SF Rents Rising Rents Faster Than Anywhere In the Country, So Thanks a Lot, AI Industry

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/04/sf-rents-rising-rents-faster-than-anywhere-in-the-country-so-thanks-a-lot-ai-industry/There should be no more talk of a “San Francisco exodus,” as rents are spiking here more than anywhere in the nation, and apartments are leasing faster in SF than in any other city in the US. San Francisco went through a phase for the past couple years where we were the only major US metropolitan area where rents stayed below pre-pandemic levels, while the other cities saw their rents breaking the pre-pandemic ceiling. But that trend started to reverse around late 2024 and early 2025, when data began showing that SF rents were rising at a faster rate than anywhere in the US. Well sorry apartment-hunters, but that trend is now acceleratin