Rent / Return

20241998 = 100
Industry profits
Rent prices

1998–2024 One building per year. Both heights use the same scale.

Rent / Return

Building tops track real-estate industry profits. The dashed line tracks rent prices. Both start at 100 in 1998; twice the height means twice the index.

Profits include commercial real estate and rental and leasing businesses. Rent prices are a national index, not dollar rents. The comparison does not show who receives rent payments.

BEA and BLS via FRED. Annual values, 1998–2024. October 2025 is missing, so 2025 is excluded.