Widespread unemployment has not managed to dampen rent growth in most parts of the country

- Rent prices across the country rose by 3.7 percent in November, a significant spike from 2.8 percent rise recorded during the same time last year.
- Single-Family Rent Index report released by CoreLogic on Tuesday, rent growth has picked up and is accelerating at a rapid speed even as the country grapples to control the pandemic.
- Due to low inventory, unemployment has yet to make as much of an impact on rental prices as many analysts predicted at the start of the pandemic.