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Here's how much it costs to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­this October

Four Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­cities are in Canada's top five most expensive now.
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False Creek and Science World, in Vancouver, B.C.

Metro Vancouverites hoping to see a reprieve from soaring rental costs won't have much luck this October. 

With this in mind, rental prices across the region haven't increased a great deal this month over last. In fact, an unfurnished one-bedroom apartment costs an average of only $9 more this October, at $2,256, according to . Previously, prices rose $71 in September and $147 in August.

Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­renters are now spending over half (51.37 per cent) of their monthly income on rent, which the rental company notes is "considerably above the recommended 30 [per cent] income-to-rent ratio."

Now that students have settled in their new rentals and the "hyper-competitive summer months now drawing to a close," prices should stay steady or start to decline through the remainder of 2022, according to Liv.rent. 

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Photo via Liv.rent

 

Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­apartments for rent: Average rent by listing type

West Vancouver continues to see the most expensive prices in the Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­region, as well as the country. That said, the cost of an average unfurnished, one-bedroom unit dropped this month, falling from $3,312 in September to $2,828 this month.

At the other end of the spectrum, Langley has seen the cheapest rent in the region for the fourth month running for both unfurnished and furnished one-bedroom units, at $1,780 and $1,927, respectively.

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Photo via Liv.rent

West Vancouver's furnished one-bedroom units are actually more affordable than their unfurnished ones ($2,400 versus $2,800). However, the city's two-bedroom and three-bedroom costs are staggering, at $4,058 and $6,380, respectively.

Furnished units in Vancouver were particularly expensive this month, at $3,109 for a one-bedroom unit, $4,779 for a two-bedroom unit, and $5,787 for a three-bedroom unit.

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Photo via Liv.rent

 

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­rent by neighbourhood in October 

Arbutus has overtaken downtown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­to become the city's most expensive neighbourhood at an average of $2,800 for an unfurnished, one-bedroom unit. On the other end of the spectrum, the same type of unit cost an average of $2,072 in Vancouver’s cheapest neighbourhood, Point Grey/UBC.

This month, there are no neighbourhoods in the city that cost under $2,000 to rent. Renfrew, which typically sees an average rental price a couple of hundred dollars under that price point, rose to $2,147 this month.

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Across Canada, West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­continues to see the country's highest average rental prices at $2,828 for an average one-bedroom, unfurnished unit. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­follows as the second-priciest market with prices averaging $2,589. North Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­has remained in third place, with a monthly average rent of $2,499. Burnaby rounds out the top four priciest cities, at $2,386.