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Renters’ living habits changed over time, as did the floor plans of rental apartments. The average size of a new apartment completed in 2018 in the U.S. is 941 square feet, 52 square feet less than the size of an apartment built 10 years ago.
For RENTCafé’s latest analysis, it looked at apartment sizes and how they vary from state to state. According to the data, over the past decade, the average rent for new apartments went up by 28%, even though their size is shrinking.
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