Boston, MA (Metro) - 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 the Boston, MA Metro in February 2026 was $3,097.732. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.09%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 1.55%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Boston, MA metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Boston, MA metro.

You can see similar information for other US metros, and for the United States.

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.
Boston, MA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Boston, MA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 2024.5064767998524 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 2028.4243900155336 0.19 NaN
Mar 2015 2039.2911979635626 0.54 NaN
Apr 2015 2049.83309281769 0.52 NaN
May 2015 2057.628638315474 0.38 NaN
Jun 2015 2062.1694180673103 0.22 NaN
Jul 2015 2064.7108060358482 0.12 NaN
Aug 2015 2071.712789322003 0.34 NaN
Sep 2015 2080.2101969899027 0.41 NaN
Oct 2015 2095.6120103926564 0.74 NaN
Nov 2015 2106.917452431469 0.54 NaN
Dec 2015 2114.563893285759 0.36 NaN
Jan 2016 2113.694232260731 -0.04 4.41
Feb 2016 2121.6079164801645 0.37 4.59
Mar 2016 2121.551642809799 0.00 4.03
Apr 2016 2127.1052641644337 0.26 3.77
May 2016 2130.5989613701754 0.16 3.55
Jun 2016 2140.6413608163784 0.47 3.81
Jul 2016 2149.7052532398693 0.42 4.12
Aug 2016 2160.764618501522 0.51 4.30
Sep 2016 2171.0774776828002 0.48 4.37
Oct 2016 2179.1361257234057 0.37 3.99
Nov 2016 2177.824660372931 -0.06 3.37
Dec 2016 2177.869574101913 0.00 2.99
Jan 2017 2187.7064028455075 0.45 3.50
Feb 2017 2199.8127641066953 0.55 3.69
Mar 2017 2213.3261565011403 0.61 4.33
Apr 2017 2218.2722705798733 0.22 4.29
May 2017 2220.836532279527 0.12 4.24
Jun 2017 2223.6330267981016 0.13 3.88
Jul 2017 2227.784939022244 0.19 3.63
Aug 2017 2232.9845861295016 0.23 3.34
Sep 2017 2237.114829053999 0.19 3.04
Oct 2017 2239.764076546768 0.12 2.78
Nov 2017 2250.1170280815286 0.46 3.32
Dec 2017 2263.3283992630286 0.59 3.92
Jan 2018 2273.901974359006 0.47 3.94
Feb 2018 2277.16050970048 0.14 3.52
Mar 2018 2281.9998037056866 0.21 3.10
Apr 2018 2289.149442697161 0.31 3.20
May 2018 2297.87203085319 0.38 3.47
Jun 2018 2301.546770845081 0.16 3.50
Jul 2018 2306.9177548731896 0.23 3.55
Aug 2018 2310.367980483045 0.15 3.47
Sep 2018 2314.953128118872 0.20 3.48
Oct 2018 2323.989842569396 0.39 3.76
Nov 2018 2331.434770147293 0.32 3.61
Dec 2018 2338.996931671701 0.32 3.34
Jan 2019 2341.639405121581 0.11 2.98
Feb 2019 2347.5980379175976 0.25 3.09
Mar 2019 2353.341232370616 0.25 3.13
Apr 2019 2360.3345368903324 0.30 3.11
May 2019 2367.786722069273 0.32 3.04
Jun 2019 2377.699769583124 0.42 3.31
Jul 2019 2385.822137990037 0.34 3.42
Aug 2019 2394.3152539736016 0.36 3.63
Sep 2019 2402.518357563518 0.34 3.78
Oct 2019 2408.3329012512495 0.24 3.63
Nov 2019 2413.6705836533906 0.22 3.53
Dec 2019 2417.431240311605 0.16 3.35
Jan 2020 2424.5815689399797 0.30 3.54
Feb 2020 2432.181104308916 0.31 3.60
Mar 2020 2442.1743198999948 0.41 3.78
Apr 2020 2430.7642126411174 -0.47 2.98
May 2020 2412.0301685072673 -0.77 1.87
Jun 2020 2388.3915132997345 -0.98 0.45
Jul 2020 2367.772202754628 -0.86 -0.76
Aug 2020 2342.0207358397456 -1.09 -2.18
Sep 2020 2308.9962536169614 -1.41 -3.89
Oct 2020 2284.5618359004934 -1.06 -5.14
Nov 2020 2273.1305950438355 -0.50 -5.82
Dec 2020 2277.2724981039432 0.18 -5.80
Jan 2021 2288.8551240180523 0.51 -5.60
Feb 2021 2307.103245975736 0.80 -5.14
Mar 2021 2323.8818876439655 0.73 -4.84
Apr 2021 2342.7721709944994 0.81 -3.62
May 2021 2366.3261050151773 1.00 -1.89
Jun 2021 2395.8184110425113 1.25 0.31
Jul 2021 2426.88810719039 1.30 2.50
Aug 2021 2456.7730043862725 1.23 4.90
Sep 2021 2494.1072143386446 1.52 8.02
Oct 2021 2532.240978974761 1.53 10.84
Nov 2021 2562.967381349015 1.21 12.75
Dec 2021 2581.1882453733574 0.71 13.35
Jan 2022 2591.049774494276 0.38 13.20
Feb 2022 2593.642180857445 0.10 12.42
Mar 2022 2600.8050985195796 0.28 11.92
Apr 2022 2618.4972283868856 0.68 11.77
May 2022 2644.9718501511175 1.01 11.78
Jun 2022 2671.9389592862526 1.02 11.53
Jul 2022 2696.2926757655623 0.91 11.10
Aug 2022 2724.7383017278885 1.06 10.91
Sep 2022 2750.197557045068 0.93 10.27
Oct 2022 2767.411273877783 0.63 9.29
Nov 2022 2776.4175747773916 0.33 8.33
Dec 2022 2782.0163439289527 0.20 7.78
Jan 2023 2788.373924747262 0.23 7.62
Feb 2023 2802.6561587513565 0.51 8.06
Mar 2023 2818.3860455943427 0.56 8.37
Apr 2023 2838.0484742769463 0.70 8.39
May 2023 2850.8668084503165 0.45 7.78
Jun 2023 2862.969879621283 0.43 7.15
Jul 2023 2873.921618034518 0.38 6.59
Aug 2023 2887.2408064796477 0.46 5.96
Sep 2023 2899.7443927740355 0.43 5.44
Oct 2023 2910.3362654588714 0.37 5.17
Nov 2023 2923.1220127951337 0.44 5.28
Dec 2023 2932.879333614068 0.33 5.42
Jan 2024 2944.0806661939578 0.38 5.58
Feb 2024 2955.201240666984 0.38 5.44
Mar 2024 2966.0608533041227 0.37 5.24
Apr 2024 2974.6670393566146 0.29 4.81
May 2024 2980.8677138726 0.21 4.56
Jun 2024 2987.744036038465 0.23 4.36
Jul 2024 2996.21866992212 0.28 4.26
Aug 2024 2995.0381996099904 -0.04 3.73
Sep 2024 2998.5600064223904 0.12 3.41
Oct 2024 3002.3787110928924 0.13 3.16
Nov 2024 3018.9145772140896 0.55 3.28
Dec 2024 3031.9297336840245 0.43 3.38
Jan 2025 3045.666401490935 0.45 3.45
Feb 2025 3050.4476930760507 0.16 3.22
Mar 2025 3058.5885398655173 0.27 3.12
Apr 2025 3062.849397647508 0.14 2.96
May 2025 3069.245206451375 0.21 2.97
Jun 2025 3074.2607243167986 0.16 2.90
Jul 2025 3078.3656716898395 0.13 2.74
Aug 2025 3087.085240744088 0.28 3.07
Sep 2025 3092.152359946679 0.16 3.12
Oct 2025 3098.7744976298854 0.21 3.21
Nov 2025 3095.4266009023204 -0.11 2.53
Dec 2025 3096.316268596266 0.03 2.12
Jan 2026 3094.8808011184 -0.05 1.62
Feb 2026 3097.7323271060063 0.09 1.55