Rents soar in LA, Orange Counties; highest rate in 14 years
The downtown skyline of Los Angeles, California on October 12, 2017 where a new report from USC and Beacon Economics shows Southern California's housing crisis is leading to an increase in rent for Los Angeles and Orange county into 2019. (Photo by F
LOS ANGELES - For the first time in more than a decade, the Consumer Price Index shows rents in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties rose at an annual rate of 5.8-percent last month.
The highest for a July since 2005.
So now, a one bedroom apartment in L.A. County rents for an average of $1,755.
And a two bedroom apartment averages around $2,235.
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The rise isn't as bad in the Inland Empire where rents climbed 4.3-percent in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
And the cost of food jumped more than three percent.
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