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December 2019 Tempe Rent Report
Welcome to the December 2019 Tempe Rent Report. Tempe rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Tempe rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the metro, state, and nation.
December 2019 Tempe Rent Report
Welcome to the December 2019 Tempe Rent Report. Tempe rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Tempe rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the metro, state, and nation.
Tempe rents declined moderately over the past month
Tempe rents have declined 0.3% over the past month, but are up significantly by 5.1% in comparison to the same time last year. Currently, median rents in Tempe stand at $982 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,223 for a two-bedroom. This is the second straight month that the city has seen rent decreases after an increase in September. Tempe's year-over-year rent growth leads the state average of 3.5%, as well as the national average of 1.4%.
Rents rising across the Phoenix Metro
Throughout the past year, rent increases have been occurring not just in the city of Tempe, but across the entire metro. Of the largest 10 cities that we have data for in the Phoenix metro, all of them have seen prices rise. Here's a look at how rents compare across some of the largest cities in the metro.
- Gilbert has the most expensive rents in the Phoenix metro, with a two-bedroom median of $1,526; the city has also seen rent growth of 1.4% over the past month, the fastest in the metro.
- Over the past month, Surprise has seen the biggest rent drop in the metro, with a decline of 0.7%. Median two-bedrooms there cost $1,358, while one-bedrooms go for $1,090.
- Phoenix proper has the least expensive rents in the Phoenix metro, with a two-bedroom median of $1,098; rents were up 0.1% over the past month and 3.9% over the past year.
Tempe rents more affordable than many large cities nationwide
As rents have increased significantly in Tempe, a few large cities nationwide have seen rents grow more modestly. Tempe is still more affordable than most large cities across the country.
- Rents increased slightly in other cities across the state, with Arizona as a whole logging rent growth of 3.5% over the past year. For example, rents have grown by 1.6% in Tucson.
- Tempe's median two-bedroom rent of $1,223 is slightly above the national average of $1,191. Nationwide, rents have grown by 1.4% over the past year compared to the 5.1% rise in Tempe.
- While Tempe's rents rose significantly over the past year, many cities nationwide also saw increases, including Las Vegas (+3.2%), Dallas (+2.2%), and San Antonio (+2.0%).
- Renters will find more reasonable prices in Tempe than most large cities. For example, San Francisco has a median 2BR rent of $3,101, which is more than two-and-a-half times the price in Tempe.
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Apartment List is committed to making our rent estimates the best and most accurate available. To do this, we start with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, comparing only units that are available across both time periods to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country.
Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. Our methodology also allows us to construct a picture of rent growth over an extended period of time, with estimates that are updated each month.
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