Houston, TX (Metro) - 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 the Houston, TX Metro in February 2026 was $1,619.524. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.24%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was -0.54%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Houston, TX metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Houston, TX metro.

You can see similar information for other US metros, and for the United States.

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, TX (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Houston, TX (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1201.8168173982879 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1204.3516533269935 0.21 NaN
Mar 2015 1208.8954972491492 0.38 NaN
Apr 2015 1211.5645876995018 0.22 NaN
May 2015 1213.124284610189 0.13 NaN
Jun 2015 1215.2510028606398 0.18 NaN
Jul 2015 1217.3514615172462 0.17 NaN
Aug 2015 1221.1714448233581 0.31 NaN
Sep 2015 1222.3957304081614 0.10 NaN
Oct 2015 1223.8841239521664 0.12 NaN
Nov 2015 1225.2873743489154 0.12 NaN
Dec 2015 1226.2480480460404 0.08 NaN
Jan 2016 1228.0982503137013 0.15 2.19
Feb 2016 1228.0294419753398 -0.01 1.97
Mar 2016 1230.0582958729515 0.17 1.75
Apr 2016 1229.1392649241475 -0.07 1.45
May 2016 1227.2412556873119 -0.15 1.16
Jun 2016 1225.9073054336634 -0.11 0.88
Jul 2016 1226.5422817303397 0.05 0.76
Aug 2016 1227.8216650279192 0.10 0.55
Sep 2016 1225.509420522838 -0.19 0.26
Oct 2016 1224.1428019045547 -0.11 0.02
Nov 2016 1220.8011692974744 -0.27 -0.37
Dec 2016 1221.150588844494 0.03 -0.42
Jan 2017 1222.734854298118 0.13 -0.44
Feb 2017 1228.3304868895625 0.46 0.03
Mar 2017 1233.384902562157 0.41 0.27
Apr 2017 1234.2887017379023 0.07 0.42
May 2017 1237.818117236706 0.29 0.86
Jun 2017 1237.3327943097563 -0.04 0.93
Jul 2017 1239.1121056684178 0.14 1.02
Aug 2017 1238.30942956504 -0.06 0.85
Sep 2017 1248.5533797966718 0.83 1.88
Oct 2017 1258.205450572471 0.77 2.78
Nov 2017 1269.7200158299006 0.92 4.01
Dec 2017 1276.3166928625978 0.52 4.52
Jan 2018 1280.147647653856 0.30 4.70
Feb 2018 1284.8530853817556 0.37 4.60
Mar 2018 1283.7120721100002 -0.09 4.08
Apr 2018 1287.2248850362075 0.27 4.29
May 2018 1285.8235872702192 -0.11 3.88
Jun 2018 1288.8976601131396 0.24 4.17
Jul 2018 1289.950152847545 0.08 4.10
Aug 2018 1292.7413054707617 0.22 4.40
Sep 2018 1292.9914207626882 0.02 3.56
Oct 2018 1294.6838405062233 0.13 2.90
Nov 2018 1297.2196194458895 0.20 2.17
Dec 2018 1297.4234357952087 0.02 1.65
Jan 2019 1298.5104208953314 0.08 1.43
Feb 2019 1295.7454814515006 -0.21 0.85
Mar 2019 1299.5704957276696 0.30 1.24
Apr 2019 1302.5245269820248 0.23 1.19
May 2019 1308.143702428887 0.43 1.74
Jun 2019 1312.1442611082427 0.31 1.80
Jul 2019 1316.1634674877964 0.31 2.03
Aug 2019 1319.9497520295722 0.29 2.11
Sep 2019 1321.0600155500895 0.08 2.17
Oct 2019 1321.340177141579 0.02 2.06
Nov 2019 1320.6899509954485 -0.05 1.81
Dec 2019 1323.7258377987232 0.23 2.03
Jan 2020 1327.3776550416246 0.28 2.22
Feb 2020 1332.9372680203078 0.42 2.87
Mar 2020 1338.5198455356747 0.42 3.00
Apr 2020 1334.5589883677474 -0.30 2.46
May 2020 1326.5145100410912 -0.60 1.40
Jun 2020 1318.6558607457305 -0.59 0.50
Jul 2020 1318.7658979655557 0.01 0.20
Aug 2020 1321.7245740891403 0.22 0.13
Sep 2020 1325.3930865835275 0.28 0.33
Oct 2020 1330.9530773134406 0.42 0.73
Nov 2020 1336.9471679072344 0.45 1.23
Dec 2020 1341.252087144412 0.32 1.32
Jan 2021 1347.2796093723157 0.45 1.50
Feb 2021 1350.0782080424779 0.21 1.29
Mar 2021 1356.8976367046798 0.51 1.37
Apr 2021 1367.5905997292962 0.79 2.48
May 2021 1385.2377283670505 1.29 4.43
Jun 2021 1406.1310420543648 1.51 6.63
Jul 2021 1425.1214869549278 1.35 8.07
Aug 2021 1444.408839804649 1.35 9.28
Sep 2021 1460.8144681805256 1.14 10.22
Oct 2021 1473.3762485929856 0.86 10.70
Nov 2021 1483.6490888577475 0.70 10.97
Dec 2021 1492.9795889458064 0.63 11.31
Jan 2022 1501.2672676094003 0.56 11.43
Feb 2022 1511.5842421829107 0.69 11.96
Mar 2022 1519.0116950902984 0.49 11.95
Apr 2022 1529.8278027877184 0.71 11.86
May 2022 1536.0575512445812 0.41 10.89
Jun 2022 1543.7129283995139 0.50 9.78
Jul 2022 1548.347043971842 0.30 8.65
Aug 2022 1551.5802854308843 0.21 7.42
Sep 2022 1553.5185104392565 0.13 6.35
Oct 2022 1554.9872827679067 0.10 5.54
Nov 2022 1556.4746830561226 0.10 4.91
Dec 2022 1560.2451682229564 0.24 4.51
Jan 2023 1565.0585514098261 0.31 4.25
Feb 2023 1571.3521009611588 0.40 3.95
Mar 2023 1578.9542864090197 0.48 3.95
Apr 2023 1581.3165229439055 0.15 3.37
May 2023 1584.972439711738 0.23 3.18
Jun 2023 1586.6763316400913 0.11 2.78
Jul 2023 1588.5048114186152 0.12 2.59
Aug 2023 1588.2614779975431 -0.01 2.36
Sep 2023 1586.816753293771 -0.09 2.14
Oct 2023 1587.9872957806035 0.07 2.12
Nov 2023 1590.5228179840112 0.16 2.19
Dec 2023 1593.983300575524 0.22 2.16
Jan 2024 1597.2255711712799 0.20 2.06
Feb 2024 1599.5321267486972 0.14 1.79
Mar 2024 1598.1817374443415 -0.08 1.22
Apr 2024 1600.8676617519845 0.17 1.24
May 2024 1604.594542846721 0.23 1.24
Jun 2024 1611.6063882157182 0.44 1.57
Jul 2024 1613.4772377068905 0.12 1.57
Aug 2024 1616.5216185765682 0.19 1.78
Sep 2024 1618.7972647617005 0.14 2.02
Oct 2024 1622.6546554664899 0.24 2.18
Nov 2024 1624.6176390084167 0.12 2.14
Dec 2024 1625.3466110611369 0.05 1.97
Jan 2025 1625.840689918822 0.03 1.79
Feb 2025 1628.332185774738 0.15 1.80
Mar 2025 1630.339501307076 0.12 2.01
Apr 2025 1630.5484292917797 0.01 1.85
May 2025 1629.6130894783385 -0.06 1.56
Jun 2025 1626.3077673186988 -0.20 0.91
Jul 2025 1627.0700680652706 0.05 0.84
Aug 2025 1627.691521886701 0.04 0.69
Sep 2025 1629.2341076886596 0.10 0.65
Oct 2025 1627.966434789785 -0.08 0.33
Nov 2025 1626.952910888598 -0.06 0.14
Dec 2025 1625.4186860205884 -0.09 0.00
Jan 2026 1623.445480074013 -0.12 -0.15
Feb 2026 1619.5244699196417 -0.24 -0.54