Washington, DC (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 Washington, DC Metro in February 2026 was $2,331.414. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.14%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was -0.01%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Washington, DC metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Washington, DC 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.
Washington, DC (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Washington, DC (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1670.20200155295 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1675.026480739441 0.29 NaN
Mar 2015 1679.3704912222868 0.26 NaN
Apr 2015 1681.4425256509014 0.12 NaN
May 2015 1683.6113250664353 0.13 NaN
Jun 2015 1684.866917466225 0.08 NaN
Jul 2015 1686.394596167417 0.09 NaN
Aug 2015 1686.5612532719354 0.01 NaN
Sep 2015 1691.1790562334222 0.27 NaN
Oct 2015 1695.5262487580412 0.26 NaN
Nov 2015 1701.4745112081046 0.35 NaN
Dec 2015 1704.0563542329746 0.15 NaN
Jan 2016 1706.4292249492835 0.14 2.17
Feb 2016 1706.8527500021107 0.03 1.90
Mar 2016 1707.9669665275476 0.07 1.70
Apr 2016 1708.9155646855554 0.06 1.63
May 2016 1711.089445976797 0.13 1.63
Jun 2016 1712.8359035340527 0.10 1.66
Jul 2016 1715.8658188635736 0.18 1.75
Aug 2016 1720.4190383164198 0.27 2.01
Sep 2016 1722.328425576705 0.11 1.84
Oct 2016 1725.1022656499977 0.16 1.74
Nov 2016 1726.314356232099 0.07 1.46
Dec 2016 1730.2575503090857 0.23 1.54
Jan 2017 1734.4830494831597 0.24 1.64
Feb 2017 1742.112733040423 0.44 2.07
Mar 2017 1747.463505727237 0.31 2.31
Apr 2017 1752.120570896337 0.27 2.53
May 2017 1753.2472105437514 0.06 2.46
Jun 2017 1756.6550102368487 0.19 2.56
Jul 2017 1758.587232576891 0.11 2.49
Aug 2017 1760.6500895334395 0.12 2.34
Sep 2017 1764.4643450186275 0.22 2.45
Oct 2017 1768.0468651130643 0.20 2.49
Nov 2017 1770.5701749481568 0.14 2.56
Dec 2017 1772.2599886598755 0.10 2.43
Jan 2018 1774.617760232161 0.13 2.31
Feb 2018 1776.9454550315643 0.13 2.00
Mar 2018 1781.505061454889 0.26 1.95
Apr 2018 1785.9604126507327 0.25 1.93
May 2018 1791.4371312737776 0.31 2.18
Jun 2018 1796.2098931487917 0.27 2.25
Jul 2018 1800.9452654283152 0.26 2.41
Aug 2018 1807.7758235572524 0.38 2.68
Sep 2018 1809.0826378217944 0.07 2.53
Oct 2018 1815.065246790507 0.33 2.66
Nov 2018 1822.3251979320505 0.40 2.92
Dec 2018 1831.0234111427762 0.48 3.32
Jan 2019 1834.161332542678 0.17 3.36
Feb 2019 1837.628232186671 0.19 3.42
Mar 2019 1841.1275342616934 0.19 3.35
Apr 2019 1845.223460790194 0.22 3.32
May 2019 1850.1008063278684 0.26 3.28
Jun 2019 1854.5779551430778 0.24 3.25
Jul 2019 1859.5689020722175 0.27 3.26
Aug 2019 1862.6067758450765 0.16 3.03
Sep 2019 1869.4882404691227 0.37 3.34
Oct 2019 1872.6889610308199 0.17 3.18
Nov 2019 1875.6888859597634 0.16 2.93
Dec 2019 1877.5210605865375 0.10 2.54
Jan 2020 1883.2707199490212 0.31 2.68
Feb 2020 1888.152096604582 0.26 2.75
Mar 2020 1897.5004001826364 0.50 3.06
Apr 2020 1892.5568062936395 -0.26 2.57
May 2020 1884.0289605865696 -0.45 1.83
Jun 2020 1870.3416557404557 -0.73 0.85
Jul 2020 1862.0382126933782 -0.44 0.13
Aug 2020 1855.79224646777 -0.33 -0.37
Sep 2020 1848.8104116505508 -0.38 -1.11
Oct 2020 1843.2954581647364 -0.30 -1.57
Nov 2020 1837.9670328091784 -0.29 -2.01
Dec 2020 1836.7940662681094 -0.06 -2.17
Jan 2021 1841.5661440526771 0.26 -2.21
Feb 2021 1847.4302772723884 0.32 -2.16
Mar 2021 1851.6234726725388 0.23 -2.42
Apr 2021 1860.5674813939727 0.48 -1.69
May 2021 1878.198340967276 0.95 -0.31
Jun 2021 1904.9799827551387 1.43 1.85
Jul 2021 1930.2000624089787 1.32 3.66
Aug 2021 1955.6318494346465 1.32 5.38
Sep 2021 1978.4794713251906 1.17 7.01
Oct 2021 2001.8204406970133 1.18 8.60
Nov 2021 2020.6313685504572 0.94 9.94
Dec 2021 2035.2916872055569 0.73 10.81
Jan 2022 2042.6177694942003 0.36 10.92
Feb 2022 2051.360601560461 0.43 11.04
Mar 2022 2060.628714553599 0.45 11.29
Apr 2022 2076.301180428418 0.76 11.60
May 2022 2089.1541076002786 0.62 11.23
Jun 2022 2102.0606974030534 0.62 10.35
Jul 2022 2112.5374124549103 0.50 9.45
Aug 2022 2118.844848924983 0.30 8.35
Sep 2022 2124.4467009914356 0.26 7.38
Oct 2022 2123.675669852399 -0.04 6.09
Nov 2022 2126.417666042967 0.13 5.24
Dec 2022 2129.762956934945 0.16 4.64
Jan 2023 2137.821347105652 0.38 4.66
Feb 2023 2146.5695200304203 0.41 4.64
Mar 2023 2159.5019966669274 0.60 4.80
Apr 2023 2165.613448936586 0.28 4.30
May 2023 2172.0277231227533 0.30 3.97
Jun 2023 2172.4212904630253 0.02 3.35
Jul 2023 2179.0945015384095 0.31 3.15
Aug 2023 2186.703115261933 0.35 3.20
Sep 2023 2195.348933760532 0.40 3.34
Oct 2023 2206.123630939355 0.49 3.88
Nov 2023 2215.545263119378 0.43 4.19
Dec 2023 2223.5140979581065 0.36 4.40
Jan 2024 2229.4592080053403 0.27 4.29
Feb 2024 2236.414467742534 0.31 4.19
Mar 2024 2242.0621513730784 0.25 3.82
Apr 2024 2251.2980937013945 0.41 3.96
May 2024 2261.425248715173 0.45 4.12
Jun 2024 2274.113167775258 0.56 4.68
Jul 2024 2284.727095466805 0.47 4.85
Aug 2024 2292.8627817533365 0.36 4.86
Sep 2024 2299.6457525146348 0.30 4.75
Oct 2024 2305.6030700872157 0.26 4.51
Nov 2024 2312.424554962477 0.30 4.37
Dec 2024 2318.7071787341624 0.27 4.28
Jan 2025 2326.314850672141 0.33 4.34
Feb 2025 2331.7550045600847 0.23 4.26
Mar 2025 2335.675449118266 0.17 4.18
Apr 2025 2337.9087699239794 0.10 3.85
May 2025 2338.8571875332004 0.04 3.42
Jun 2025 2339.749669558501 0.04 2.89
Jul 2025 2338.9240666668297 -0.04 2.37
Aug 2025 2339.5773453858023 0.03 2.04
Sep 2025 2340.048127493991 0.02 1.76
Oct 2025 2340.4227646966388 0.02 1.51
Nov 2025 2339.152477081856 -0.05 1.16
Dec 2025 2337.899191577486 -0.05 0.83
Jan 2026 2334.743479384684 -0.13 0.36
Feb 2026 2331.413621679168 -0.14 -0.01