{"id":22,"date":"2026-10-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:00:00","slug":"rents-rebound-in-ai-hubs-and-affordable-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/29\/rents-rebound-in-ai-hubs-and-affordable-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Rents Rebound in AI Hubs and Affordable Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>I\u2019m seeing some interesting shifts in the rental market worth sharing\u2014especially if you\u2019re weighing your next move in Hampton Roads or looking at investment opportunities. The national median asking rent has dipped for the 38th month, now sitting at $1,694. That\u2019s a 0.4% decline year-over-year. While rents are still 14.5% higher than before the pandemic, they\u2019re also 4.5% below last year\u2019s peak. Of course, these trends look a little different from one region to another. Whether you\u2019re searching for an affordable alternative, considering an AI hub for work, or simply trying to make sense of these numbers, remember: a calm, informed approach always serves you best. Let\u2019s keep faith in the process and move forward with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/real-estate\/articles\/rents-rebound-ai-hubs-affordable-100000060.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m seeing some interesting shifts in the rental market worth sharing\u2014especially if you\u2019re weighing your next move in Hampton Roads or looking at investment opportunities. The national median asking rent has dipped for the 38th month, now sitting at $1,694. That\u2019s a 0.4% decline year-over-year. While rents are still 14.5% higher than before the pandemic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":550,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicoleroyster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}