{"id":147986,"date":"2016-04-14T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=147986"},"modified":"2016-04-14T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T17:43:19","slug":"seattle-median-rent-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/seattle-median-rent-march","title":{"rendered":"Seattle median one-bedroom rent spikes to $1,750\/month in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>Renting an apartment in Seattle isn&#8217;t getting any easier. According to Zumper, the median price of a one-bedroom in the month of March jumped 2.9 percent to $1,750 per month.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the market for a two-bedroom apartment, rental prices have improved \u2014 but only slightly. Two bedrooms are down a mere 0.4 percent to $2,350 per month. For the month of March, Seattle held steady as the 10th most expensive rental market in the nation behind Chicago and ahead of San Diego.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-1.png\" rel=\"lightbox[147986]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-1.png\" alt=\"zumper-march-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just be grateful you don&#8217;t live in San Francisco where living in a one-bedroom costs $3,590 per month, on average, while a two-bedroom is $4,850. If you&#8217;re tired of dumping your paycheck into your apartment, consider moving to Wichita, Kansas where you can rent a one-bedroom for a modest $450 per month. You could live for almost four months in Wichita on what it costs to live one month in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-2.png\" rel=\"lightbox[147986]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-2.png\" alt=\"zumper-march-2\" width=\"1070\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although if you move to Kansas you&#8217;ll miss out on the beautiful Seattle landscape. Here&#8217;s the view from a few one-bedroom Seattle apartments currently on the market priced at around $1,750 per month.<\/p>\n<h2>Broadstone Infinity, 1414 10th Ave &#8211; 551 square feet<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[147986]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-3.jpg\" alt=\"zumper-march-3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" \/><\/a><em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillow.com\/b\/broadstone-infinity-seattle-wa-63Gbbg\/?3col=true\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Zillow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All the Space Needle and skyline you can ask for.<\/p>\n<h2>4847 California Ave SW APT 303 &#8211; 750 square feet<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[147986]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-4.jpg\" alt=\"zumper-march-4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillow.com\/homes\/for_rent\/Seattle-WA\/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,townhouse_type\/60257224_zpid\/16037_rid\/493503-_price\/1750-_mp\/any_days\/paymenta_sort\/47.779943,-122.021714,47.4462,-122.667847_rect\/10_zm\/?3col=true\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Zillow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Views of the water never go out of style.<\/p>\n<h2>Green Lake Village, 427 NE 72nd St<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[147986]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zumper-march-5.jpg\" alt=\"zumper-march-5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zillow.com\/b\/green-lake-village-seattle-wa-5gjyMR\/?3col=true\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Zillow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So much lush greenery for the eye to behold.<\/p>\n<p>The changing market begs the question: What price would you pay to stay in the Pacific Northwest?<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What price would you pay to stay in the Pacific Northwest?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":147993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[8840],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seattle median one-bedroom rent spikes to $1,750\/month in March | Livabl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Renting an apartment in Seattle isn&#039;t getting any easier. 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