| Apartment market performance, 1st quarter 2006 | ||
| City | Avg rent | % increase (12 mos. ending Mar 31) |
| US overall | 956 | 3.9% |
| New York* | 2,400 | NA |
| San Francisco | 1,669 | 10.3% |
| San Jose | 1,429 | 8.6% |
| Los Angeles | 1,422 | 6.8% |
| Orange County | 1,393 | 8.1% |
| Boston | 1,350 | 1.2% |
| San Diego | 1,232 | 3.6% |
| Oakland | 1,202 | 6.6% |
| Washington, DC | 1,188 | 3.7% |
| Fort Lauderdale | 1,151 | 12.0% |
| West Palm Beach | 1,107 | 10.5% |
| Northern New Jersey | 1,074 | 2.5% |
| Riverside | 1,033 | 4.6% |
| Miami | 1,014 | 10.0% |
| Chicago | 1,007 | 3.3% |
| Baltimore | 980 | 6.3% |
| Philadelphia | 975 | 2.9% |
| Minneapolis | 923 | 0.4% |
| Sacramento | 882 | 3.0% |
| Seattle | 854 | 7.8% |
| Orlando | 843 | 8.4% |
| Las Vegas | 842 | 3.8% |
| Norfolk | 837 | 4.8% |
| Jacksonville | 810 | 5.6% |
| Tampa | 798 | 8.8% |
| Atlanta | 777 | 1.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 771 | 4.9% |
| Denver | 770 | 0.0% |
| Richmond | 769 | 2.6% |
| Raleigh | 756 | -2.0% |
| Cincinnati | 753 | -1.1% |
| Nashville | 752 | 7.4% |
| Phoenix | 748 | 8.9% |
| Portland | 734 | 5.1% |
| St Louis | 729 | 1.5% |
| Austin | 724 | 0.0% |
| Cleveland | 718 | 2.4% |
| Dallas | 718 | 0.8% |
| El Paso | 714 | -1.0% |
| Birmingham | 714 | 2.2% |
| Memphis | 712 | 8.2% |
| Detroit | 707 | -1.9% |
| Houston | 693 | 5.2% |
| Kansas City | 685 | 1.6% |
| Charlotte | 683 | 1.9% |
| Dayton | 677 | 1.6% |
| Salt Lake City | 674 | 1.7% |
| Louisville | 672 | 3.8% |
| Greensboro | 658 | -3.7% |
| Indianapolis | 651 | 0.8% |
| San Antonio | 644 | 1.9% |
| Albuquerque | 641 | 3.2% |
| Fort Worth | 636 | 1.8% |
| Greenville | 615 | -3.6% |
| Tulsa | 600 | 1.9% |
| Columbus | 589 | -1.0% |
| Tucson | 584 | 4.4% |
| Oklahoma City | 504 | 4.3% |
| West | 1,138 | 6.0% |
| Northeast | 1,119 | 2.2% |
| South | 824 | 3.9% |
| Midwest | 820 | 1.1% |