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Rent growth is cooling off a bit for both apartments and single-family rentals. New data from Yardi Matrix shows that national rent growth declined slightly in August. That could be a sign of the housing market slowdown, but for landlords who are worried about their ROI - the year-over-year rent growth is still close to 10% for both asset classes. (1) Hi, I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review. Yardi data shows that average asking rent for single-family homes was down $2 a month in August, to $2,090. The year-over-year growth percentage was 9.5% or about 170 basis points less than July. In July, rents were up an average of $7 a month for an annual growth rate of 11.2%. So you can see, single-family rent growth has pulled back a little, but it’s still showing strong growth. (2)(3) For apartments, the average asking rent was down $1 a month in August, to $1,718 with a year-over-year growth rate of 10.9%. That’s also 170 basis