Maintenance

Household Upkeep Costs Hit a Fresh Record

Up 16.6% in a single year — which means per-unit R&M reserves set on last year's assumptions are already behind.

The FYN Intelligence Team4 min read

Angi's State of Home Spending pegs average U.S. household home-maintenance spend at $2,041 in 2025, up 16.6% from $1,750 in 2024, with total home-improvement spending projected to reach a record ~$526B by Q1 2026.

Household upkeep spend rose 16.6% in a single year.

An upstream read on operator costs

That consumer figure tracks the same labor-and-materials inflation squeezing operator budgets. It sits directly above our $1,740/unit/yr R&M benchmark and the $1,143 average emergency-repair cost in the database.

Sources

  1. Angi — State of Home Spending (2025 household maintenance spend).
  2. FYN Intelligence — per-unit R&M and emergency-repair benchmarks.

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