Explainer

How to Rent an Apartment in Seattle

It’s not cheap. It’s not easy. We’re here to help.

11/06/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach Illustrations by Jordan Kay

Rent Report

Rent Growth Slides into a Seasonal Dip

Prices ticked down across the Puget Sound area, but in some areas they started the slow season up—way up. Find out where in a look at the fall market.

11/05/2024 By Lindsey Schober

Rent Report

Seattle Sees Little Growth in Rent

With the busy summer season coming to a close, find out where rents are ending up—and down.

08/26/2024 By Lindsey Schober

Rent Report

Rent Growth in Seattle Outpacing Last Year

New data shows where it’s more expensive to rent this year. Spoiler alert, it’s most of the metro area.

04/23/2024 By Lindsey Schober

Rent Report

Do Seattle Rents Have Seasonal Affective Disorder?

New data says prices are flat...but only for now.

02/08/2024 By Lindsey Schober

Rent Report

After 5 Months of Decline, Seattle Rents Tick Up in February

What does the month-over-month change indicate about the rental market?

03/06/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Rent Report

Seattle Rents Fell in January—the Fifth Month in a Row

But those elsewhere in the region didn't have as much good news to celebrate.

02/06/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Rent Report

Seattle Rents Decline for Fourth Month in a Row

Things are looking down...or is it up?

01/04/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Year in Review

Recapping Seattle's Wild Real Estate Market in 2022

We're just full-on grimacing now.

12/28/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Group Chat

Does Seattle Need Social Housing?

Three wonks mull whether a ballot initiative to create a tenant-run public developer would really cap more rents.

12/12/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Rent Report

Good News for Apartment Dwellers—Seattle Rents Keep Falling

We saw the second-largest monthly decline in the nation.

12/05/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Rent Report

Seattle Rents Fell Third Fastest in the Country Last Month

And more takeaways from October's rental market data.

11/03/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Rent Report

After 7 Months of Increases, Seattle Rents Finally Went Down

But there's good news and there's bad news with that.

10/03/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Home Economics

Just How Much Has Seattle's Housing Market Cooled?

Inflation, mortgage rates, and a whole lot of economic anxiety spell trouble for the end of our local real estate boom.

09/26/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Rent Report

Yep, Seattle-Area Rents Went Up Again Last Month

It costs 5.8 percent more to rent an apartment in the city than it did at the same time last year.

09/09/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Rent Report

Seattle Rents Still Climbing for the Sixth Straight Month

Inflation is driving prices up, according to the latest data from Apartment List.

08/05/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Home Economics

38 Percent of Local Homebuyers Will Go $100,000 Over Budget

Just can't live without that double vanity, huh?

07/25/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Lease Peeping

Despite a Second Monthly Decline, Seattle Rents Are Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Despite the seasonal slowdown, rental prices are still way up from last year.

12/02/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

State of Real Estate

Hazy Return-to-Work Policies Mean the Suburbs Are Still Hot

People are still moving out of town. Where are they going?

11/19/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Lease Peeping

Seattle's Rental Climate Has Changed, Even If Prices Haven’t

New laws have buoyed renters and irked landlords.

11/09/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy