Worcester, Framingham among cheapest cities to rent, rental site says
Grant Welker
Apartments under construction on Front Street in Worcester.
Worcester remains among the most affordable cities in greater Boston in which to rent a home, according to apartment rental platform Zumper.
According to the website, a one-bedroom apartment in Worcester would cost around $1,150, and a two bedroom apartment would cost $1,290, both the most affordable rates among 15 metro-Boston cities.
One-bedroom rent rose over the past year by 5 percent, but rent for two-bedroom apartments in Worcester actually fell by 1.5 percent from last year and by 4.4 percent from last month.
In Framingham, one-bedroom rent came in at $1,480, a 4 percent decrease from last year, but a 2.1 percent increase from last month.
Two bedroom apartments in the soon-to-be city would cost $1,740, a 1.1 decrease over last year but a 0.6 percent increase from the previous month.
Cambridge, Brookline and Boston come in as the most expensive cities in which to rent, with one-bedroom prices at $2,380, $2,300 and $2,200, respectively. For two-bedroom apartments, a renter would have to pay at least $2,600 to rent in those cities and close to $3,000 in Cambridge, according to Zumper.
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