Renters in Erie saw apartment listing prices decrease 9% from last year’s median of $1,150, an analysis of new data from rental marketplace Zumper shows.
The typical apartment listed for rent at $1,050 in October. Median listing prices in Erie are trending slightly downward from last month’s $1,070 price.
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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.
Out of 286 rental listings in Erie, two are subsidized. When those are excluded, the overall median rent for listed apartments goes to $1,063.
One-bedroom apartments listed to rent at a median of $800, 6% lower than September, when they were $850. Since last year, one-bedroom rental prices dropped 8% from $870.
Two-bedroom apartments listed for rent were slightly lower than September at a central price of $1,121, compared to $1,150. Since last year, two-bedroom rental prices slightly dropped from $1,175.
Statewide, Pennsylvania rental listing prices are very close to September’s median of $1,560. One-bedroom rentals were listed for a typical price of $1,287, essentially the same as September’s average of $1,298. Two-bedroom rental listing prices are steady to September’s central price of $1,550.
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In Erie, the typical apartment listed for rent is 32% below the state median. One-bedroom rentals were 38% below the state median, while two-bedrooms listed 28% below.
Nationwide, apartment rental listing prices are essentially unchanged from last month’s $1,900. One-bedroom rentals across the nation listed for a typical price of $1,520, just shy of last month’s median of $1,550, while two-bedroom rental listing prices approximately the same as last month’s median of $1,817.
In Erie, the typical apartment listed for rent is 45% below the national median. One-bedroom apartment rentals listed 47% below the national median, with two-bedroom rentals listed 38% below.
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.
Find more data about life in the Erie area, and beyond, on the GoErie.com Data Central page at data.goerie.com.
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This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Erie PA apartments ​for rent see median listing decreases