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Lease Renewal Advisor

Compare current rent to the same HUD 50th-scaled statistical median as the Rent Estimator (not MLS asking rent; FMR stays the 40th / voucher number). Action buckets and the recommended renewal are written as formulas on the page — not a black-box score.

Current lease

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How the recommendation is built

Market rent is the Rent Estimator path: HUD FY2026 50th-percentile (not FMR) scaled onto the ZIP FMR/SAFMR, aged with BLS CPI Shelter, then a property-type multiplier — a statistical median, not MLS asking rent. Out-of-sample ZIPs are flagged extrapolated. Confidence and source strings match that tool.

  • Hold if you are within about 5% of estimated market.
  • Raise modestly if you are about 5–12% under; reposition if more than 12% under.
  • Symmetric if over-market: hold or modest cut at 5–12% over; reposition down if more than 12% over.
  • Recommended rent blends toward market with a retention bias (65% of the gap when under, 50% when over). The formula is printed with the result.
  • Turnover cost is shown as an illustrative 1–2 months of current rent — an assumption, not measured local data.

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