Associated Press
SEATTLE — Rents in Seattle are continuing to decline month after month amid the coronavirus pandemic.
November data from ApartmentList, found that Seattle rents declined 5.6% month over month and are down nearly 20% since the start of the pandemic in March. For the past eight months straight, Seattle has seen its rents fall, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.
Median rents in Seattle were $1,395 for a one-bedroom and $1,739 for a two-bedroom.
The only city that saw rents decrease more than Seattle since the start of the pandemic was San Francisco, where rents have declined about 25.4%.
Nationally, rents fell just about 0.5% month over month and are down about 1.3% year over year.
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