Which Vegas Neighborhoods Are Currently Experiencing Spikes or Drops in One-Bedroom Rent?
LAS VEGAS, NV – There are several neighborhoods in the Las Vegas Valley where rents on one-bedroom apartments are spiking, while there are others where that cost is steadily dropping, signifying that the current market is in a state of intense flux, according to a new report by online rental platform Zumper.
As for where the cost of housing is rising at the moment, in Winchester – located east of the Las Vegas Strip – rents on one-bedroom units this past October increased 12.3 percent when compared to the same period of time one year prior, making the neighborhood the second most expensive in the valley with a median rent of $1,460 a month.
North Las Vegas – which has a shortage of one-bedroom apartments in that municipality when compared to overall demand – also experienced an increase in rents, in this case by 15 percent year-over-year, with the median currently sitting at $1,300 per month.
However, when all bedroom types are taken into account, said Crystal Chen – one of the co-authors of the Zumper report – rents in North Las Vegas are actually slightly down when compared to one year ago.
One-bedroom units are significantly less common in (North Las Vegas), there are currently only about 30 active one-bedroom listings compared to roughly 270 three-bedrooms,” she said. “Since North Las Vegas has a higher concentration of larger three- and four-bedroom homes, the smaller-unit data tends to be more volatile and less representative of overall trends. When you look across all bedroom types, rents in North Las Vegas are actually down about 2 percent year-over-year.”
But Paradise clocks in at the single most expensive place in the valley when it comes to one-bedroom prices, with the median rent now being $1,510; this represents an increase of 4.1 percent year-over-year, which is likely influenced by the neighborhood’s close vicinity to the Las Vegas Strip.
In contrast, the neighborhoods that saw the largest decreases in one-bedroom rents in October when compared to last year were Spring Valley with 5.7 percent year-over-year, for a median of $1,320; the city of Las Vegas, down 4.2 percent to $1,150; and Henderson, which lowered 4.1 percent to $1,420.
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Christopher Boyle is an expert investigative journalist for SEARCHEN NETWORKS® and reports for independent news and media organizations in the United States. Christopher keeps a keen-eye on what’s happening in the Vegas real estate market on behalf of Shelter Realty Property Management