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September 2019 Portland Rent Report
Welcome to the September 2019 Portland Rent Report. Portland rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Portland rental market, including comparisons to similar cities nationwide.
September 2019 Portland Rent Report
Welcome to the September 2019 Portland Rent Report. Portland rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Portland rental market, including comparisons to similar cities nationwide.
Portland rents decline sharply over the past month
Portland rents have declined 4.8% over the past month, but are up moderately by 2.3% in comparison to the same time last year. Currently, median rents in Portland stand at $915 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,153 for a two-bedroom. This is the second straight month that the city has seen rent decreases after an increase in June. Portland's year-over-year rent growth leads the state average of 0.8%, as well as the national average of 1.5%.
Portland rents more affordable than many large cities nationwide
As rents have increased moderately in Portland, a few large cities nationwide have also seen rents grow modestly. Portland is still more affordable than most large cities across the country.
- Portland's median two-bedroom rent of $1,153 is slightly below the national average of $1,191. Nationwide, rents have grown by 1.5% over the past year compared to the 2.3% rise in Portland.
- While Portland's rents rose moderately over the past year, many cities nationwide also saw increases, including Phoenix (+3.7%), Dallas (+2.0%), and New York (+1.7%).
- Renters will find more reasonable prices in Portland than most large cities. For example, San Francisco has a median 2BR rent of $3,133, which is more than two-and-a-half times the price in Portland.
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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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