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.
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.
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.
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.
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.