Returns the rent report of a US metro city: median rents per bedroom count, trends, and the report text. Canadian cities have no report and return NOT_FOUND, which is not billed.
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
string
Required
City slug: lower-case words and the state or province code, for example houston-tx or toronto-on.
houston-tx
Response Schema
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data
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{
"data": {
"url": "houston-tx",
"intro": "The Zumper Houston Metro Report analyzed active listings last month across metro cities to highlight the most and least expensive cities and those with the fastest growing rents. The Texas one bedroom median rent was $1,096 last month.",
"created_on": 1740100205,
"metro_name": null,
"modified_on": 1791468112,
"image_one_url": "https://img.zumpercdn.com/s3_images/Cities_Ranked_by_1_Bedroom_Rent_73_tbYO38j.png",
"image_two_url": "https://img.zumpercdn.com/s3_images/Yearly_1-Br_Rent_Evolution_74_mMDOUb5.png",
"image_three_url": "https://img.zumpercdn.com/s3_images/Price_Table_74_wQJ4RIy.png",
"has_metro_declined": true,
"metro_rent_report_id": 272,
"most_expensive_first": "ranked as the most expensive city with one-bedrooms priced at $1,250.",
"most_expensive_third": "placed third with rent priced at $1,140.",
"least_expensive_first": "was the most affordable city with rent priced at $850.",
"least_expensive_third": "placed third with rent at $910.",
"most_expensive_second": "was the second priciest with rent at $1,240.",
"least_expensive_second": "ranked as the second least expensive with rent at $900.",
"fastest_growing_mom_first": "rent had the largest monthly decline, falling 2.6%.",
"fastest_growing_mom_third": "placed third with rent dipping 1%.",
"fastest_growing_yoy_first": "experienced the largest annual rent decline, down 15%.",
"fastest_growing_yoy_third": "placed third with rent dipping 10.5%.",
"most_expensive_first_city": {
"url": "sugar-land-tx",
"name": "Sugar Land",
"state": null
},
"most_expensive_third_city": {
"url": "league-city-tx",
"name": "League City",
"state": null
},
"fastest_growing_mom_second": "was second with rent decreasing 1.6%.",
"fastest_growing_yoy_second": "saw rent decrease 12.1%, making it second.",
"least_expensive_first_city": {
"url": "huntsville-tx",
"name": "Huntsville",
"state": null
},
"least_expensive_third_city": {
"url": "texas-city-tx",
"name": "Texas City",
"state": null
},
"most_expensive_second_city": {
"url": "pearland-tx",
"name": "Pearland",
"state": null
},
"least_expensive_second_city": {
"url": "baytown-tx",
"name": "Baytown",
"state": null
},
"fastest_growing_mom_first_city": {
"url": "league-city-tx",
"name": "League City",
"state": null
},
"fastest_growing_mom_third_city": {
"url": "galveston-tx",
"name": "Galveston",
"state": null
},
"fastest_growing_yoy_first_city": {
"url": "sugar-land-tx",
"name": "Sugar Land",
"state": null
},
"fastest_growing_yoy_third_city": {
"url": "galveston-tx",
"name": "Galveston",
"state": null
},
"most_expensive_first_tied_city": null,
"most_expensive_third_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_mom_second_city": {
"url": "pearland-tx",
"name": "Pearland",
"state": null
},
"fastest_growing_yoy_second_city": {
"url": "houston-tx",
"name": "Houston",
"state": null
},
"least_expensive_first_tied_city": null,
"least_expensive_third_tied_city": null,
"most_expensive_second_tied_city": null,
"least_expensive_second_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_mom_first_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_mom_third_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_yoy_first_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_yoy_third_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_mom_second_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_yoy_second_tied_city": null,
"most_expensive_first_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"most_expensive_third_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"least_expensive_first_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"least_expensive_third_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"most_expensive_second_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"least_expensive_second_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_mom_first_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_mom_third_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_yoy_first_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_yoy_third_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_mom_second_tertiary_tied_city": null,
"fastest_growing_yoy_second_tertiary_tied_city": null
},
"meta": {
"duration_ms": 640,
"upstream_calls": 1,
"endpoint_family": "rent-report"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Not Found
The requested listing, building, agent, or city was not found. Rent reports exist for US cities only. This response is not billable.
Validation Error
A required public parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
Service Unavailable
The service could not obtain a complete result. This response is not billable.
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