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Rent on the rise

Demand for single family rented homes is soaring
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With home prices hitting record highs, demand for single family rental homes is soaring, and so are rent prices.

Average rent price for single family units was up 5.3% in April when compared to a year earlier.

That marks the largest gain in almost 15 years.

Rent for single-family detached homes was up even more, nearly 8%.

Nearly half of millennials surveyed by Corelogic, and 64% of baby boomers, said they "strongly prefer" to live in a single, stand-alone home.