Renters can’t get enough of Beantown, and apartments were quickly snapped off the greater Boston market throughout 2025. The metro claimed the title of hottest New England rental market in RentCafe’s year-end rental competitiveness roundup.
Using data from Yardi Systems, RentCafe ranked 139 rental markets in the U.S. based on metrics like occupancy rate and share of new apartments built. Besides the No. 1 spot in New England, Boston placed No. 11 nationwide.
Demand so outpaced supply in greater Boston that the metro experienced a 95% occupancy rate in 2025. Apartments spent an average of 38 days on the market, and 11 renters competed for every vacant unit. Meanwhile, new apartment construction ticked up by just 2%…