Renters in Wilmington saw apartment listing prices essentially unchanged from last year’s median of $1,748, an analysis of new data from rental marketplace Zumper shows.
The typical apartment listed for rent at $1,747 in August. Median listing prices in Wilmington are trending essentially the same as last month’s $1,750 price.
The data covers all bedroom sizes, ranging from studios to four-bedroom units, within the specified metropolitan area. It reflects the median rent for all listings that were active at any given point during the month, according to Russell Middleton, co-founder of Zumper. New construction is included in the data and listings that are currently occupied or no longer available are excluded.
One-bedroom apartments listed to rent at a median of $1,645, nearly the same as July, when they were $1,650. Since last year, one-bedroom rental prices rose 2% from $1,618.
Two-bedroom apartments listed for rent had no change since July at a central price of $1,800, compared to $1,800. Since last year, two-bedroom rental prices dropped 12% from $2,057.
Statewide, Delaware rental listing prices are very close to July’s median of $1,915. One-bedroom rentals were listed for a typical price of $1,580, slightly lower than July’s average of $1,598. Two-bedroom rental listing prices are trending slightly lower than July’s central price of $1,800 at $1,759.
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In Wilmington, the typical apartment listed for rent is 9% below the state median. One-bedroom rentals were 4% above the state median, while two-bedrooms listed slightly higher.
Nationwide, apartment rental listing prices slightly decreased from last month’s $1,949 to $1,925. One-bedroom rentals across the nation listed for a typical price of $1,560, nearly the same as last month, while two-bedroom rental listing prices approximately the same as last month’s median of $1,838.
In Wilmington, the typical apartment listed for rent is 9% below the national median. One-bedroom apartment rentals listed 5% above the national median, with two-bedroom rentals listed slightly lower than.
The median apartment rental prices used in this report are gathered from Zumper, which aggregates over one million active listings posted by brokers and landlords to Zumper’s Landlord Platform and third-party listings from MLS providers to calculate median asking rents. Read more about their rent estimate methodology here.
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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Wilmington apartments for rent saw essentially no changes since last August