COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Metro Denver rents continued to rise in July, climbing 0.2 percent from the month before and increasing 3.2 percent from July of 2015. But the increase seems tiny compared to the run up in Colorado Springs, where rents are up 10.4 percent from last year, according to Apartment List.
Colorado Springs rents jumped the most in the nation, with Seattle, up 8.4 percent, Reno, Nev., rising 8.3, and Vancouver, Wash., at 8.2 percent, not too far behind.
Nationwide, median rent was up 2.1 percent. The national median is $1,300 for a two-bedroom apartment and $1,120 for a one-bedroom apartment.
“It’s nice that the rent in Denver is still rising faster than the national average but it’s nice that it slowed down a little bit,” said Andrew Woo, director of data science and growth at Apartment List. “We’re still seeing some of those crazy numbers in other cities like Seattle, even cities like Dallas are going really, really fast.”
Apartment List reports rent prices monthly, using data collected from listings on its website for one- and two-bedroom units during specific time periods. Some listings include apartment developers offering rent concessions.
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