The average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco was $3,392 at the end of 2014, up 11 percent over the past year and 55 percent higher since 2009, but down $8 a month from a record $3,400 in the third quarter of last year. A 0.24 percent... Read More »

While the average asking rent for a market-rate apartment in San Francisco has hit a record $3,400 a month, up 9.8 percent over the past year, the largest percentage increase has occurred in Oakland where the average rent now measures $2,500 per month, up 17.6 percent over the past... Read More »

While the average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco rose to $3,229 in the second quarter of 2014, up a little over 9 percent since the second quarter of 2013 and 45 percent over the past four years, the vacancy rate for large apartment buildings in San... Read More »

The average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco held steady at $3,057 a month in the first quarter of 2014, down 1 percent from a peak of $3,096 in the third quarter of 2013, but still 10 percent higher year-over-year and 38 percent higher than in 2010,... Read More »

The average rent for a studio in San Francisco is now $2,312 a month, up 8.7 percent year over year according to the latest report from Cassidy Turley. The average rent for a San Francisco apartment in general is $2,899 a month, up 3.4 percent from the first quarter... Read More »

According to a survey of apartment buildings by Cassidy Turley, the rental vacancy rate has dropped to 3.2 percent in San Francisco as average rents have climbed 9 percent over the past year, one point below the double-digit growth rate we noted to expect in May. Read More »