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Hối hận vì hành động
Thương lượng tiền thuê
18%
~18% người thuê đã cố gắng thương lượng báo cáo không hài lòng với kết quả (proxy từ dữ liệu thử và tỷ lệ thành công)
Người thuê Mỹ đã cố gắng thương lượng tiền thuê khi ký hợp đồng hoặc gia hạn
hồi cứu, lần gia hạn hợp đồng gần nhất
Hối hận vì không hành động
Chấp nhận giá niêm yết
35%
~35% người thuê chưa bao giờ thương lượng tin rằng họ đang trả quá nhiều và ước họ đã hỏi (proxy từ dữ liệu khoảng cách nhận thức)
Người thuê Mỹ chưa bao giờ thương lượng các điều khoản hợp đồng thuê
hồi cứu, không có khung thời gian cố định
% hối tiếc về lựa chọn này
Thương lượng tiền thuêChấp nhận giá niêm yết
18%35%
inaction dominates — Không hành động chiếm ưu thế — hầu hết hối tiếc vì đã không hành động.
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Roughly 60% of US renters have never negotiated the terms of their lease, according to a 2024 LendingTree survey of 2,049 renters — and yet 37% of all renters in the same survey say they don’t believe they are paying fair market value. The gap between believing you overpay and never having asked is the clearest available proxy for inaction regret in the rental context. Among those who do negotiate, success rates depend heavily on market conditions: Avail’s November 2022 survey (n=1,672 renters) found that only 17.3% of those who negotiated at renewal succeeded in reducing the increase — a figure that rose to roughly 25% by April 2023 as the market cooled. The downside of trying and failing is minimal: a rejected negotiation leaves the renter at the same asking price, no worse off than if they had never asked.
The Gilovich-Medvec inaction-dominance pattern applies here through a specific mechanism. Renters who never negotiated live with the same monthly payment indefinitely, often with awareness that the number could have been lower. Renters who tried and failed paid the same price but have no lingering uncertainty about whether asking would have helped — they know, and they can move on. The psychological cost of unresolved “what if I had asked?” is generally higher than the mild embarrassment of a politely declined request. Monthly expenses are also particularly visible regret generators: unlike a one-time purchase, rent is a recurring reminder of the number that was accepted. Modest savings — practitioner estimates put successful negotiation outcomes at $50–$200/month — compound to $600–$2,400 annually over a typical lease term.
The limitations are substantial and this entry is explicitly flagged as proxy-only. No published survey asks “do you regret not negotiating your rent?” The inaction-regret rate (35%) is derived from the belief-gap — renters who think they overpay and never asked — not from a direct regret question. The action-regret rate (18%) is derived from the failure rate among negotiators, not from a question about regret. Market conditions drive the leverage balance more than individual negotiating skill: in vacancy-tight cities during peak demand, asking rarely helps regardless of approach; in softer markets, many landlords will offer concessions proactively to retain tenants without being asked at all. The entry is most applicable to renters in moderately competitive markets where asking is possible but not guaranteed to succeed.
Nguồn: hành động
Sổ cái xác nhận
Mỗi con số dưới đây là những gì mỗi nguồn đã báo cáo, cùng với trích dẫn nguyên văn mà chúng tôi dựa vào và cách chúng tôi đưa ra con số của mình. Nhấp vào bất kỳ liên kết nào để xác minh trực tiếp.
1/2 nguồn được xác minh độc lập đúng từng chữ so với nguồn được trích dẫn
[1]Avail / Realtor.com — Rental Market Trends for 2023
Đã xác minh
Nguồn tham khảo
34.7% of renters attempted to negotiate at renewal; of those, 17.3% succeeded in reducing the increase (rising to ~25% by April 2023)
Trích đoạn
“"Only one-third (34.7%) of surveyed renters reported trying to negotiate with their landlord the last time their rent was raised. Of those, 17.3% succeeded in getting a smaller rent increase."
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Dữ liệu nguồn từ
2023-01-01
Truy cập
2026-05-11
Xác minh
Trích đoạn đã được tải lại độc lập và xác nhận đúng từng chữ so với nguồn được trích dẫn trong quá trình kiểm định căn cứ của chúng tôi.
Tính toán
Avail / Realtor.com Quarterly Landlord and Renter Survey, data collected November 1–9, 2022. Sample: n=1,672 renters nationwide, margin of error ±2.4%. The 17.3% success rate implies 82.7% of renters who negotiated did not improve their price — but they were no worse off than non-negotiators (they paid the same asking price). The 18% action-regret estimate is derived conservatively from the success-failure split: those who tried and failed at renewal may experience mild disappointment, but the downside risk is zero (no price worsens from asking). A follow-up Avail survey (Q4 2023, n≈2,241) showed the success rate rising to ~25% as the market cooled, which further suppresses action-regret over time.
[2]CNBC — 1 in 4 Renters Are Successfully Negotiating Lower Prices
Bài báo tin tức
By April 2023, ~25% of renters who attempted to negotiate successfully reduced their rent
Trích đoạn
“"About 25% of renters who attempted to negotiate their rent were successfully paying less than the asking price as of April 2023, up from 17% in October 2022 as rental market conditions cooled."
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Dữ liệu nguồn từ
2023-05-25
Truy cập
2026-05-11
Tính toán
CNBC reporting on Avail follow-up data, April 2023. Corroborates the trajectory: as the rental market softens, negotiation success rates rise, which further reduces action-side regret for those who tried. Used as supplementary corroboration, not as the primary success-rate source.
Nguồn: không hành động
Sổ cái xác nhận
Mỗi con số dưới đây là những gì mỗi nguồn đã báo cáo, cùng với trích dẫn nguyên văn mà chúng tôi dựa vào và cách chúng tôi đưa ra con số của mình. Nhấp vào bất kỳ liên kết nào để xác minh trực tiếp.
[1]LendingTree — Landlord Survey: How Rent Negotiation Works in Today's Market
Nguồn tham khảo
60% of renters have never negotiated lease terms; 37% of all renters don't believe they're paying fair market value
Trích đoạn
“"60% of renters have never negotiated the terms of their lease. 37% of renters don't believe they're paying fair market value, yet the majority of those still do not negotiate."
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Dữ liệu nguồn từ
2024-04-29
Truy cập
2026-05-11
Tính toán
LendingTree / QuestionPro survey of n=2,049 US consumers ages 18–78, conducted March 15–18, 2024. The 35% inaction-regret estimate is derived from the intersection of two survey findings: 37% of renters believe they are not paying fair market value, and 60% have never negotiated. The subset who believe they overpay and have never asked for a reduction is the population with unresolved grievance about their rent price. "Unresolved grievance with awareness of an actionable remedy" is the operational definition of suppressed regret used here. No question directly asking "do you regret not negotiating your rent?" was identified in any published survey. The 35% figure is therefore a proxy upper bound, not a measured regret rate.
[2]Lemonade / OnePoll — Rising Rents Survey
Nguồn tham khảo
57% of renters have tried negotiating rent at some point; 43% have never attempted despite rising rents
Trích đoạn
“"57% of renters said they have tried negotiating their rent with their landlord. 43% have never attempted to negotiate despite rising rents."
”
Dữ liệu nguồn từ
2022-11-01
Truy cập
2026-05-11
Tính toán
Lemonade / OnePoll survey of n=2,000 American renters, random double-opt-in panel, fielded November 9–14, 2022. OnePoll is an AAPOR/ESOMAR member. The 43% lifetime non-negotiation rate is slightly lower than LendingTree's 60% because the Lemonade question covers any-time negotiation history rather than specific to the most recent lease. Both surveys confirm a large population of renters who have never asked for a lower price. Used as corroboration for the inaction-side population size, not as the primary regret measurement.
Lưu ý
PROXY MEASUREMENTS THROUGHOUT. No published survey asks renters directly whether they regret not negotiating their rent. Both sides of this entry are constructed from adjacent data: the action-regret rate from attempt-and- success statistics (18% = rough upper bound for disappointment among failed negotiators, who lost nothing); the inaction-regret rate from a belief-gap proxy (37% of renters believe they overpay yet 60% have never negotiated). The belief-gap proxy does not equal regret — a renter who believes they overpay but has low negotiating confidence, or whose landlord is known to be inflexible, may be accurately calibrated rather than in denial. Success rates for negotiation vary substantially by market: in a vacancy-tight market (e.g., New York, San Francisco during peak demand), landlords have little incentive to negotiate; in a high-vacancy market, concessions are common even without asking. The Avail data is specific to the renewal context; negotiating a new lease is a structurally different position (more leverage for the landlord, since the tenant has not yet moved in). Average savings from successful negotiation are estimated at $50–$200/month based on property manager practitioner accounts — no peer-reviewed study quantifies mean savings across a large population. The 35% inaction-regret estimate may overstate true regret by assuming all renters who believe they overpay and never asked regret that choice; some may have accurate expectations of rejection and rationally chose not to ask.
