People have been on the move since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. With remote work at play, many are leaving expensive cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago for the suburbs or for more affordable cities like Austin, Phoenix or Nashville, according to a LinkedIn report.
Rents prices across the country have been adjusting to the trends, according to a new report from Apartment Guide.
For example, the average rent a one-bedroom apartment in notoriously expensive cities like San Francisco, Manhattan and Seattle is decreasing, while cities like Kansas City, Missouri, Gilbert, Arizona and Las Vegas are seeing spikes in average one-bedroom rent prices.
“We’ve been seeing this trend playing out for a few months now, but the decline in rent prices in notoriously expensive cities stands out here,” Brian Carberry, senior managing editor at Apartment Guide tells CNBC Make It.
While the average rent on a one-bedroom is down 45% in San Francisco and 27% in Manhattan, Carberry believes at some point the prices will level off as cities begin to reopen and people look to move back for work.
“For renters, this is a prime opportunity to get into an expensive area for way less than it would have cost before the pandemic,” hey says.
To conduct the report, Apartment Guide compared rent price data from March 2020 to March 2021 using apartment listing from both ApartmentGuide.com and Rent.com.
Here are the U.S. cities where average rent for a one-bedroom is increasing and decreasing the most, according to the Apartment Guide report.
Cities where average one-bedroom rents are increasing
1. Kansas City, Missouri
Rents are up 33.5%
2. Gilbert, Arizona
Rents are up 26%
3. Las Vegas
Rents are up 25.3%
4. Riverside, California
Rents are up 24.9%
5. Buffalo, New York
Rents are up 23.3%
6. Columbus, Ohio
Rents are up 22.1%
7. Durham, North Carolina
Rents are up 20%
8.Detroit
Rents are up 18.6%
9. New Orleans
Rents are up 18.3%
10. Virginia Beach, Virginia
Rents are up 5.3%