According to the latest Canadian Rental Report from Zumper, the median rental price has hit an all-time high in the city.
It says a one-bedroom rental in Vancouver will now set you back $2,700 per month — an increase of about 20.5 per cent year over year.
Zumper says compared to last month, rents in June have risen almost four per cent.
Lots more info in the Zumper report.
Yes, these are real rents, paid by real renters. I have rent from 13 years ago, plus about 10 years of annual 2% increases. The pandemic made my landlord forget about rent increases or something.
Well I’m asking because the report specifies that they only get the data from rental listings, so if a lot of landlords are setting rents to ridiculous levels expecting a tenant to pay it (and tenants aren’t paying it), the report will still show an increase.
You’d have to dig into the report to check the methodology but anecdotally I know friends who have moved here recently and pay rents in this range.
Thanks. Damn then, looks like these prices will stick.