Rents in Seattle Were Up 16 Percent from This Time Last Year

You may have heard: Seattle is an expensive place to live. In recent years, the price to buy property has skyrocketed in the city and the suburbsMillennials have pretty much given up, and renters don’t have it much easier.

In the latest Apartment List report, which includes data from April, the costs to rent an apartment in Seattle leapt by 16 percent compared to the same month last year. That year-over-year growth was up as much as 21.5 percent in Bellevue. Even Everett, one of the “most affordable” cities in the Seattle area, saw a 16 percent increase. Here’s the top nine, based on the median cost for

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