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Boston rental market is starting to thaw Share Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021 Share Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021
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Show Transcript CITY WITH WHAT THE LATEST TRENDS SHOW, DAVID. The Reporter: YEAH, GOOD EVENING, ED. FIRST ALL, RENTS ARE STILL LOWER IN BOSTON THAN WHERE THEY WERE JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT. BUT GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN YOU RE LIKELY TO GET A FREE TV, A GYM MEMBERSHIP OR A DEEP DISCOUNT AS A WAY TO GET YOU TO SIGN ON A LEASE. WITH THE SPRING SEMESTER ALMOST OVER, NORTHEASTERN STUDENT MATTHE YES OR NO JOHNSON IS MOVING OUT OF HIS APARTMENT JUST IN TIME FOR A LIKELY RENT HIKE. I WAS MOVING IN, HE SAID THIS IS AS LOW AS IT L. The Reporter: ACCORDING TO REAL PAGE, ASKING RENTS IN BOSTON ARE DOWN 7.4% FROM A YEAR AGO, BUT LANDLORDS AND BROKERS ARE STARTING 0 OFFER FEW INCENTIVES, AS THEY SEE AN UPTICK IN APARTMENT HUNTERS. LEASING HAS BECOME REALLY VIGOROUS IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. THE WEB TRAFFIC LAST WEEK