We think the recent divergence between the BLS measure of apartment rents and other sources is due to reliability issues with the former, which we expect will be revised higher in future releases. Therefore, while it currently points to a downside risk to our forecast for rents, we remain confident that they will flatline in 2024, rather than fall.
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