Why your rent might not go up this year

Carlsbad was the most-expensive place to rent with a monthly median rent for a one-bedroom at $1,879, increasing 1.3 percent in a year. It was followed by Encinitas at $1,863, down 0.3 percent. Oceanside had the biggest increase of any city, up 1.5 percent, at $1,771 a month.

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