Most expensive cities to rent a home

Hong Kong is the most expensive place in the world to rent a property,
and the cost is rising. Renting a mid-range two-bed flat was almost 20 percent higher in 2019 than it was in 2014


Rent per month (2014) 

Hong Kong	$3,077
San Francisco 	$3,066
New York City	$2,901
Zurich		$3,000
Paris		$2,844
London 		$2,682
Boston		$2,177
Dublin 		$1,634
Sydney		$2,048
Tokyo		$1,625
Singapore 	$2,428
Amsterdam 	$1,979 
Copenhagen 	$1,617 
Oslo 		$2,632 
Helsinki 	$1,820


Rent (2019, change)
     
$3,685	19.8%
$3,631	18.4%
$2,909	0.3%
$2,538	-15.4%
$2,455	-13.7%
$2,338	-12.8%
$2,201  1.1%
$2,018	23.5%
$1,969	-3.9%
$1,903 	17.1%
$1,893	-22.0%
$1,854 	-6.3%
$1,809 	11.9%
$1,808 	-31.3%
$1,612	-11.4%


Sources: Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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