Front Range rents were mostly flat in April. Here’s how they changed over four years.

Apartment rents changed little in April compared to the same time last year — at least in most Colorado communities. But the flatness comes after two years of soaring costs for renters and homebuyers. 

Over the past four years, rents in the city of Denver grew 13.8% to $1,568 by April, compared with $1,378 in April 2019. That settled down to a 0.8% annual increase this past year, or $12 more per month from a year ago. That was less than the rate of inflation and one of the lowest increases in the Front Range. 

Areas outside of Denver experienced greater rent hikes. In Colorado Springs, rents were up 29.1% to $1,528 in the past four years, while…