In Pictures: Most Expensive Cities For Renters

[one...two...tree 2,762]

New York, N.Y.

$2,922

A 2.8% vacancy rate should keep rents here high; they are expected to climb 6.6% this year. Renters in lower Manhattan and along Central Park pay the most, while those in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Flatbush and Dyker Heights neighborhoods will experience some relief thanks to expected new construction.

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Los Angeles, Calif.

$1,452

L.A. is the country's least affordable housing market, according to the National Association of Home Builders & Wells Fargo's Housing Opportunity Index, which measures the ability of the median income-earning household to own a home. Throw into the mix the region's high rate of foreclosures and subprime resets, and it's easy to see why there is a huge population of renters. They can expect monthly payments to rise 4.8% this year, thanks in part to a tight 3.7% vacancy rate.

http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2008/01/0...thisSpeed=15000

[Don_Joy's Prince 0]

My rental house is a 930 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, one bath, ranch style house with a double carport that I rent out for $900 dollars a month. It is in the lower middle class area of SE Portland. I could rent it for more at this time. But I don't. That covers the cost of the mortgage, taxes and insurance.

In the article it says L.A. is $1452 is that an apartment or a house?

[Dan J 277]

My rental house is a 930 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, one bath, ranch style house with a double carport that I rent out for $900 dollars a month. It is in the lower middle class area of SE Portland. I could rent it for more at this time. But I don't. That covers the cost of the mortgage, taxes and insurance.

In the article it says L.A. is $1452 is that an apartment or a house?

Probably just an apartment, some places are really expensive.

[Scott & Lai 12]

My rental house is a 930 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, one bath, ranch style house with a double carport that I rent out for $900 dollars a month. It is in the lower middle class area of SE Portland. I could rent it for more at this time. But I don't. That covers the cost of the mortgage, taxes and insurance.

In the article it says L.A. is $1452 is that an apartment or a house?

Probably just an apartment, some places are really expensive.

That would be an apartment, and not exactly a spacious one at that.

[Jesse and Hema 2]

Man, your signature messes with my head. For a moment, I was thinking I could rent ####### Nixon's body....

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Man, your signature messes with my head. For a moment, I was thinking I could rent ####### Nixon's body....

[sarah and hicham 3]

We rent a small one bedroom apartment in Santa Barbara, about 90 miles north of LA for 1,200 a month. It's ridiculous!

[Jesse and Hema 2]

We rent a small one bedroom apartment in Santa Barbara, about 90 miles north of LA for 1,200 a month. It's ridiculous!

When I went to college, my roommate and I rented a 3-bedroom house. It was on a beautiful lake, and had a sauna out back. We paid $425 a month!! $212.50 apiece.

[sarah and hicham 3]

We rent a small one bedroom apartment in Santa Barbara, about 90 miles north of LA for 1,200 a month. It's ridiculous!

When I went to college, my roommate and I rented a 3-bedroom house. It was on a beautiful lake, and had a sauna out back. We paid $425 a month!! $212.50 apiece.

And when and where was this?

The most I paid in college for rent was $550 a month.

[Jesse and Hema 2]

We rent a small one bedroom apartment in Santa Barbara, about 90 miles north of LA for 1,200 a month. It's ridiculous!

When I went to college, my roommate and I rented a 3-bedroom house. It was on a beautiful lake, and had a sauna out back. We paid $425 a month!! $212.50 apiece.

And when and where was this?

The most I paid in college for rent was $550 a month.

It was just a few years ago... and it was here:

(The Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan)

Edited January 12, 2008 by Jesse G

[Saddle Bronc 124]

My rental house is a 930 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, one bath, ranch style house with a double carport that I rent out for $900 dollars a month. It is in the lower middle class area of SE Portland. I could rent it for more at this time. But I don't. That covers the cost of the mortgage, taxes and insurance.

In the article it says L.A. is $1452 is that an apartment or a house?

Is it actually possible to fit 3 bedrooms into 930 ft²?

I'm surprised Washington DC didn't make Steve's list.

A 1-BR apartment in NW DC can clobber you for anywhere from $1,050 (400-530 ft², NO amenities) to $2,100 (maybe 730-800 ft², with in-unit W/D).

As comparative: my own apartment in Silver Spring (Montgomery County, MD suburb), a 1-BR/1-BA with den, 850 ft² and in-unit W/D, rents for almost $1,100.

Edited January 12, 2008 by CherryXS

[Marilyn. 340]

we pay $995 a month for our 2 bedroom place in the LA area... that actually is a good deal...

when we were looking for apartments we saw a much smaller place and they wanted about 1200 a month

[Alex+R 0]

We've considered moving to all those places this summer because of how impossibly expensive NY is. We haven't considered anywhere not on that list because.... there's a reason those places are expensive: they're the most fun to live in.

I was disappointed by the "in pictures"; I was hoping for pictures of sh!tty apartments with the price tag next to them. So I could feel validated.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

My rental house is a 930 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, one bath, ranch style house with a double carport that I rent out for $900 dollars a month. It is in the lower middle class area of SE Portland. I could rent it for more at this time. But I don't. That covers the cost of the mortgage, taxes and insurance.

In the article it says L.A. is $1452 is that an apartment or a house?

Is it actually possible to fit 3 bedrooms into 930 ft²?

I'm surprised Washington DC didn't make Steve's list.

A 1-BR apartment in NW DC can clobber you for anywhere from $1,050 (400-530 ft², NO amenities) to $2,100 (maybe 730-800 ft², with in-unit W/D).

As comparative: my own apartment in Silver Spring (Montgomery County, MD suburb), a 1-BR/1-BA with den, 850 ft² and in-unit W/D, rents for almost $1,100.

DC is on seventh on the list (from Forbes.com)

1. New York City $2,992

2. San Francisco $1,904

3. Boston $1,658

4. San Jose $1,612

5. LA $1,452

6. San Diego $1,304

7. Wash. DC $1,302

8. Miami $1,080

9. Philadelphia $1,014

10. Chicago $1,010

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We've considered moving to all those places this summer because of how impossibly expensive NY is. We haven't considered anywhere not on that list because.... there's a reason those places are expensive: they're the most fun to live in.

I was disappointed by the "in pictures"; I was hoping for pictures of sh!tty apartments with the price tag next to them. So I could feel validated.

LOL.

Our rent for a 2BDR apartment here in Laguna Beach has been $1,750 and they're raising it again, so we're moving to a cheaper area. It really sucks because Shea Properties promotes the place as having the zip code even though we're separated from the city of Laguna Beach by a canyon...we can't even see ocean where we've lived.

Without rent control and affordable housing, economic segregation runs rampant. When I owned my patio home (Valencia), the neighborhood was designed to have both lower priced patio homes integrated with larger, 2 story detached homes. We all shared the same pasios, parks, and community pools. It was brilliant.