Mountlake Terrace Rent Report: December 2024
Welcome to the Apartment List December 2024 Rent Report for Mountlake Terrace, WA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $2,012, roughly the same as last month. Prices remain up 2.9% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Mountlake Terrace rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Seattle metro area and the nation as a whole.
Mountlake Terrace rents are flat month-over-month and up 2.9% year-over-year
The median rent in Mountlake Terrace fell by 0.4% over the course of November, and has now increased by a total of 2.9% over the past 12 months. Mountlake Terrace’s rent growth over the past year has has outpaced both state (0.8%) and national (-0.6%) averages.
Mountlake Terrace rent growth in 2024 pacing above last year
Eleven months into the year, rents in Mountlake Terrace have risen 4.9%. This is a faster rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to November 2023 rents had decreased 2.5%.
Mountlake Terrace rents are 2.6% higher than the metro-wide median
If we expand our view to the wider Seattle metro area, the median rent is $1,961 meaning that the median price in Mountlake Terrace ($2,012) is 2.6% greater than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at 0.8%, below the rate of rent growth within just the city.
The table below shows the latest rent stats for 19 cities in the Seattle metro area that are included in our database. Among them, Issaquah is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $2,527. Lakewood is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,396. The metro's fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Bellevue (5.0%) while the slowest is in Fife (-3.9%).
You can also use the map below to explore the latest rent trends in the Seattle metropolitan area.
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