In recognition of May as National Pet Month, Forbes Magazine examined pet friendly rentals in the top 25 markets and determined that Seattle’s pet friendly rental market is the second best in the US.
This isn’t surprising since Seattle is always at the top of the rankings for most pet friendly cities, but I think the huge number of apartment buildings that have mushroomed in South Lake Union in the last few years and the increasing number of pet friendly employers there (Hello, Amazon) helped pad our statistics.
According to the study, 18% of Seattle rentals allow small dogs. Only 2% allow large dogs
Forbes got its data from from the listings on Trulia Rentals and based its rankings on 3 criteria:
- Most Pet-Friendly Landlords
- Least Expensive Pet Fees
- High Concentration of Pet Stores and Services
San Francisco was at the top of their Rankings, and Denver was third. Oakland and Portland rounded out the top five. Here’s the entire list:”
25 Most Pet-Friendly Rental Markets
1 San Francisco, CA
2 Seattle, WA
3 Denver, CO
4 Oakland, CA
5 Portland, OR
6 Chicago, IL
7 St. Louis, MO
8 New York, NY
9 Dallas, TX
10 San Diego, CA
11 Phoenix, AZ
12 Philadelphia, PA
13 Cambridge, MA
14 Boston, MA
15 Newark, NJ
16 Los Angeles, CA
17 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
18 Atlanta, GA
19 Orange County, CA
20 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
21 Miami, FL
22 Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
23 Houston, TX
24 Washington, DC
25 Baltimore, MD
78% of rentals nationwide charge at least one fee for having pets.
Here are some other highlights in the article:
- 18% of the pet friendly apartments allow small dogs, but only 4% allow large dogs (it’s only 2% in Seattle)
- 78% of the rentals nationwide charge a fee for pets
- Seattle pet owners in rentals pay $299 in fees/extra charges
- Seattle has the 2nd highest ratio of pet businesses per 100 households (891)
Check out the entire Forbes article to get all the statistics.
FYI, I’m in the process of putting together a list of over 400 apartment rentals in the Seattle area that take dogs. I’ll have it on the Seattle DogSpot website in the next couple of weeks.
I have 3 small dogs and a cat. I cant even rent a house ,because I have too many. I dont have a place yet, until I sell my house back East.
Sorry. If you post on the Seattle DogSpot Facebook page that you’re looking for a place someone may have an idea.
Thanks for this…looking forward to your list next week! I had to pay $1000 pet fee to move into my apartment. Landlords benefit from being pet friendly in terms of keeping loyal, long-term renters. My LARGE goldendoodle, Casey, has known apartment living his whole life…from the very beginning, as a puppy, he’s known not to bark, chew, or jump, but to be a well-mannered tenant. More than I can say about many of the non-pet tenants and their roommates/children who have come and gone in our building over the years.
Some landlords are requiring some form of behavioral certification–Canine Good Citizen, Therapy Dog, etc.–as a condition for accepting dogs or for waiving or lowering deposits and fees. Excellent idea!
Great insights, thanks.