Houston was slow for apartment rent growth in 2018

A new report found Houston had the fourth-slowest apartment rent growth among large cities in 2018. The nation’s fourth-largest city saw rents grow 1.7 percent year-over-year, or about $18, to an average rent of $1,093 per month, according to the national apartment research site RentCafe’s year-end report that compared 2017 year-end data to 2018 findings.  

Nationwide, apartment rent grew about $42, or 3.1 percent, to $1,419, the report found. Other major cities such as Los Angeles saw rents…