of shelter inflation and broader housing market conditions.
Key data attributes
- Rent growth measurement: Tracks changes in single-family rental rates over time using a repeat-rent methodology.
- National and CBSA coverage: Available as a national composite index and across more than 100 Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs).
- Market benchmarking: Enables comparison of rent growth and rental market performance across geographies.
- Total return analysis: Measure total property return by combining rent growth insights from SFRI with home price appreciation from Cotality HPI™.
- Historical trends: Supports analysis of long-term rental market performance and rent growth patterns.
- Single-family rental focus: Specifically measures rent trends within the single-family rental housing market.
- Monthly updates: Updated each month, approximately three weeks after month-end, to provide timely visibility into changing rental market conditions.
- Expanded metro insights: Includes rent indices for more than 50 large metros by price tier and property type, including attached, detached, and combined segments.
- Research and forecasting ready: Supports investment analysis, portfolio monitoring, market forecasting, inflation analysis, and risk assessment.
- AI-ready data (delivered with semantic companion files)
Pricing varies based on volume, geography, and delivery.
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