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Buffalo NY
Covers Buffalo and Cheektowaga.
Current market read
Landlord’s market
ConditionFirm
The yearly data reads a landlord's market, and the recent monthly signals are holding steady.
From public data. The situation now, not a forecast.
Renter Google searchabout 4,400 searches in July 2026 · HousesSee read →
Renter Google Search InterestGoogle · monthly
About 4,400 searches in July 2026, for Buffalo on its own
What renters Google mostHousesSee all →Attention, not a verdict. Google searches for apartments to rent.
Momentum · which way it's movingRENT + JOBS · UPDATED MONTHLY
Mixed
Pulling both ways, asking rents are climbing and job growth has cooled, as of Aug 2026.
VacancyCENSUS · 2024
Share of rentals sitting empty. Yearly Census backdrop, not what sets the condition.
Asking rentZILLOW · MONTHLY
+3.3%
▲ Year over year
SEP ’24AUG ’26
Census 2024: +5.7% · US avg +5.2%
Median rentCENSUS · 2024
$1,114/mo
Typical rent, 2024 yearly count
In the news · BuffaloNEWS · DAILY
Latest local coverage, 6 days ago.● softer● neutral● firmer
Judge finds Dobucki guilty of 55 housing code violationsBuffalo and Houston are the next big landing spots for priced-out renters, Zillow findsFederal audit claims lack of ‘adequate oversight’ of lead-based paint in BMHA public housingView all 4 Buffalo news →Demand vs supplyCENSUS + BLS
Weak demand
DEMAND
Jobs0%
Migration 2025-2.03/1k
SUPPLY
Permits 2025-13.5%
Vacancy 20243.3%
Rent vs buyFREDDIE MAC · WEEKLY
+$751/mo
Cheaper to rent than buying
rent $1,114 · own $1,865
$1,114RENT
$1,865OWN
Net migrationCENSUS · 2025
−2.03/1k
▼ Net outflow of residents
OUTFLOWINFLOW
Census · BLS · FRED · Zillow · news
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