Rancho Santa Margarita (City), California - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted (Zillow)

Updated on March 22, 2026.

According to data from Zillow.com, the smoothed and seasonally adjusted Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily in Rancho Santa Margarita (City), California in February 2026 was $2,902.571. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.04%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.97%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for Rancho Santa Margarita (City), CA. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for Rancho Santa Margarita (City), CA.

You can see similar information for other California cities.

Note: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) is a smoothed measure of the typical observed market rate rent across a given region. ZORI is a repeat-rent index that is weighted to the rental housing stock to ensure representativeness across the entire market, not just homes currently listed for-rent.

Data Source: Zillow.
Rancho Santa Margarita (City), CA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Rancho Santa Margarita (City), CA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1766.6433306017143 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1768.260319676941 0.09 NaN
Mar 2015 1780.1115268966462 0.67 NaN
Apr 2015 1792.8169265827305 0.71 NaN
May 2015 1801.7773694194807 0.50 NaN
Jun 2015 1810.3455014675528 0.48 NaN
Jul 2015 1811.067817541139 0.04 NaN
Aug 2015 1824.2426616270268 0.73 NaN
Sep 2015 1842.2817395079603 0.99 NaN
Oct 2015 1853.3062981762828 0.60 NaN
Nov 2015 1858.030030881555 0.26 NaN
Dec 2015 1838.4730685593554 -1.05 NaN
Jan 2016 1841.8365641694945 0.18 4.26
Feb 2016 1845.4747401181492 0.20 4.37
Mar 2016 1854.200290190648 0.47 4.16
Apr 2016 1862.669357301503 0.46 3.90
May 2016 1874.502934226145 0.64 4.04
Jun 2016 1888.9711799091408 0.77 4.34
Jul 2016 1898.4063439361391 0.50 4.82
Aug 2016 1881.337993040972 -0.90 3.13
Sep 2016 1887.8748771680123 0.35 2.48
Oct 2016 1895.8214711574803 0.42 2.29
Nov 2016 1916.186514867649 1.07 3.13
Dec 2016 1920.3068852980214 0.22 4.45
Jan 2017 1924.9333265564364 0.24 4.51
Feb 2017 1943.7576631460984 0.98 5.33
Mar 2017 1958.3141664606533 0.75 5.62
Apr 2017 1965.817458499596 0.38 5.54
May 2017 1958.398371218531 -0.38 4.48
Jun 2017 1964.3527501164278 0.30 3.99
Jul 2017 1969.5658225264262 0.27 3.75
Aug 2017 1988.721208930323 0.97 5.71
Sep 2017 1991.0191676236082 0.12 5.46
Oct 2017 1997.015289653828 0.30 5.34
Nov 2017 1996.3157421927174 -0.04 4.18
Dec 2017 2008.9448320019783 0.63 4.62
Jan 2018 2021.3918194757607 0.62 5.01
Feb 2018 2020.3184244786585 -0.05 3.94
Mar 2018 2017.191589358337 -0.15 3.01
Apr 2018 2009.1766714757628 -0.40 2.21
May 2018 2012.7918735068092 0.18 2.78
Jun 2018 2003.1582623849922 -0.48 1.98
Jul 2018 2009.03166600829 0.29 2.00
Aug 2018 2011.5164290982848 0.12 1.15
Sep 2018 2020.3935083711772 0.44 1.48
Oct 2018 2022.148339101376 0.09 1.26
Nov 2018 2037.438703026976 0.76 2.06
Dec 2018 2036.59942558806 -0.04 1.38
Jan 2019 2036.0753815678684 -0.03 0.73
Feb 2019 2035.7699195808852 -0.01 0.77
Mar 2019 2041.5399431185158 0.28 1.21
Apr 2019 2054.4030489107504 0.63 2.25
May 2019 2064.911141745654 0.51 2.59
Jun 2019 2078.474616021878 0.66 3.76
Jul 2019 2081.5170266113505 0.15 3.61
Aug 2019 2085.3867101190317 0.19 3.67
Sep 2019 2087.681016152606 0.11 3.33
Oct 2019 2093.6593946118232 0.29 3.54
Nov 2019 2090.2408473715664 -0.16 2.59
Dec 2019 2097.0196838904194 0.32 2.97
Jan 2020 2103.1225488166165 0.29 3.29
Feb 2020 2112.8115549093513 0.46 3.78
Mar 2020 2086.645451870518 -1.24 2.21
Apr 2020 2079.5925890094077 -0.34 1.23
May 2020 2068.9873859333748 -0.51 0.20
Jun 2020 2084.28242830082 0.74 0.28
Jul 2020 2086.37724369248 0.10 0.23
Aug 2020 2077.105625458517 -0.44 -0.40
Sep 2020 2087.4121560001854 0.50 -0.01
Oct 2020 2105.940453153136 0.89 0.59
Nov 2020 2141.462944643954 1.69 2.45
Dec 2020 2159.385036846704 0.84 2.97
Jan 2021 2165.379804838973 0.28 2.96
Feb 2021 2171.863083015559 0.30 2.80
Mar 2021 2189.9735755617517 0.83 4.95
Apr 2021 2216.3401159028235 1.20 6.58
May 2021 2247.068601587214 1.39 8.61
Jun 2021 2298.510367274704 2.29 10.28
Jul 2021 2351.521058109886 2.31 12.71
Aug 2021 2420.301707993628 2.93 16.52
Sep 2021 2474.2095305338203 2.23 18.53
Oct 2021 2494.667176550636 0.83 18.46
Nov 2021 2509.866354379225 0.61 17.20
Dec 2021 2514.9964270339715 0.20 16.47
Jan 2022 2555.9556978536475 1.63 18.04
Feb 2022 2596.069227957072 1.57 19.53
Mar 2022 2654.104562327248 2.24 21.19
Apr 2022 2706.639557864351 1.98 22.12
May 2022 2738.990719734028 1.20 21.89
Jun 2022 2739.3743726709263 0.01 19.18
Jul 2022 2726.8505133409512 -0.46 15.96
Aug 2022 2722.722176253388 -0.15 12.50
Sep 2022 2726.0636632801425 0.12 10.18
Oct 2022 2737.238479315081 0.41 9.72
Nov 2022 2740.7974798183695 0.13 9.20
Dec 2022 2733.9778387769106 -0.25 8.71
Jan 2023 2741.9151862230633 0.29 7.28
Feb 2023 2734.01085167902 -0.29 5.31
Mar 2023 2755.3833482374125 0.78 3.82
Apr 2023 2743.2706241667115 -0.44 1.35
May 2023 2768.682299992009 0.93 1.08
Jun 2023 2761.0839929106355 -0.27 0.79
Jul 2023 2779.729504303038 0.68 1.94
Aug 2023 2769.2451364971525 -0.38 1.71
Sep 2023 2784.7931162619407 0.56 2.15
Oct 2023 2800.6113076945085 0.57 2.32
Nov 2023 2806.9192374544377 0.23 2.41
Dec 2023 2826.6639543805004 0.70 3.39
Jan 2024 2817.704739547829 -0.32 2.76
Feb 2024 2840.627329868054 0.81 3.90
Mar 2024 2836.5006255381536 -0.14 2.94
Apr 2024 2843.0182205380925 0.23 3.64
May 2024 2833.245460635815 -0.34 2.33
Jun 2024 2846.466652227625 0.47 3.09
Jul 2024 2855.914146320962 0.33 2.74
Aug 2024 2876.8481683831596 0.73 3.89
Sep 2024 2866.1897177528313 -0.37 2.92
Oct 2024 2862.7001762714067 -0.12 2.22
Nov 2024 2854.6073552300386 -0.28 1.70
Dec 2024 2869.3091509949622 0.52 1.51
Jan 2025 2874.427219788538 0.18 2.01
Feb 2025 2874.601632927747 0.01 1.20
Mar 2025 2870.055821756024 -0.16 1.18
Apr 2025 2874.439627179303 0.15 1.11
May 2025 2876.4140335565953 0.07 1.52
Jun 2025 2882.1434706797386 0.20 1.25
Jul 2025 2879.8442448599376 -0.08 0.84
Aug 2025 2880.1075591709423 0.01 0.11
Sep 2025 2890.1593948282825 0.35 0.84
Oct 2025 2893.5285913293023 0.12 1.08
Nov 2025 2906.1532301779234 0.44 1.81
Dec 2025 2896.6569506769133 -0.33 0.95
Jan 2026 2903.8766590629475 0.25 1.02
Feb 2026 2902.571428571429 -0.04 0.97