Houston (City), Texas - 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 Houston (City), Texas in February 2026 was $1,541.525. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.24%, 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 Houston (City), TX. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for Houston (City), TX.

You can see similar information for other Texas 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.
Houston (City), TX - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Houston (City), TX - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1176.5834870151918 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1179.2980728925736 0.23 NaN
Mar 2015 1182.6456420854265 0.28 NaN
Apr 2015 1183.58867300306 0.08 NaN
May 2015 1184.9083323385062 0.11 NaN
Jun 2015 1188.02604825888 0.26 NaN
Jul 2015 1189.8762208136657 0.16 NaN
Aug 2015 1194.123606501022 0.36 NaN
Sep 2015 1194.1134996065216 0.00 NaN
Oct 2015 1196.4175673498983 0.19 NaN
Nov 2015 1198.0253686962878 0.13 NaN
Dec 2015 1199.421107051003 0.12 NaN
Jan 2016 1200.7352558817631 0.11 2.05
Feb 2016 1199.5055504785212 -0.10 1.71
Mar 2016 1202.8658672839128 0.28 1.71
Apr 2016 1203.709590433582 0.07 1.70
May 2016 1202.29008231932 -0.12 1.47
Jun 2016 1200.7474128679587 -0.13 1.07
Jul 2016 1201.2495488509894 0.04 0.96
Aug 2016 1203.0484285736643 0.15 0.75
Sep 2016 1200.807146010246 -0.19 0.56
Oct 2016 1199.9317282888046 -0.07 0.29
Nov 2016 1196.5762969089697 -0.28 -0.12
Dec 2016 1196.0402444764582 -0.04 -0.28
Jan 2017 1197.688031225513 0.14 -0.25
Feb 2017 1203.6944553885717 0.50 0.35
Mar 2017 1209.948965543472 0.52 0.59
Apr 2017 1208.6415278376965 -0.11 0.41
May 2017 1211.274325393403 0.22 0.75
Jun 2017 1209.1418977918972 -0.18 0.70
Jul 2017 1210.9668663168236 0.15 0.81
Aug 2017 1208.995217926512 -0.16 0.49
Sep 2017 1219.3434265497233 0.86 1.54
Oct 2017 1229.3700114396088 0.82 2.45
Nov 2017 1242.5246947430642 1.07 3.84
Dec 2017 1251.322311015545 0.71 4.62
Jan 2018 1255.3509247800214 0.32 4.82
Feb 2018 1261.637250985422 0.50 4.81
Mar 2018 1258.7116919646444 -0.23 4.03
Apr 2018 1263.213946011728 0.36 4.51
May 2018 1260.4913359977793 -0.22 4.06
Jun 2018 1264.0617179532412 0.28 4.54
Jul 2018 1264.6977715763787 0.05 4.44
Aug 2018 1266.6860435532728 0.16 4.77
Sep 2018 1266.855617388039 0.01 3.90
Oct 2018 1268.914033047109 0.16 3.22
Nov 2018 1271.4704341995403 0.20 2.33
Dec 2018 1270.7636582201797 -0.06 1.55
Jan 2019 1270.949078103629 0.02 1.24
Feb 2019 1266.4115369597198 -0.36 0.38
Mar 2019 1270.5948607828327 0.33 0.94
Apr 2019 1273.3903303947882 0.22 0.81
May 2019 1280.1322218675837 0.53 1.56
Jun 2019 1284.2914344219193 0.33 1.60
Jul 2019 1288.3265240393653 0.31 1.87
Aug 2019 1292.8113814978374 0.35 2.06
Sep 2019 1293.5173828914703 0.06 2.11
Oct 2019 1292.7784599022432 -0.06 1.88
Nov 2019 1290.8967621288573 -0.15 1.53
Dec 2019 1293.3621839278096 0.19 1.78
Jan 2020 1297.2621869369445 0.30 2.07
Feb 2020 1303.0211929414609 0.44 2.89
Mar 2020 1309.7702071377773 0.52 3.08
Apr 2020 1304.6431438286104 -0.39 2.45
May 2020 1295.4694673570516 -0.70 1.20
Jun 2020 1283.8230556823137 -0.90 -0.04
Jul 2020 1282.762998948803 -0.08 -0.43
Aug 2020 1283.4009697815816 0.05 -0.73
Sep 2020 1285.1890026869023 0.14 -0.64
Oct 2020 1289.0153342239234 0.30 -0.29
Nov 2020 1293.5138069037057 0.35 0.20
Dec 2020 1295.7930202821167 0.18 0.19
Jan 2021 1300.0418876527076 0.33 0.21
Feb 2021 1301.7988626931817 0.14 -0.09
Mar 2021 1308.1203854859746 0.49 -0.13
Apr 2021 1318.7533172673557 0.81 1.08
May 2021 1335.0403438128244 1.24 3.06
Jun 2021 1356.919540731552 1.64 5.69
Jul 2021 1375.6858271664373 1.38 7.24
Aug 2021 1394.1476753871539 1.34 8.63
Sep 2021 1410.0751733246427 1.14 9.72
Oct 2021 1421.4479131167068 0.81 10.27
Nov 2021 1431.8602641724713 0.73 10.70
Dec 2021 1438.3501083878764 0.45 11.00
Jan 2022 1446.3173868846604 0.55 11.25
Feb 2022 1455.0469038218396 0.60 11.77
Mar 2022 1462.5786715069853 0.52 11.81
Apr 2022 1471.1327766435554 0.59 11.56
May 2022 1477.463380120471 0.43 10.67
Jun 2022 1483.762751273991 0.43 9.35
Jul 2022 1487.4955909898158 0.25 8.13
Aug 2022 1489.8172848599825 0.16 6.86
Sep 2022 1491.9250423731141 0.14 5.81
Oct 2022 1492.9089158994977 0.07 5.03
Nov 2022 1493.2089709780287 0.02 4.29
Dec 2022 1497.4581135468813 0.28 4.11
Jan 2023 1502.8043370255104 0.36 3.91
Feb 2023 1510.6675114593047 0.52 3.82
Mar 2023 1517.283856432275 0.44 3.74
Apr 2023 1519.6082724544576 0.15 3.30
May 2023 1521.4982252459718 0.12 2.98
Jun 2023 1522.9739062601043 0.10 2.64
Jul 2023 1524.231158273889 0.08 2.47
Aug 2023 1523.520792297404 -0.05 2.26
Sep 2023 1520.516197705861 -0.20 1.92
Oct 2023 1522.1281398238143 0.11 1.96
Nov 2023 1525.7945551806029 0.24 2.18
Dec 2023 1530.9973048449554 0.34 2.24
Jan 2024 1532.5922518787231 0.10 1.98
Feb 2024 1533.1363301961383 0.04 1.49
Mar 2024 1530.0151764029317 -0.20 0.84
Apr 2024 1532.10666572128 0.14 0.82
May 2024 1535.6568482269222 0.23 0.93
Jun 2024 1543.223638827295 0.49 1.33
Jul 2024 1544.5875671522645 0.09 1.34
Aug 2024 1547.0889621512636 0.16 1.55
Sep 2024 1548.4701387705013 0.09 1.84
Oct 2024 1552.884287867517 0.28 2.02
Nov 2024 1554.6369872948273 0.11 1.89
Dec 2024 1555.8597759675333 0.08 1.62
Jan 2025 1555.4293860136659 -0.03 1.49
Feb 2025 1556.5997673551851 0.08 1.53
Mar 2025 1559.4720684328954 0.19 1.93
Apr 2025 1559.6020150194847 0.01 1.80
May 2025 1558.6129256831011 -0.06 1.50
Jun 2025 1554.1341892141193 -0.29 0.71
Jul 2025 1554.599395235084 0.03 0.65
Aug 2025 1554.8636653902286 0.02 0.50
Sep 2025 1556.578747737128 0.11 0.52
Oct 2025 1553.5746460272267 -0.19 0.04
Nov 2025 1551.1670391396053 -0.15 -0.22
Dec 2025 1547.1522892347011 -0.26 -0.56
Jan 2026 1545.2441254983075 -0.12 -0.65
Feb 2026 1541.525437512947 -0.24 -0.97