Back in January, the average rent on a one-bedroom apartment in Boston proper was $3,000. As of Thursday, less than two months before the big Sept. 1 move-in day, it was $2,750, based on available listings at ApartmentAdvisor.
Prices fell 11 percent in South Boston and 8.5 percent in Dorchester, but the average cost of a Roxbury one-bedroom rental jumped 27.2 percent year over year.
If you're looking for a two-bedroom rental - perhaps you want to room with a friend or have a nice home office or studio - now may be the time to act. Prices have dropped year over year in several neighborhoods, particularly in the Seaport.
Boston remains the third-most-expensive rental market in the country, a spot it has hunkered down in like a beachgoer at Nantasket.
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