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Rents in the St. Louis metro are easing as 2025 comes to a close, offering renters some relief after several years of uneven price growth going into the new year. The Realtor.com® November 2025 Rental Report shows that asking rents in St. Louis are now lower than they were a year ago, placing the metro within the broader national rental cooldown. While the trend is encouraging, affordability remains a concern for many households across the region.
In a post on his Truth Social platform in early October, he accused major builders of hoarding lots to prop up prices-likening them to OPEC, which restricts oil output to maintain high prices. "They're my friends ... but now, they can get Financing, and they have to start building Homes. They're sitting on 2 Million empty lots, A RECORD," Trump wrote. He urged Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to intervene and "get Big Homebuilders going" to "restore the American Dream."