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December 2019 Richmond Rent Report
Welcome to the December 2019 Richmond Rent Report. Richmond rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Richmond rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the metro, state, and nation.
December 2019 Richmond Rent Report
Welcome to the December 2019 Richmond Rent Report. Richmond rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Richmond rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the metro, state, and nation.
Richmond rents declined moderately over the past month
Richmond rents have declined 0.3% over the past month, but have increased significantly by 5.2% in comparison to the same time last year. Currently, median rents in Richmond stand at $2,229 for a one-bedroom apartment and $2,800 for a two-bedroom. Richmond's year-over-year rent growth leads the state average of 1.1%, as well as the national average of 1.4%.
Rents rising across the San Francisco Metro
Throughout the past year, rent increases have been occurring not just in the city of Richmond, but across the entire metro. Of the largest 10 cities that we have data for in the San Francisco metro, 8 of them have seen prices rise. Here's a look at how rents compare across some of the largest cities in the metro.
- Oakland has seen rents fall by 1.4% over the past month, the biggest drop in the metro. It also has the least expensive rents in the San Francisco metro, with a two-bedroom median of $2,227.
- Richmond has seen the fastest rent growth in the metro, with a year-over-year increase of 5.2%. The median two-bedroom there costs $2,800, while one-bedrooms go for $2,229.
- San Mateo has the most expensive rents of the largest cities in the San Francisco metro, with a two-bedroom median of $4,436; rents decreased 0.1% over the past month but were up 1.3% over the past year.
Many large cities nationwide show more affordable rents compared to Richmond
As rents have increased significantly in Richmond, a few large cities nationwide have seen rents grow more modestly. Compared to most large cities across the country, Richmond is less affordable for renters.
- Rents increased slightly in other cities across the state, with California as a whole logging rent growth of 1.1% over the past year. For example, rents have grown by 1.0% in San Diego, 0.9% in San Jose, and 0.4% in Los Angeles.
- Richmond's median two-bedroom rent of $2,800 is above the national average of $1,191. Nationwide, rents have grown by 1.4% over the past year compared to the 5.2% increase in Richmond.
- While Richmond's rents rose significantly over the past year, many cities nationwide also saw increases, including Phoenix (+3.9%), Austin (+3.1%), and Dallas (+2.2%).
- Renters will generally find more expensive prices in Richmond than most large cities. For example, Phoenix has a median 2BR rent of $1,098, where Richmond is more than two-and-a-half times that price.
For more information check out our national report. You can also access our full data for cities and counties across the U.S. at this link.
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Methodology:
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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