Single-family rent growth across the U.S. decelerated sharply at the end of 2025, underscoring a broad cooling in housing demand and rising tenant leverage in several Sun Belt markets. National rents for single-family homes rose 1.2% in December 2025 from a year earlier, according to Cotality's latest Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI). That marks a steep slowdown from the 2.5% annual gain recorded between...