Moving? Research rentals at cool Web site
Posted
Jan 29 2008, 03:00 PM
by
Karen Datko
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We thank My Two Dollars for pointing out another cool tool on the Internet. Zilpy is an easy-to-use site for researching rentals and rent prices in entire cities or individual neighborhoods. (David looked up his own neighborhood in Southern California and wrote, "Makes me feel better that my rent is $1,949 when the average is $2,713!") It also gives handy information like crime rates, and age and educational level of the people who live there.
If you're looking for a new place to rent, you can refine your search by the type of rental you want -- apartment, house or townhouse -- as well as the number of bedrooms, bathrooms and overall square footage. The site also provides maps that pinpoint available rentals.
Just to be nosy, we decided to check out the neighborhoods of some of our friends.
In Daryle's neighborhood in Inglewood, Calif., rents range from $695 for a studio to $2,950 for an apartment with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. A single-family home just down the street from Daryle rents for $2,850. (Yikes. Thank goodness Daryle owns her home.)
Rent in Boulder, Colo., where Pete lives, generally ranges from $550 to $3,000. The median household income is $44,748.
We also looked up the entire city of St. Petersburg, Fla., and got a heatmap showing the range of rents in neighborhoods, as well as a breakdown of rental prices and units by ZIP code.
