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March 2020 Providence Rent Report
Welcome to the March 2020 Providence Rent Report. Providence rents remained steady over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Providence rental market, including comparisons to similar cities nationwide.
March 2020 Providence Rent Report
Welcome to the March 2020 Providence Rent Report. Providence rents remained steady over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Providence rental market, including comparisons to similar cities nationwide.
Providence rents held steady over the past month
Providence rents have remained steady over the past month, but are down significantly by 2.0% year-over-year. Currently, median rents in Providence stand at $994 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,207 for a two-bedroom. Providence's year-over-year rent growth lags the state average of 1.3%, as well as the national average of 1.7%.
Providence rents more affordable than many large cities nationwide
As rents have fallen significantly in Providence, many large cities nationwide have seen prices increase, in some cases substantially. Providence is also more affordable than most large cities across the country.
- Providence's median two-bedroom rent of $1,207 is slightly above the national average of $1,194. Nationwide, rents have grown by 1.7% over the past year compared to the 2.0% decline in Providence.
- While rents in Providence fell significantly over the past year, many cities nationwide saw increases, including Phoenix (+3.5%), Dallas (+2.3%), and New York (+2.2%).
- Renters will find more reasonable prices in Providence than most large cities. For example, San Francisco has a median 2BR rent of $3,100, which is more than two-and-a-half times the price in Providence.
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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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