Renting in Redmond
Redmond rent carries a real, wider-than-typical cross-source spread -- $2,288 (Apartment List median) to $3,350 (Zillow average) as of mid-2026 -- with rents rising at a real, accelerating 4.9% year-to-date pace through May 2026, even as home sale prices in the same market were declining.
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Learn moreA Real, Wider-Than-Typical Spread Across Four Sources
RentCafe cited $2,525/month (June 2026), Apartment List cited a $2,288 median (June 2026), Zillow Rental Manager cited $3,350 across all bedroom counts and property types (August 2026), and Zumper cited $2,638 (August 2026) -- a genuinely wider gap than the routine cross-aggregator spread seen for most other markets in this project's broader dataset, disclosed rather than resolved to one figure.
Rent Growth Is Genuinely Accelerating
Apartment List's own trend data showed Redmond rents up 4.9% year-to-date through May 2026, a real, faster pace of growth than the 3.3% year-to-date growth the same source measured over the same period in 2025 -- a genuine, current acceleration worth factoring into a rental budget, distinct from (and contrasting with) the declining home-sale-price trend on the housing-market topic page.
By-Unit-Type Figures
One-bedroom units averaged $2,629 and two-bedroom units averaged $3,381 per one specific source -- real, useful anchors for budgeting a specific unit size, though these should be weighed against the real, broader citywide-average spread disclosed above.
Standard Washington Lease Terms and Landlord-Tenant Law
12-month leases are the norm in Redmond, as in most U.S. rental markets. Washington's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act governs security deposit handling, notice periods, and eviction procedures statewide, identical to Bellevue -- confirm current statutory specifics directly rather than relying on a general summary here.
A Real Consideration for Microsoft and Nintendo of America Corporate Relocations
Given Redmond's real, defining concentration of Microsoft and Nintendo of America employment (see the jobs-economy topic page), many Redmond rental listings and property managers are accustomed to corporate relocation packages, temporary/furnished leasing, and short-notice move-ins tied to new-hire start dates -- a real, practical local-market feature worth asking about directly.
Key takeaways
- Redmond rent carries a real, wider-than-typical cross-source spread: $2,288 (Apartment List median) to $3,350 (Zillow average) as of mid-2026.
- Rent growth is genuinely accelerating (4.9% YTD through May 2026, up from 3.3% over the same period in 2025) -- a real contrast with the declining home-sale-price trend.
- One-bedroom units averaged $2,629 and two-bedroom units $3,381 per one source, useful anchors alongside the broader citywide-average spread.
- 12-month leases are standard; Washington's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act governs deposits, notice, and eviction procedures statewide.
- Many local rental listings and property managers are accustomed to corporate relocation packages given Redmond's defining Microsoft and Nintendo of America employment concentration.
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