Machine-readable datasets behind Homzora's Boston housing research — neighborhood rents, affordability, sentiment and demand indices. Free for journalists, researchers, students, and analysts under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. Updated quarterly, tracker data monthly.
Citywide average 1BR rent, YoY direction, rent burden rate, B-RSI renter sentiment, B-NDI top demand score, and 12-month moving intent. Q2 figures are baseline estimates compiled from public sources; the first survey-derived release publishes October 7, 2026.
Download CSV Download JSON MethodologyStudio, 1BR, and 2BR rent ranges for Boston neighborhoods from Downtown and Seaport to West Roxbury and East Boston, published as low/high ranges exactly as researched. CSV and JSON.
Download CSV Download JSON Monthly report →How far asking rents vary inside a single Boston area. Low-to-high spread by unit type, in dollars and as a percentage of the low end. Shows where the within-neighborhood search matters more than the neighborhood choice. CSV and JSON.
Download CSV Download JSON Full analysis →What each additional bedroom costs by Boston area. Studio, 1BR and 2BR midpoints, both step-up costs, the per-person cost of a split two-bedroom, and the saving versus renting a studio alone. CSV and JSON.
Download CSV Download JSON Full analysis →Everything about one area in a single row: rent, cash at signing, minutes to downtown, the line that serves it, the pass cost, and the salary it all implies. Malden runs $2,490 a month all in at 25 to 32 minutes. The South End is $3,090 at 8 to 12. That trade-off is the whole point.
Download CSV Download JSONWhat a Boston salary actually reaches, across seven income bands from 50,000 to 150,000 dollars. Shows which areas clear the conventional 30 percent threshold and, more usefully, the real share of gross income each one takes. On 85,000 dollars a Downtown studio is 39.5 percent.
Download CSV Download JSON Try the calculator →What a landlord owes on a security deposit under M.G.L. c.186 s.15B, by area, holding period and bank rate. The statute says five per cent or the lesser bank rate, whichever is lower. Where the deposit was never held in a proper separate account, the full five per cent applies, which is often ten times more.
Download CSV Download JSON Deposit compliance check →Typical weekday time to downtown from 19 Greater Boston areas, with the line that serves each and what the pass costs. Beacon Hill is four minutes, Framingham is closer to fifty. Ranges reflect normal variation rather than scheduled run times.
Download CSV Download JSONWhat a Massachusetts landlord may lawfully collect before you get keys, by area and unit type. First month, last month, and a security deposit capped at one month under M.G.L. c.186 s.15B. A Downtown one bedroom can lawfully require over eleven thousand dollars at signing. These are legal maximums rather than typical amounts.
Download CSV Download JSON Deposit compliance check →The headline indices as a growing quarterly series — one row per quarter, beginning with the Q2 2026 baseline estimate. Survey-derived quarters append on each release day, starting October 7, 2026. Built for trend analysis and citation.
Download CSV Download JSON MethodologySee this data working: enter your salary and apartment size, and the calculator matches you to Boston neighborhoods using the rent by neighborhood dataset above. The full affordability table sits behind it, 182 rows covering every area against seven salary bands, and you can take that straight rather than using the tool.
Try the Calculator → Download CSV Download JSONThe first survey-derived edition of the Boston Renter Intelligence indices — neighborhood-level renter experience data collected directly from Greater Boston renters. Datasets will publish here on release day.
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Source: Homzora Housing Intelligence (https://homzorarealty.com/data/)