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Cash back, free rent and more: Half of Las Vegas rental listings are offering concessions, report says

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
March 3, 2026

About 51.7 percent of rental listings in the Las Vegas Valley are offering concessions right now including cash back, free months rent and other perks, according to a new Zillow report.

The valley’s rental market, along with most rental markets across the country, has cooled substantially since the pandemic, said Briahna Healy, a communications specialist for Zillow.

“The rental market in Las Vegas is settling into a more moderate pace after several years of rapid growth,” she said. “As price increases cool and incentives remain common, competition among property managers is picking up, giving renters more negotiating power than during the pandemic-era surge.

The typical asking rent for all rental types in the valley currently sits at $1,716, which is flat month over month from December and only up 0.1 percent year over year in January.

“Nationally, affordability is at a four-year high and rent growth is expected to remain modest in 2026,” added Healy. “Local conditions in Las Vegas reflect many of the same broader forces reshaping the rental market.”

Zillow’s report outlined the cause of a softening rental market across the country in its report.

“Much of the shift comes down to supply,” reads the report. “Although the flow of newly completed apartment buildings peaked in the summer of 2024, more buildings are still adding to the stock of available rental units. At the same time, a cooling labor market is helping keep the number of vacancies elevated. With more options available, renters now have more negotiating power for renewals and new leases than they have had in a long time.”