In late 2024, Amazon announced that, effective January 1, 2025, all staff must be in the office five days a week, instead of the required three days before. In December 2024, just before the rule went into effect, the median rent in downtown Seattle rose 2.5% year over year to $2,000.

The median asking rent for an apartment in downtown Seattle rose for the first time in 17 months, according to a new analysis by real estate company Redfin.

The cost to rent an apartment downtown grew 2.5% last month, the first year-over-year increase in more than 12 months, according to a new report from Redfin.

Downtown Seattle apartment rents grew for the first time in 17 months in December, rising 2.5% year over year to a median $2,000. That’s according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage.

Apartment rents in the Seattle area are on the rise, according to a new report. But not all areas have been affected equally.

Amazon began requiring workers to return to the office five days a week, on Jan. 2, bringing longer commutes and heavier traffic.

The median asking rent in downtown Seattle grew for the first time in 17 months, according to a Redfin analysis, as experts wait to see the impact of Amazon’s return-to-office policy. Redfin said apartment rents grew 2.