Tampa, despite low-cost image, creeps onto high-rent list

Three of the top 10 high-rent cities on a new Freddie Mac report are in Florida.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 12, 2019
An apartment project in St. Petersburg, which, along with Tampa and Clearwater, is the No. 7 most rent-burdened metropolitan statistical area in the country, according to a new report.
An apartment project in St. Petersburg, which, along with Tampa and Clearwater, is the No. 7 most rent-burdened metropolitan statistical area in the country, according to a new report.
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Perception isn’t necessarily reality when it comes to the costliest cities to live in nationally, based on rents, wages and other factors.

 

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