Apartments for Rent in Houston

If you are looking for an apartment in Houston the good news is that the city boasts one of the lowest-cost-per-living rates in the country. The bad news is that it is not a very urban transit friendly city and the best deals are to be had in the suburbs of the city, which are connected by a network of sprawling highways. So owning a car can be necessary.

The best neighborhoods to live in our the residential areas that border the downtown area to the north but the apartment rental prices here are often quite a bit higher than the average $400 a month for a bachelor or small one bedroom in the city. One of the most desirable places to live is the wealthy Houston Heights Neighbourhood that has some of the most amazing and oldest architecture in the city. Trendier areas include the Montrose area which is southwest of the downtown area and harbours Houston 's gay scene and the Museum District that is next to art galleries, restaurants and classy cafes. A cheap area to live is University Village which is located near Rice University and contains hundreds of shops, cafe, clothing store, pubs, libraries and other essentials for students.

The Apartments for Rent sections of the Houston Gazette, Houston Streets, the Houston Chronicle and the Houston Press are good jumping off points to start your search for an apartment. The listings in these newspapers are also available online.

There are also many companies that specialise in apartment locating for potential residents. These include Apartment Locaters Houston Texas, Apartments Houston , Corporate Housing Houston , Metro Apartment Locators Houston , Houston Apartments and Houston Rental Search.

Quite a few development companies also have scores of buildings, complexes and lofts for rent in all of Houston 's major neighbourhoods including the Inner Loop, the Medical Center, Downtown,, North, Northwest, Bear Creek, Copperfield, West, Southwest, Westchase, Southeast, East Northshore and Clear Lake. Major development companies that have numerous high-rise apartments, lofts and other kinds of properties to rent include Texas Villages of Cypress Creek, Mandolin Apartments Houston , Oakwood World Wide Corporate Housing and Houston Loft Apartments.

Houston has a Metro bus network and a North Trolley service that can help you get around town to look at apartments if you don't happen to own a car.

Whether you are looking for an airy loft in Houston's downtown district or a condo apartment with all the amenities you are sure to find a place to live that suits your life-style and pocket book in the Lone Star State's largest metropolis!