How Is the Greater Los Angeles Metro Rental Market Doing in 2026? June Data & Landlord Insights

Your monthly guide to rental conditions in Greater Los Angeles. This is our July 2026 report, covering June 2026 rental data: what rents looked like last month, what's driving the market, and what it means if you own a rental home.

Greater Los Angeles Rental Market Snapshot — June 2026

Here's where Greater Los Angeles rents stand as of June 2026, across all property types — apartments, condos, townhomes, and single-family homes.

Greater Los Angeles median rent sits at $2,819 in June 2026, down 3.38% from a year ago as rising inventory and a tighter regulatory environment push asking prices lower across the market. Homes are averaging 67 days to lease, so owners who price at or below market will move units significantly faster than those holding out for peak-cycle rents.

Source: Doorstead market data, aggregated from public records and online rental listings, all rental property types, June 2026.

What's Driving Greater Los Angeles Rental Market Conditions Right Now

Greater Los Angeles Rental Supply and New Construction

New apartment supply in Greater Los Angeles is tightening despite a recent burst of activity: developers broke ground on more than 4,000 units in Q1 2026, the highest volume of starts since late 2022, but the overall completions pipeline has shrunk roughly 20% annually since 2021, leaving fewer than 5,200 net new units expected to hit the market in all of 2026. Across the metro, 178 properties are currently under construction, including Lendlease's 260-unit Habitat development in Culver City and the ambitious Fourth & Central project proposing 1,589 units across 10 buildings in Downtown LA. That gap between starts and deliveries means meaningful new competition for existing rentals is still a year or more away for most landlords.

Why People Rent in Greater Los Angeles

Owning a home in Los Angeles is out of reach for most households right now: with the 30-year mortgage rate at 6.49% and the rent-versus-mortgage gap sitting at 88.5%, a huge share of would-be buyers have no realistic path to ownership and are staying in the rental pool. That baseline demand is running hotter than usual this spring because tens of thousands of households displaced by the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires are still competing for available units, piling into the same leasing season as normal spring-season renters. Transit-accessible corridors like Koreatown/Wilshire Center (with D Line access and a Walk Score of 93), Culver City (served by the Metro E Line and anchored by Sony Pictures Studios), and Inglewood (now drawing consistent year-round demand around SoFi Stadium and Intuit Dome) are absorbing the most pressure, while families continue gravitating toward the San Fernando Valley and South Bay for space and school quality.

What This Means for Greater Los Angeles Landlords

Price carefully right now: metro median rent has pulled back 3.38% year-over-year to $2,819, and units are sitting an average of 67 days before leasing, so overpricing will cost you more than a modest rent reduction would. Fire-displacement demand is propping up leasing competition this spring, but rent-gouging protections cap increases at 10% above pre-emergency levels, and RSO-covered units are now limited to 1%–4% annual increases under the updated formula effective February 2026, so landlords in rent-controlled buildings have little room to push pricing regardless of market conditions.

Greater Los Angeles Rent by City — June 2026

Santa Clarita and Pomona lead the table at 49 days on market, making them the fastest-leasing cities in Greater Los Angeles right now. On the softer end, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Pasadena are the slowest markets, with Los Angeles averaging 92 days and Pasadena's pace slipping another 2.9% month-over-month to 82 days. Most suburbs are leasing somewhere between 49 and 65 days, with the city of Los Angeles as a clear outlier sitting nearly two weeks slower than the next-slowest city.

• Los Angeles, CA: At 92 days on market, LA rentals are sitting considerably longer than most cities in this report, and the median rent of $2,432 has gone flat month-over-month while slipping 3.2% from a year ago. Even with fire-displacement demand keeping competition elevated, rising inventory is giving renters enough options to slow the leasing clock.

• Long Beach, CA: The median rent of $2,182 has drifted roughly flat month-over-month and is down 5.9% year-over-year, the steepest annual decline among the coastal cities in this table. At 78 days on market, homes here are leasing at a measured pace, and owners should price competitively from day one rather than testing the market high.

• Santa Monica, CA: Rents are holding flat month-over-month at $3,958, but the 2.3% annual pullback and 84-day median DOM show that even the Westside's premium tier is absorbing the metro-wide softening. At nearly $4,000 median, pricing precision matters more here than almost anywhere else in Greater Los Angeles.

• West Hollywood, CA: At 73 days on market and a median rent of $3,398 that is roughly flat month-over-month, West Hollywood is leasing a bit faster than Santa Monica while sitting in the same broad price tier. The 2.6% year-over-year dip is modest but consistent with the softening pattern across the Westside.

• Culver City, CA: Sony Pictures Studios anchors local employment, the Metro E Line connects renters to Santa Monica and the broader Westside corridor, and the Culver City Unified School District pulls in family renters, giving this market multiple, overlapping demand drivers. Those drivers show up in the data: at 55 days on market, Culver City is leasing faster than most cities here, and the 0.8% month-over-month gain is one of the stronger short-term moves in the table, even as the annual figure sits just 0.8% below last June.

• Downey, CA: The standout number in this table is Downey's 8.5% year-over-year rent increase, the only meaningfully positive annual gain among all 14 cities listed. At a $2,283 median and 78 days on market, demand is outpacing the metro-wide softening trend, making Downey one of the few submarkets where owners have genuine pricing leverage right now.

• Pomona, CA: At 49 days on market, Pomona is one of the fastest-leasing cities in this report, and the $2,398 median rent is holding close to flat despite a marginal 0.1% month-over-month dip. The 3.7% annual decline signals some rent correction, but the leasing speed suggests demand is absorbing available supply quickly.

• Pasadena, CA: Pasadena posted the biggest month-over-month rent gain in this entire table at 2.9%, pushing the median to $2,745, though the annual figure remains 1.4% below last June. At 82 days on market, homes are leasing on the slower side, so that monthly uptick warrants watching for a few more data points before treating it as a trend reversal.

• Glendale, CA: The median rent of $2,498 has slipped roughly flat month-over-month, and the 8.3% annual decline is among the sharpest year-over-year drops in this report. At 62 days on market, Glendale is leasing at a moderate pace, but owners here are contending with meaningful downward rent pressure compared to where prices stood a year ago.

• Burbank, CA: Burbank's 8.7% year-over-year decline is the steepest annual drop in this entire table, even as the $2,633 median holds flat month-over-month. At 57 days on market the leasing pace is reasonable, but the gap between current rents and last year's levels is wide enough that owners renewing leases or re-pricing vacant units should anchor expectations to today's market, not 2025's.

• Torrance, CA: Torrance is one of two cities in this table posting positive annual rent growth, with the $2,767 median up 5.4% year-over-year. At 62 days on market and a slight 0.2% monthly dip, demand here is holding up well against the metro-wide softening, consistent with the pattern of suburban South Bay markets attracting families prioritizing space and neighborhood stability.

• Arcadia, CA: The median rent of $3,300 has pulled back 2.2% month-over-month and is down 6.7% year-over-year, two of the more notable declines in this table at a city that sits toward the higher end of the price range. At 65 days on market, homes are leasing at a moderate pace, so owners should treat the current pricing softness seriously when setting or renewing rents.

• Alhambra, CA: At 55 days on market, Alhambra is leasing quickly, and the $2,465 median has ticked up 0.7% month-over-month. The 5.0% annual decline shows rents have corrected from last year's levels, but the combination of faster leasing speed and a positive monthly move suggests demand is stabilizing.

• Santa Clarita, CA: Santa Clarita's 12.7% year-over-year rent decline is the largest annual drop in this entire report, and with a $3,036 median that is still among the higher price points in the table, the correction is meaningful in dollar terms. The bright spot is leasing speed: at 49 days on market, homes here are moving as fast as anywhere in the table, which means pricing at or slightly below current market should still attract tenants quickly.

Greater Los Angeles Rent by Bedroom Count and Property Type — June 2026

Rent by Bedroom Count in Greater Los Angeles

Rents in Greater Los Angeles climb steeply as bedroom count rises, with the spread from studio to 4-bedroom spanning $3,675. The sharpest single jump sits between 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units, where the median rent rises $1,491, from $2,977 to $4,468. By comparison, the step from studio to 1-bedroom adds just $324, and moving from 3-bedroom to 4-bedroom adds $1,053, making the 2-to-3-bedroom gap the outlier in an otherwise more gradual progression. Owners weighing whether to add a bedroom or target a different tenant pool should keep that $1,491 threshold in mind, since it represents the single biggest pricing discontinuity in the market.

Rent by Property Type in Greater Los Angeles

Townhouses and single-family homes sit at opposite ends of the rent spectrum from apartments, and the gap is striking. Townhouses command a $3,598 median, 27.6% above the $2,819 blended metro median, while single-family homes follow close behind at $3,521, a $701 or 24.9% premium. Both types also lease faster than any other category, averaging 48 and 51 days on market respectively, compared to 96 days for apartments. Apartments land at $2,393 median rent, 15.1% below the blended figure, and their slower pace suggests renters weighing an apartment against other options in Greater Los Angeles have more negotiating room than those pursuing a townhouse or single-family home.

Data Sources & Methodology

• Rental market data: Median rents, days on market, listing counts, and rent change figures. Sourced from county public records, deed and tax assessor data, and rental listings on publicly accessible platforms.
• Doorstead Platform Data: Internal leasing outcomes from Doorstead-managed rental homes across all property types — days to lease, pricing tier benchmarks. Trailing 12 months.

Data refreshed monthly. Doorstead benchmarks reflect managed properties only and may not be representative of the broader Los Angeles Metro rental market.

City-Level Rental Market Reports

For zip-code level data and city-specific analysis:

• Los Angeles City Rental Market Report
• Long Beach Rental Market Report