Rents down in Seattle, but not by much

Apartment List recently released its latest rent report and rents are still climbing, but not at an incredible pace. From September to November, rents ticked up 2 percent nationally, but dipped 0.9 percent in Seattle.

We picked the 10 highest and 10 lowest rents in the country to show you. Note that these are ranked on the median rent of similar two-bedroom apartments and the increases or decreases measure changes in that price, as do the comparisons with Seattle. We also included the one-bedroom rents for comparison.

We'll start with the 10 lowest median rents in the country.

10. Mobile, Alabama

Two-bedroom rent: $740 No change in the last month Up 3.3 percent in the last year Compared to Seattle: 68 percent cheaper or $1,560 less

One-bedroom rent: $660 less Apartment List recently released its latest rent report and rents are still climbing, but not at an incredible pace. From September to November, rents ticked up 2 percent nationally, but dipped 0.9 percent ... more Photo: Anne Rippy, Getty Images Photo: Anne Rippy, Getty Images Image 1 of / 30 Caption Close Rents down in Seattle, but not by much 1 / 30 Back to Gallery

Seattle rents took a dip the last couple months.

But while they edged down 1 percent in the last month, the median one-bedroom rent is still $1,700. And that ain't cheap rent for most of America.

Online rental listing company Apartment List's latest rent report for the Seattle metro found a short-term drop, but rents are still 6.7 percent higher than at the same time last year.

The downtown business district came in with the highest median two-bedroom rent -- a staggering $3,680 -- and the Atlantic neighborhood (east of I-5 and north and south of I-90) had the lowest in the city, at $1,660.

But in the metro region, Bellevue had the highest rents overall, with one-bedrooms coming in at a median of $1,940 and two-bedrooms at $2,520.

Tacoma has had the fastest-growing rents year over year in the region, recording a 9.7 percent increase, according to the report.

We used the November national rent report to rank the highest and lowest rents in the nation in the slideshow above. Click through to see just how good -- or bad -- we have it in Seattle.