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The apartment rental market in Newton, MA is looking more renter-friendly in 2025 based on our most recent data.  Apartment availability has loosened up considerably compared to the last 3 years, providing renters in Newton many more options to pick from this year.  As rental supply has loosened up over the last 12 months, Newton’s average rent price flattened out and is now actually down year-over-year by a small margin.  These are all welcome signs considering how historic apartment shortages recorded in 2022 led to 20-30% rent price growth over the past 4 years in Newton and all of metro Boston.  Here are the trends moving Newton’s apartment rental market in 2025.

Newton Apartment Supply Figures

The current real-time availability rate (RTAR) for Newton apartments is 2.94%.  That figure is up +12.64% compared to a year ago and up +31.84% over a 2-year span.  Apartment availability in Newton has hovered around the 3% level since late January this year which is a considerable improvement from previous years.  In 2024, Newton’s RTAR only briefly crested above 3% and did not surpass 2.5% in all of 2022 or 2023.

Newton’s current real-time vacancy rate (RTVR) is 0.60%.  Vacancies are down -22.08% year-over-year and down -17.81% compared to 2 years ago.  Newton’s vacancy rate did increase over the second half of 2024, ending a 2 year span where RTVR stayed well below the 1% level  during what was a historic shortage in apartments.  Newton’s RTVR did peak above the 1% mark in fall of last year for the first time since the global pandemic.

Based on our real-time Newton apartment data, the median days on market for an apartment in Newton is 30 days.  That figure has come down by 4 days compared to a year ago and has remained steady over the last 30 days, indicating that demand for housing is still strong in Newton, one of Boston’s premier suburbs.  As demand remains steady and apartment supply increases, rent prices have actually trended downwards in Newton over the past 6-12 months.

Newton Average Rent Prices

The current average rent price in Newton, MA is $3,121.  That figure is down -5.11% compared to June 2024 and up +5.40% compared to June 2023.  Despite the slight dip in rent prices, Newton, MA remains one of the more expensive suburbs to rent an apartment in Boston.  Rent prices for smaller apartments in Newton are cheaper than the same size units in the city of Boston.  However average rent prices for larger units (3 bedrooms and bigger) are about the same or even more expensive in Newton than they are in Boston.

Prices for Newton studio apartments and 3 bedroom apartments increased year-over-year by +1.87% and +3.95% respectively. Prices fell for all other unit sizes.  Newton 1 bedrooms dropped by -4.56%, 2 bedrooms fell -2.03%, while 4 bedroom and 5 bedroom apartments in Newton dropped by -0.36% and -2.47% respectively.

2025 Newton Apartment Rental Market Forecast

The apartment rental market in Newton looks to be on a steady path in 2025. Look for rent prices to finish the year flat overall. Rental pricing in Newton may climb as we approach September and trend downwards through the fall months. We do not expect rent price growth or shrinkage of more than 2 percentage points in Newton as a whole by the end of the year.

Newton’s apartment rental market looks healthy as a whole, with apartment shortages no longer a heightened concern and vacancies at low and sustainable levels.  This bodes well for Newton’s apartment rental market in the long-term outlook.  We will continue to monitor these trends as they develop here on bostonpads.com.