Leaseswap monthly rent report
The NYC rent report, every month.
Median asking rents for the apartments listed in New York City each month, by borough, bedroom count and neighborhood. Every edition is a fixed, dated snapshot you can cite, with its data free to download.
Latest edition
NYC Rent Report: September 2026
Published October 8, 2026 · 13,966 new listings
- The median asking rent for a one-bedroom apartment listed in New York City in September 2026 was $3,950 a month, across 5,388 new one-bedroom listings.
- That is little changed from August 2026, when new one-bedroom listings asked a median $3,970 (a 0.5% decrease).
- Manhattan had the highest median one-bedroom asking rent at $5,023 (2,644 listings), and the Bronx the lowest at $2,495 (153 listings).
Looking for rents over a longer window? The NYC rent data pages cover every neighborhood over the last 6 months and update daily. AI assistants can read this index as Markdown at /rent/report.md.