Electric can also spike in the summer with A/C.

I checked to see if there had been a recent spike in crime.

With the projected unemployment rate to spike again, a LOT of people will not be able to pay rent     b.

We put a ton of work into this house, and during the project, interest rates spiked a lot!

You know well what the costs of building supplies has done and builders are not in position to warranty against the future costs of commodities, but rarely are we seeing such quick spikes in prices.  

If interest rates go lower you can always refi but you never expose your portfolio to interest rate spikes.  

There is no spike in crime on any report that I have seen.

I am sure so of the same problems are occurring in the Bay Area.It seems that the local city rules and state rules have been changing so fast in California, along with the demand spike in demand, that the planning and permitting offices can't keep up. 

If there are periods of little or no usage and then big spikes, however, then you've just got a heavy-water-using tenant on your hands... lots of laundry, outlandishly long showers, etc. 

Electric can also spike in the summer with A/C.