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Search Houston apartments on a live map, draw the exact area you want to live in, and filter by rent, bedrooms, pets and amenities. When you’re ready, a Houston Apartments locator books the tours – and you can earn a move-in reward of up to $500.

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Draw your own Houston Apartments search area

Neighborhood lines never match real life. With Houston Apartments you trace the area you actually care about – a 10-minute radius around the Texas Medical Center, both sides of Washington Avenue, or the Grand Parkway corridor in Katy – and the results update instantly.

  • Freehand lasso on desktop and mobile
  • Filters for rent, beds, baths, pets, parking and 16 amenities
  • Pins show starting rent so you can compare at a glance
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Pick a side of town. Each area page has a live map, local guide and every community we work with.

Downtown Houston High-rise living beside Discovery Green, Minute Maid Park and METRORail. 1 community Houston Heights Historic bungalows, 19th Street boutiques and the Heights Hike & Bike Trail. 1 community Montrose Murals, museums and Houston’s most eclectic dining scene. 1 community Medical Center Walk or ride the rail to the world’s largest medical complex. 1 community River Oaks Tree-lined luxury next to River Oaks District shopping. 1 community Rice Military Washington Avenue nightlife minutes from Memorial Park. 1 community

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How it works

Three steps to your next Houston apartment

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    Tell us what matters

    Budget, move-in date, commute, pets, credit situation – share it once, by form, phone or text.

  2. 2

    Get a curated short list

    Your Houston Apartments locator checks current specials and availability and sends only the places that fit.

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    Tour, lease, get paid

    We schedule the tours. Sign your lease, list us as your locator, and collect up to $500 back.

Joseph Dittman, founder of Houston Apartments
Houston, TX · Locating since 2018
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Joseph Dittman

Owner, Founder & Lead Apartment Locator

Joseph Dittman founded Houston Apartments in 2018 and still works with renters himself – touring properties, filming them, and tracking which communities have the best deals each week. When you reach out, you’re talking to someone who has actually seen the places on your list.

  • Films and tours properties so you can see them first
  • Tracks weekly move-in specials across Houston
  • Built the draw-on-map search on this site
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How much apartment can you afford in Houston?

Most Houston apartments ask that your gross monthly income is about three times the rent. Slide to your income and we’ll show your target rent – then jump straight to matching Houston apartments.

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Comfortable range$1,250 – $1,667
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Move-In Cost Calculator

Add up deposits, fees, prorated rent, pet costs and movers so nothing surprises you at signing.

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Roommate Rent Split Calculator

Split rent and utilities fairly – evenly, by bedroom size, or by income.

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Apartment True-Cost Comparison

Rent isn’t the whole story. Compare utilities, parking, pet rent, specials and commute costs side by side.

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Commute Apartment Finder

Enter your office or school and how far you’ll travel – we’ll map the area and show apartments inside it.

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Apartment Tour Checklist

A tap-to-check list of what to inspect and ask on every tour. Saves on your phone and prints cleanly.

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Houston Moving Checklist

A week-by-week plan from eight weeks out to move-in day, with Houston-specific steps like choosing an electricity plan.

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Why renters choose Houston Apartments

Founded in 2018 as TX Rising LLC – Houston Apartments, Houston Apartments started with a simple idea: apartment hunting in a city this big should feel personal. Instead of sending you a thousand links, Houston Apartments pairs you with a locator who knows which buildings have honest specials, which managers respond quickly and which neighborhoods match your commute.

Because communities pay the locating fee, Houston Apartments is free for renters. You still see the same rents as walking in – often better, because we track move-in specials across the city every week.

A neighborhood for every lifestyle

Houston is the largest city in Texas and one of the most diverse in the country, so “Houston apartments” can mean almost anything. Inner Loop renters love the Heights for its bungalow-lined streets and 19th Street shops, Montrose for galleries and late-night tacos, and Downtown or Midtown for skyline views and METRORail access. Healthcare professionals look to the Medical Center, while the Galleria and Memorial City put shopping and the Energy Corridor within easy reach.

If you want more space for the money, the suburbs deliver. Katy, Cypress and Sugar Land offer top-rated school districts and master-planned amenities; The Woodlands wraps apartments in trails and forest; and Baytown, Humble and Galveston keep rents friendly with quick access to the water.

Jobs, culture and things to do

Energy, healthcare, aerospace and the Port of Houston anchor one of the strongest job markets in the U.S., and the Texas Medical Center alone employs more than 100,000 people. After work there’s the Museum District, Discovery Green, Buffalo Bayou Park, Memorial Park and four major-league teams – all without the cost of living you’d find in other big cities.

Getting around

Houston sprawls, so commute time matters more than ZIP code. That’s why the Houston Apartments map search lets you draw your own boundary instead of relying on neighborhood names. Trace the drive you can live with along I-10, US-59, I-45 or the Beltway and compare every community inside it.

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Questions about Houston Apartments

Is Houston Apartments really free for renters?

Yes. Houston Apartments is paid by the apartment communities when you sign a lease, so our locating service costs you nothing. Lease through us and you can also get up to $500 back.

How does the draw-on-map search work?

Open the map search, tap “Draw area” and trace any shape with your mouse or finger – around your office, a school zone or a stretch of the Katy Freeway. Only Houston apartments inside your shape stay on the list, and every filter still applies.

What is the average rent for Houston apartments?

Most one-bedroom Houston apartments lease between about $1,100 and $1,700 a month, with Inner Loop high-rises above that and suburbs such as Katy, Cypress and Humble below it. Use the price filter to see live starting rents for each community.

Which Houston neighborhoods are best for apartments?

It depends on your commute and lifestyle: the Heights and Montrose for walkable character, Downtown and Midtown for high-rise living, the Medical Center for hospital staff, and Katy, Sugar Land or The Woodlands for space and top-rated schools.

Can Houston Apartments help with broken leases or past evictions?

Often, yes. Many communities have second-chance criteria. Tell your locator about your situation privately and we’ll only send properties where your application has a real chance of approval.

Let a Houston Apartments locator do the searching.

Free for renters. Tell us your budget, move-in date and must-haves – we’ll send a short list and book the tours. Lease through us and get up to $500 back.

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