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Highlights of a first quarter report on apartments from the Colorado Division of Housing and Apartment Association of Southern Colorado:

• While average apartment rents rose to a record of nearly $1,172 a month citywide, they were about $100 higher on Colorado Springs' far northeast side — the priciest area of town in which to rent. The cheapest area was the city's southeast side, where monthly rents averaged $1,002.52.

• Apartments built since 2010 averaged $1,469.30 a month, the most expensive in the area. The cheapest units were those constructed in the 1960s; rents averaged nearly $915 a month.

• Median rents also set a record high of $1,178.70 a month in the first quarter, beating the previous high water mark of $1,140.66 in the second quarter of 2018.

• The citywide vacancy rate of 5.6% fell from 6% in the fourth quarter and 6.3% in the first quarter of last year.