Abilene home rentals: security deposits on the rise, avg. rent down

​​​​​​​ABILENE – July 2016 brought lower rents and smaller pet deposits, but continued the five-month trend of steadily increasing security deposits for leased single-family homes, according to North Texas Real Estate Information Systems (NTREIS)​.

​Citywide, average total July rents fell $53 from the previous month. 

This is a 1.6 percent increase in rents over the 12-month average and registers a meager 0.2 percent increase when compared to average rents seen in July 2015.

On a sf basis, Abilene rents were flat when compared to the 12-month average at 76 cents per sf. ​

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