Money Rents going down, new study shows. Here’s where apartments are (and aren’t) getting cheaper March 3, 2023 Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY Comments Off on Rents going down, new study shows. Here’s where apartments are (and aren’t) getting cheaper While rents rose 2.4% in January from a year earlier to $1,942, the national median was down about 2% from December.