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Full post: https://bostonpads.com/blog/boston-rental-market/2023-south-end-apartment-rental-market-report/ South End’s apartment rental market peaked early in 2023. Availability for South End apartments hit its yearly high mark in February of this year and has been falling since. Considering that apartment availability typically peaks in April in the South End, it’s an ominous sign that inventory continues to struggle to keep pace with demand for apartments in Boston’s South End. As a result, the average rent price in the South End is up by double digit margins since last year and hit an all-time high a few weeks ago in March. Here are the main trends driving South End’s apartment rental market in 2023.

Full post: https://bostonpads.com/blog/boston-rental-market/2022-south-end-apartment-rental-market-report/ We are into the fifth month of 2022, and demand for South End apartments is stronger than it’s ever been. Following a year and a half of market uncertainty, demand came roaring back in the latter half of 2021. By January of this year, apartment availability in South End had contracted to an all-time low of 0.40%. As of May 1, apartment occupancy has hit an astonishing 99.9% in Boston’s South End. Record Low Vacancies in South End Boston The most recent apartment data for South End shows a staggeringly low real-time vacancy rate (RTVR) of 0.10%. While South End is no stranger to low vacancy rates, the neighborhood has never recorded an RTVR this low. Considering that the RTVR doesn’t hit its annual low until late August, it’s possible that South End could achieve 100% occupancy before the end of the leasing season.