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ROUND ROCK, TX — Round Rock is the 9th most expensive city in which to rent an apartment among the 13 metro municipalities, according to the latest Metro Report by Zumper apartment finders . The median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Round Rock was found to be $940, well above the state median of $887. But that's less than in Leander, which emerged as having the highest area median cost at $1,110. In achieving the rankings, Zumper researchers analyzed more than 30,400 active listings in February across the 13 metro cities to show the most- and least-expensive cities and cities with the fastest-growing rents. Among some of the report's highlights: Most Expensive –Leander, TX was the priciest city to rent in the Austin metro area with a one bedroom median of $1,110. Rent here was over $200 more expensive than the $887 state median. –Austin, TX came in just behind Leander with rent priced at $1,080, making it the second most expensive city. –Brushy Creek, TX ranked as thi...

Denver renters already know this, but they’ll still probably groan: Rent in the Denver metro area is up again. Average monthly rent  for the second quarter rose $36.98 to $1,419.74, hitting another rental high. Median rent rose $31.21 to $1,376.79, according to the Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent report from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business and Colorado Economic and Management Associates. But the big takeaway from this report, said its author, Ron Throupe, is that 4,348 apartments were filled in the quarter, outpacing the 2,152 new units added. Since January, 9,012 net units have been filled, making it a strong year so far. In comparison, 11,056 net units were absorbed in all of 2016. In layman’s terms: Demand is high — which, again, may make Denver renters groan . But on the bright side, Harvard Extension School real estate instructor Teo Nicolais said, high demand means you’re living in a desirable place. “Denver has been discovered, but we should (...

Is NYC going through an affordable housing crisis ? To get a better understanding of the city’s rental market, RentHop compared median rents for a two-bedroom apartment in various parts of the city to the most recent median income data available at the neighborhood level. It turns out that just nine out of the 139 neighborhoods included in the study had median asking rents that could be afforded with 35 percent of the neighborhood’s median income. RentHop added an additional 5 percent to the recommended affordability of 30 percent to make room for the income growth that has taken place since the Census data was released. The map above shows the median asking rent of two-bedroom apartments in neighborhood tabulation areas (NTAs) across New York City and how that relates to the income of those neighborhoods. Darker shades of red indicate lower affordability , while the few green areas indicate that median asking rents are within reach for the neighborhood’s median household income . M...

Recent data shows that the average rent-to-salary ratio in Beijing is 58 percent. Some expats say they are not surprised because rent is expensive in Beijing. Photo: IC Helena Javitte, 28, from France has just moved into her new apartment in Xinyuan Xili in Chaoyang district. It is her third apartment in her four years in Beijing. For Javitte, who works at Sanlitun SOHO and commutes via scooter, a convenient location is the top priority, followed by the apartment and its price in that order. Her rent is about 40 percent of her wages, but she thinks it's worth the convenience. "I'm willing to spend more money than average on the apartment," she said. According to a recent report released by Shanghai-based E-house China R&D Institute, the average rent-to-income ratio in Beijing is as high as 58 percent, followed by Shenzhen, Guangdong Province with 54 percent, Sanya, Hainan Province with 48 percent and Shanghai with 48 percent. The figure has triggered discussions...

Survey: Broward has Florida’s 5 priciest cities for rental apartments The survey by RENTCafé ranked Miramar as the state's most expensive rental market August 19, 2017 02:00PM Aerial view of Broward County (Credit: Francisco Azola) Led by Miramar, Broward County has the five most expensive rental apartment markets in Florida, according to a survey by RENTCafé, a national apartment -search website. The average monthly rent for a Miramar apartment was $1,800 in July, a 3.2 percent increase from July 2016, RENTCafé reported. RENTCafé surveyed apartment buildings with at least 50 units. The survey excluded houses and condominiums on the rental market. Adrian Rosenberg, a spokesman for the website, told the Sun-Sentinel that Miramar rents reflect a large stock of high- end apartment buildings in the southwest Broward County suburb , where developers have opened 1,500 new apartments since 2013. RENTCafé found that the average apartment rent in Fort Lauderdale ranked second amo...

"); } if ($(imageDivId).length == 0) { $("#wrapper").after(contentText); } })(jQuery); BREMERTON, Wash. - Crystal Turner stood in the kitchen of her cramped apartment and stared at the cracks in the fake wood flooring beneath her feet. Surrounding her was the home she'd made for herself and her two sons in the past year, since they moved out of her Toyota Camry and into Admiral Manor, a low- rent apartment complex in west Bremerton . There was the single bedroom with two kids' beds on the floor. The living room she'd decorated with signs that said "Hope" and "Love." A dingy bathroom with a leaking toilet that had never been fixed. In this undated photo, Matthew Daigneault pushes his son Aden as he plays outside on the swings of his rental home in West Bremerton , Wash. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP) © 2017 Cox Media Group . Admiral Manor wasn 't the place Turner, a recovering addict, wanted to raise her boys. It was the place...

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — Bayside was once ranked as one of the most expensive housing markets in the nation when analyzing comparable detached homes in the United States and has since maintained its classification as an upper-middle-class community with a median income of around $93,500. But for those who are looking to settle down in Bayside, opportunities are abound — and Patch knows where to find them for under $3,000. Patch shares a list of two- bedroom apartments in Bayside up for rent for those looking to keep to a budget: realtor.com Address: 212- 23 42nd Ave 212 - 23 42nd Ave Apt 2H , Bayside, NY11361 Monthly Rent: $2,268 Details: “ Sunny 2 Bedroom Apartment steps from LIRR Station Sunny 2 BR Apartment on tree-lined street w/terrace near downtown Bayside and steps from the LIRR Station.” (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts .) realtor.comAddress: 50- 39 Clearview Expy Unit 1ST , Bay...

Natalie Marra benefited from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), a provision in the District that provides strong protection for tenants to avoid a forced move. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Four years ago, when her apartment building at 1921 Kalorama Road NW in Washington was up for sale, Natalie Marra, a resident for more than 30 years, was determined to stay in the home she loves. “It took almost two years of tough negotiating, but there was a core group of seven of us in the tenant association that worked with a lawyer to make sure our rights were protected,” Marra says. “We negotiated the right to live in our apartments under rent control for the rest of our lives. Believe me, none of us ever plan to move now. Why would we? We have great renovated apartments and low rent.” Marra and her neighbors benefited from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), a provision in the District that provides strong protection for tenants to avoid a forced move. Elder...

The level of northwest Queens leases with deals like a month without rent shot up dramatically in a year, a report has found. A typical concession, as it is called in the real estate world , is a month of free rent or no brokerage fee. And the amount of leases with concessions in the borough’s northwest section went up to 40.8 percent in July from 7.5 percent a year before. Douglas Elliman Real Estate released that finding last Thursday along with others in its housing market analysis of last month for Manhattan, Brooklyn and this borough’s northwest section — defined as Long Island City , Sunnyside, Woodside and Astoria. The singular rise in leases with concessions during the year leading up to July went way above those of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Those boroughs respectively saw the same number increase by 15.7 and 12.6 percents. Net effective rent in the portion of Queens analyzed — the median for how much is paid after a concession from a landlord — went up by 5.8 percent to $2,9...

The California legislature is responding to spiking Bay Area rents by moving bills that would force cities to loosen restrictive land use rules that have impoverished renters and created massive profits for apartment owners. Year-over- year apartment rents at the end of March 2016 were falling hard in the Bay Area, with annual percentage decreases of 15% in Redwood City, 13% in Santa Clara, 8% in Palo Alto, and 5% in Oakland. But prices stabilized after the election of President Donald Trump ignited a new technology stock price boom , and have recently begun to take off and spike to new all-time-highs over the last 12 months. But the most recent Zumber survey found that Bay Area one- bedroom apartment rents rose by 2 percent in July. San Francisco  has the most expensive rent in the state at $3,450, followed by Mountain View at $3,060, and Redwood City at $2,970. The least expensive area rents were Vallejo at $1,270, followed by Napa at $1,540, and Santa Rosa at $1,550. The fear...