Baltimore Rises to 25th-Most Expensive City to Rent an Apartment

3/31/17

By Ethan McLeod, Baltimore Fishbowl

Charm City is now among the 25 priciest places in the United States to rent a one-bedroom apartment, according to one new study.

Zumper, an apartment rental listing website, compiles monthly rent data for one- and two-bedroom apartments from more than a million listings around the country. According to the most recent calculations for March, the median monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Baltimore increased 4.5 percent, jumping from $1,100 to $1,150. The increase for a two-bedroom was a bit more modest at 2.3 percent, rising from $1,290 to $1,320.

What’s more significant here in relative terms is that Baltimore jumped three spots, from 28th-most expensive place to rent (a one-bedroom apartment) to 25th. That puts it right behind Denver ($1,210) and Nashville ($1,220), and ahead of the likes of Sacramento, Austin and Pittsburgh.

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