Southern California rent inflation grows to 5.2%, CPI says

Southern California tenants are seeing rent inflation rising once again.
My trusty spreadsheet looked at the rent slice of the Consumer Price Index for March in three local markets: Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Inland Empire, and San Diego County. This rent metric is different than most as it’s based on polling of tenants in various housing – from big complexes to homes and condos – asking consumers what they pay their landlord. Other industry yardsticks tend to focus o