RENT PRICES ON THE RISE AGAIN!

Average Increase is by 7.7%

Source: Rentals.ca

A cross-country look at average rents

A cross-country look at average rents

British Columbia at $2,590 for all property types. That’s up 0.6% from a month ago and a 19% jump since last July.

British Columbia at $2,590 for all property types. That’s up 0.6% from a month ago and a 19% jump since last July.

Next up was Ontario, with an average rent of $2,332, up 3.1% month-over-month and 15.2% since last year.

Of the seven provinces’ surveys, Manitoba was the only one that saw rent prices essentially unchanged at $1,377.

At the municipal level, the following are the cities that have seen the largest year-over-year rent increases so far this year:

Victoria: $2,667 (+27%)

Hamilton: $2,097 (+26%)

Kitchener: $2,108 (+25%)

Burnaby: $2,680 (+24%)

Toronto: $2,691  (+24%)

The report concludes that rents are facing upward pressure due to a combination of rising interest rates and more people returning back to the office, which has increased rental costs in the larger cities.