After Seattle-area rents went up for seven straight months, apartment dwellers finally saw relief in September. October saw even more good news for the priced out and rent weary: According to the latest data from Apartment List, Seattle experienced the third highest decline in month-over-month rent growth.
That may seem like great news on the affordability front, but rents in October were still up 0.7 percent from the same month in 2021. And when compared to March 2020, when the national housing market went on a pandemic-triggered roller coaster, Seattle rents are still up 14 percent.
As for rents in the suburbs, depending on where you’re looking, rents either took a cue
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