Cambridge (City), Massachusetts - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted (Zillow)

Updated on March 22, 2026.

According to data from Zillow.com, the smoothed and seasonally adjusted Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily in Cambridge (City), Massachusetts in February 2026 was $3,354.775. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.03%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.80%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for Cambridge (City), MA. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for Cambridge (City), MA.

You can see similar information for other Massachusetts cities.

Note: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) is a smoothed measure of the typical observed market rate rent across a given region. ZORI is a repeat-rent index that is weighted to the rental housing stock to ensure representativeness across the entire market, not just homes currently listed for-rent.

Data Source: Zillow.
Cambridge (City), MA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Cambridge (City), MA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 2405.0042890504064 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 2400.3531735636343 -0.19 NaN
Mar 2015 2407.609509314262 0.30 NaN
Apr 2015 2417.0073457339613 0.39 NaN
May 2015 2413.7788521258503 -0.13 NaN
Jun 2015 2412.8733190448384 -0.04 NaN
Jul 2015 2425.102490086388 0.51 NaN
Aug 2015 2437.6630785641514 0.52 NaN
Sep 2015 2435.5769179948397 -0.09 NaN
Oct 2015 2448.8531600307333 0.55 NaN
Nov 2015 2446.0211854640997 -0.12 NaN
Dec 2015 2470.1192211395655 0.99 NaN
Jan 2016 2459.1417091895396 -0.44 2.25
Feb 2016 2485.757321090707 1.08 3.56
Mar 2016 2455.20158299412 -1.23 1.98
Apr 2016 2473.8165040728036 0.76 2.35
May 2016 2470.480131337443 -0.13 2.35
Jun 2016 2511.07017012595 1.64 4.07
Jul 2016 2514.1498097884846 0.12 3.67
Aug 2016 2535.0581796909128 0.83 4.00
Sep 2016 2557.3226455391855 0.88 5.00
Oct 2016 2544.302524338107 -0.51 3.90
Nov 2016 2544.868490528256 0.02 4.04
Dec 2016 2537.519911425971 -0.29 2.73
Jan 2017 2579.7438080291254 1.66 4.90
Feb 2017 2572.676935571072 -0.27 3.50
Mar 2017 2596.814121724037 0.94 5.77
Apr 2017 2588.2650373953147 -0.33 4.63
May 2017 2603.178262845529 0.58 5.37
Jun 2017 2582.671496291965 -0.79 2.85
Jul 2017 2580.915203763979 -0.07 2.66
Aug 2017 2566.4776789214516 -0.56 1.24
Sep 2017 2563.401371974989 -0.12 0.24
Oct 2017 2570.87466718118 0.29 1.04
Nov 2017 2592.926563729732 0.86 1.89
Dec 2017 2611.945853270125 0.73 2.93
Jan 2018 2615.481750657359 0.14 1.39
Feb 2018 2620.817408158461 0.20 1.87
Mar 2018 2629.208852217562 0.32 1.25
Apr 2018 2629.6752302831596 0.02 1.60
May 2018 2639.8147963856063 0.39 1.41
Jun 2018 2651.7500609470826 0.45 2.68
Jul 2018 2665.089723596941 0.50 3.26
Aug 2018 2677.9992856874146 0.48 4.35
Sep 2018 2687.8622793964196 0.37 4.86
Oct 2018 2706.6275685114733 0.70 5.28
Nov 2018 2704.7629444023923 -0.07 4.31
Dec 2018 2690.169955184073 -0.54 3.00
Jan 2019 2676.4003491462495 -0.51 2.33
Feb 2019 2693.2992459468724 0.63 2.77
Mar 2019 2697.0615007290726 0.14 2.58
Apr 2019 2713.5372043909147 0.61 3.19
May 2019 2717.188633562854 0.14 2.93
Jun 2019 2728.0880200082283 0.40 2.88
Jul 2019 2736.879840001832 0.32 2.69
Aug 2019 2749.317907216367 0.45 2.66
Sep 2019 2759.674952769806 0.38 2.67
Oct 2019 2765.8041584789125 0.22 2.19
Nov 2019 2779.7861513135545 0.51 2.77
Dec 2019 2807.2923751442463 0.99 4.35
Jan 2020 2834.5336536292007 0.97 5.91
Feb 2020 2847.458771453871 0.46 5.72
Mar 2020 2836.4869297105265 -0.38 5.17
Apr 2020 2794.2558231193893 -1.49 2.98
May 2020 2755.3659189058408 -1.39 1.41
Jun 2020 2708.612344628189 -1.70 -0.71
Jul 2020 2678.762616496996 -1.10 -2.12
Aug 2020 2641.470384400986 -1.39 -3.92
Sep 2020 2575.510048061937 -2.50 -6.67
Oct 2020 2530.0303223226447 -1.77 -8.52
Nov 2020 2494.943474477061 -1.39 -10.25
Dec 2020 2488.3789592563094 -0.26 -11.36
Jan 2021 2482.2919497972975 -0.24 -12.43
Feb 2021 2501.3830251501 0.77 -12.15
Mar 2021 2534.9494624392305 1.34 -10.63
Apr 2021 2590.138335292185 2.18 -7.30
May 2021 2642.2093724656957 2.01 -4.11
Jun 2021 2698.537457972392 2.13 -0.37
Jul 2021 2740.348889328167 1.55 2.30
Aug 2021 2770.034177271308 1.08 4.87
Sep 2021 2806.784992630094 1.33 8.98
Oct 2021 2837.8256909856837 1.11 12.17
Nov 2021 2884.182618411719 1.63 15.60
Dec 2021 2926.541753892951 1.47 17.61
Jan 2022 2947.421332176825 0.71 18.74
Feb 2022 2950.322863081728 0.10 17.95
Mar 2022 2934.0167227899115 -0.55 15.74
Apr 2022 2941.958419875729 0.27 13.58
May 2022 2956.9834851337932 0.51 11.91
Jun 2022 2986.3918468307206 1.00 10.67
Jul 2022 3012.646551535014 0.88 9.94
Aug 2022 3047.8059125869645 1.17 10.03
Sep 2022 3100.368034165186 1.73 10.46
Oct 2022 3128.794884839312 0.92 10.25
Nov 2022 3148.2872665880586 0.62 9.16
Dec 2022 3126.2653022663 -0.70 6.83
Jan 2023 3136.8408388132943 0.34 6.43
Feb 2023 3141.892028003526 0.16 6.49
Mar 2023 3159.0045101778574 0.55 7.67
Apr 2023 3161.3927975556376 0.08 7.46
May 2023 3172.4384038711974 0.35 7.29
Jun 2023 3173.562367100413 0.04 6.27
Jul 2023 3179.1228867565515 0.18 5.53
Aug 2023 3185.587165344776 0.20 4.52
Sep 2023 3202.3531977246384 0.53 3.29
Oct 2023 3237.5570604912114 1.10 3.48
Nov 2023 3246.9444463819723 0.29 3.13
Dec 2023 3265.8406185392505 0.58 4.47
Jan 2024 3264.9270825853237 -0.03 4.08
Feb 2024 3280.271283351868 0.47 4.40
Mar 2024 3272.7707679521773 -0.23 3.60
Apr 2024 3273.7051644562507 0.03 3.55
May 2024 3277.26859260269 0.11 3.30
Jun 2024 3295.648564370066 0.56 3.85
Jul 2024 3295.361964301532 -0.01 3.66
Aug 2024 3297.861983797117 0.08 3.52
Sep 2024 3292.1432341133427 -0.17 2.80
Oct 2024 3288.906665513197 -0.10 1.59
Nov 2024 3300.5299201706803 0.35 1.65
Dec 2024 3313.5276673431363 0.39 1.46
Jan 2025 3331.2167041891726 0.53 2.03
Feb 2025 3328.171252440274 -0.09 1.46
Mar 2025 3351.8869197613144 0.71 2.42
Apr 2025 3368.397002916662 0.49 2.89
May 2025 3375.3368915610486 0.21 2.99
Jun 2025 3370.824295044576 -0.13 2.28
Jul 2025 3378.334564456901 0.22 2.52
Aug 2025 3380.635354452898 0.07 2.51
Sep 2025 3379.3056455963133 -0.04 2.65
Oct 2025 3371.4453412696744 -0.23 2.51
Nov 2025 3365.0632494736706 -0.19 1.96
Dec 2025 3360.202553706998 -0.14 1.41
Jan 2026 3353.6256382367183 -0.20 0.67
Feb 2026 3354.775415093089 0.03 0.80