Money Rents going down, new study shows. Here’s where apartments are (and aren’t) getting cheaper March 3, 2023Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAYComments 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.