Apartment rental agency in Massachusetts
Benjamin Realty is a family-run real estate brokerage in Brookline that helps renters find and lease apartments across Massachusetts, from search to signed lease. Right now 12,452 apartments are listed for rent in 272 Massachusetts towns, at a median of $3,054 a month. Pick a town or Boston neighborhood below to see its rentals, rents by bedroom count and move-in dates, or tell us what you need.
To rent an apartment with us, call Benjamin Realty at (617) 734-5050, email [email protected], or use the form on this page.
Rents across Massachusetts right now
| Size | Listed now | Median rent | Middle half of rents |
|---|
| Studio | 1,020 | $2,680/mo | $2,225–$3,170 |
| 1 bedroom | 3,611 | $2,810/mo | $2,381–$3,470 |
| 2 bedrooms | 4,663 | $3,100/mo | $2,550–$3,800 |
| 3 bedrooms | 2,105 | $3,300/mo | $2,800–$4,015 |
| 4+ bedrooms | 1,053 | $4,400/mo | $3,500–$6,200 |
Towns
Every Massachusetts town with 15 or more apartments listed now has its own page, 97 towns with 11,659 rentals. Smaller towns don’t get a page yet; ask us about them.
- Apartment rental agency in Boston, MA — 3,813 rentals, median $3,520/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Cambridge, MA — 792 rentals, median $3,600/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Somerville, MA — 427 rentals, median $3,495/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Everett, MA — 400 rentals, median $2,955/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Quincy, MA — 348 rentals, median $2,781/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Worcester, MA — 342 rentals, median $2,240/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Brookline, MA — 341 rentals, median $3,770/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Revere, MA — 284 rentals, median $2,830/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Lynn, MA — 277 rentals, median $2,500/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Watertown, MA — 274 rentals, median $3,200/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Waltham, MA — 186 rentals, median $3,100/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Newton, MA — 181 rentals, median $3,850/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Marlborough, MA — 173 rentals, median $2,790/mo
- Apartment rental agency in North Attleborough, MA — 170 rentals, median $2,595/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Chelsea, MA — 168 rentals, median $2,444/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Medford, MA — 151 rentals, median $3,192/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Malden, MA — 140 rentals, median $2,800/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Fall River, MA — 136 rentals, median $1,873/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Framingham, MA — 126 rentals, median $2,398/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Lowell, MA — 121 rentals, median $2,200/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Norwood, MA — 94 rentals, median $2,980/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Springfield, MA — 87 rentals, median $1,800/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Salem, MA — 83 rentals, median $2,800/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Plymouth, MA — 82 rentals, median $2,848/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Haverhill, MA — 75 rentals, median $2,325/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Lexington, MA — 71 rentals, median $3,800/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Hyde Park, MA — 69 rentals, median $3,444/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Saugus, MA — 69 rentals, median $2,946/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Beverly, MA — 68 rentals, median $2,607/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Burlington, MA — 68 rentals, median $3,068/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Natick, MA — 67 rentals, median $3,000/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Arlington, MA — 65 rentals, median $3,200/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Woburn, MA — 61 rentals, median $2,865/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Brockton, MA — 60 rentals, median $2,650/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Weymouth, MA — 53 rentals, median $2,350/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Bolton, MA — 52 rentals, median $2,945/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Dedham, MA — 51 rentals, median $3,195/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Acton, MA — 49 rentals, median $2,500/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Canton, MA — 47 rentals, median $2,955/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Fitchburg, MA — 47 rentals, median $2,000/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Winthrop, MA — 46 rentals, median $3,000/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Hingham, MA — 45 rentals, median $3,427/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Melrose, MA — 43 rentals, median $3,000/mo
- Apartment rental agency in New Bedford, MA — 43 rentals, median $1,900/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Wakefield, MA — 43 rentals, median $2,700/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Belmont, MA — 40 rentals, median $3,796/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Lawrence, MA — 38 rentals, median $2,400/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Hanover, MA — 37 rentals, median $2,715/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Peabody, MA — 37 rentals, median $2,658/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Gloucester, MA — 35 rentals, median $2,400/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Taunton, MA — 35 rentals, median $2,100/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Andover, MA — 34 rentals, median $3,250/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Gardner, MA — 33 rentals, median $1,650/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Holyoke, MA — 33 rentals, median $1,750/mo
- Apartment rental agency in North Attleboro, MA — 33 rentals, median $2,500/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Shrewsbury, MA — 33 rentals, median $2,900/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Abington, MA — 31 rentals, median $3,450/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Marblehead, MA — 31 rentals, median $2,800/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Winchester, MA — 31 rentals, median $3,500/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Attleboro, MA — 30 rentals, median $2,100/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Hull, MA — 30 rentals, median $3,398/mo
- Apartment rental agency in South Easton, MA — 30 rentals, median $3,364/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Stoneham, MA — 30 rentals, median $2,913/mo
- Apartment rental agency in North Andover, MA — 29 rentals, median $2,865/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Northborough, MA — 29 rentals, median $2,820/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Stoughton, MA — 28 rentals, median $2,700/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Leominster, MA — 25 rentals, median $1,925/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Methuen, MA — 25 rentals, median $2,500/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Needham, MA — 23 rentals, median $3,536/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Wellesley, MA — 23 rentals, median $5,200/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Braintree, MA — 22 rentals, median $2,760/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Sudbury, MA — 22 rentals, median $3,398/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Hopkinton, MA — 21 rentals, median $3,000/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Newburyport, MA — 21 rentals, median $3,200/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Scituate, MA — 21 rentals, median $4,000/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Chestnut Hill, MA — 20 rentals, median $4,693/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Cohasset, MA — 20 rentals, median $4,775/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Marshfield, MA — 20 rentals, median $2,350/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Swampscott, MA — 20 rentals, median $2,775/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Ayer, MA — 19 rentals, median $1,895/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Sharon, MA — 19 rentals, median $3,200/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Westborough, MA — 19 rentals, median $2,468/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Mansfield, MA — 18 rentals, median $2,641/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Falmouth, MA — 17 rentals, median $2,200/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Hudson, MA — 17 rentals, median $2,904/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Millis, MA — 17 rentals, median $2,950/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Milton, MA — 17 rentals, median $3,150/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Rockport, MA — 17 rentals, median $2,900/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Bedford, MA — 16 rentals, median $3,333/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Bourne, MA — 16 rentals, median $2,500/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Chicopee, MA — 16 rentals, median $1,650/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Franklin, MA — 16 rentals, median $2,400/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Manchester, MA — 16 rentals, median $4,800/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Wilmington, MA — 16 rentals, median $3,179/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Milford, MA — 15 rentals, median $2,810/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Pembroke, MA — 15 rentals, median $2,673/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Webster, MA — 15 rentals, median $1,750/mo
Boston neighborhoods
- Apartment rental agency in Brighton, Boston — 324 rentals, median $3,175/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Dorchester, Boston — 305 rentals, median $3,028/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Fenway, Boston — 239 rentals, median $3,861/mo
- Apartment rental agency in South End, Boston — 235 rentals, median $3,925/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Allston, Boston — 204 rentals, median $3,250/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Seaport, Boston — 177 rentals, median $4,395/mo
- Apartment rental agency in North End, Boston — 138 rentals, median $3,903/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Jamaica Plain, Boston — 136 rentals, median $3,300/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Back Bay, Boston — 127 rentals, median $4,350/mo
- Apartment rental agency in South Boston, Boston — 91 rentals, median $3,700/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Charlestown, Boston — 59 rentals, median $3,600/mo
- Apartment rental agency in West Roxbury, Boston — 55 rentals, median $2,800/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Beacon Hill, Boston — 49 rentals, median $3,400/mo
- Apartment rental agency in Roslindale, Boston — 49 rentals, median $2,875/mo
How renting through Benjamin Realty works
- Tell us what you need. The town or neighborhood, how many bedrooms, your budget and when you want to move in, plus anything that matters to you, such as parking, laundry or a pet.
- We send you apartments that fit. From every rental we carry: MLS PIN listings, our partner landlords’ apartments and other listing services, including new ones as they come on.
- We set up the showings. We arrange times with the landlord or their agent and answer your questions about each apartment and building.
- Apply and sign. We help you put your application together, and go through the lease and the move-in costs with you before you sign.
- Fees in writing. Before you sign anything, we tell you in writing who hired us and who pays our fee, as the law requires. When a landlord hired us, the landlord pays our fee, not you.
Who pays the broker fee in Massachusetts
Since August 1, 2025, a broker’s fee on a Massachusetts apartment is paid only by the party who hired the broker: the landlord or the renter.
When you answer an ad from a broker the landlord hired, the landlord pays that broker. A landlord can’t make paying their broker a condition of renting, add a surcharge to the rent to cover the fee, or charge it under another name such as an admin, leasing or finder’s fee.
A renter pays a broker only when the renter chose to hire that broker to work for them. A broker must tell you in writing, before a lease is signed, who hired them, who pays their fee and how much it is.
Sources: G.L. c. 112, § 87DDD½, as amended by St. 2025, c. 9, § 43; Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities: Frequently asked questions about residential rental broker’s fees. Checked November 3, 2026.
What you pay at move-in
At or before the start of a tenancy, a Massachusetts landlord or their agent may ask for no more than the first month’s rent, the last month’s rent, a security deposit no larger than one month’s rent, and the cost of a new lock and key.
Source: G.L. c. 186, § 15B(1)(b).
Questions renters ask
Who pays the broker fee when I rent an apartment in Massachusetts?
The party who hired the broker. Since August 1, 2025, Massachusetts law says a rental broker’s fee is paid only by whoever engaged the broker: if you answer an ad from a broker the landlord hired, the landlord pays; you pay a broker only if you hired that broker to work for you (G.L. c. 112, § 87DDD½).
Which towns have a Benjamin Realty rental agency page?
Every Massachusetts town with at least 15 apartments listed now, 97 towns today, and 14 Boston neighborhoods. Each page shows that place’s rentals, rents by bedroom count and move-in dates.
How do I rent an apartment in Massachusetts through Benjamin Realty?
Tell us the bedrooms, budget and move-in date you want, by phone, email or the form on this page. We send you apartments that fit, set up showings, help with the application and go through the lease and move-in costs with you. Before you sign, we tell you in writing who hired us and who pays our fee.
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