For renters with pets, discovering a house is not straightforward — until you are trying in Texas.
Austin (80 p.c), Dallas (79 p.c) and San Antonio (78 p.c) led all main U.S. metros final yr within the share of pet-friendly rental listings on Zillow.
One notable exception was Houston, which ranked lifeless final with simply 38 p.c of listings marked as pet pleasant.
These findings come from a brand new Zillow evaluation of 11 million listings nationwide, which confirmed that 57 p.c of leases allowed pets final yr.
However there was huge variance from metropolis to metropolis, with the Lone Star trifecta close to 80 p.c, whereas locations like Windfall, R.I. (43 p.c), Hartford, Conn. (43 p.c) and San Jos, Calif. (44 p.c) have been all beneath half.
The pet-or-no-pet determination has turn out to be much more vital in recent times as almost 6 in 10 renters now have a pet, up from 46 p.c earlier than the pandemic, Zillow stated.
For landlords, permitting pets can repay, since pet-friendly leases have a tendency to attract extra views and are sometimes rented out eight days sooner, the evaluation discovered.
“In a market where renters have more options, allowing pets can make the difference in finding a tenant quickly,” Emily McDonald, Zillow rental developments skilled, stated in a press release.
The rental market firm stated virtually half of those that have a pet have handed on a property as a result of it was not pet-friendly, however the benefit to landlords varies from metropolis to metropolis.
In New York Metropolis, pet-friendly models are sometimes rented 26 days sooner than locations that didn’t settle for pets, the most important hole of any main market. Tampa, Fla. (16 days), Columbus, Ohio (12 days) and Phoenix, Ariz. (11 days), all noticed pet-friendly listings rented out greater than 10 days faster.
High 10 cities with the very best share of pet-friendly rental listings on Zillow final yr:
Austin, Texas (80 p.c)
Dallas, Texas (79 p.c)
San Antonio, Texas (78 p.c)
Denver (77 p.c)
Nashville, Tenn. (77 p.c)
Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (76 p.c)
Oklahoma Metropolis (72 p.c)
Charlotte, N.C. (72 p.c)
Raleigh, N.C. (72 p.c)
Jacksonville, Fla. (70 p.c) and Tampa, Fla. (70 p.c)
