LOCAL REALTOR
Lori Hill
Broker Associate, Compass
UC Santa Cruz-area real estate guidance
UC Santa Cruz RENTALS NEAR CAMPUS
Rentals near UC Santa Cruz
Search current rental sources, keep lease questions beside the listings, and carry the rent into the ownership comparison.
University of California, Santa Cruz · MARKET CONTEXT
Know the market before you lease.
University demand and local housing benchmarks, with the location and reporting period kept beside each number.
University & housing details Definitions, dates and sources
1 bedroom rent reference $2,771/mo
Saved source-specific rental reference. Scope is the cited city or off-campus market guide; not median rent, per-bed rent, or a live quote.
Santa Cruz, CA · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗2 bedrooms rent reference $3,762/mo
Saved source-specific rental reference. Scope is the cited city or off-campus market guide; not median rent, per-bed rent, or a live quote.
Santa Cruz, CA · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗City median sale price $1,374,312
Median sale price for the cited city housing market; not a campus-only or student-property price.
Santa Cruz, CA · 2026-07 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗City sale-price change -1.8%
Year-over-year change paired with the saved city median sale-price series.
Santa Cruz, CA · 2026-07 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗Studio rent reference $2,234/mo
Saved source-specific rental reference. Scope is the cited city or off-campus market guide; not median rent, per-bed rent, or a live quote.
Santa Cruz, CA · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗3 bedrooms rent reference $3,624/mo
Saved source-specific rental reference. Scope is the cited city or off-campus market guide; not median rent, per-bed rent, or a live quote.
Santa Cruz, CA · 2026-09 · Checked 2026-09-07Saved school cost intelligence ↗Campus housing policy For the Fall 2026 entering class, UCSC offers first-year and transfer students a two-year university-housing guarantee. Students must request housing when accepting admission and meet the housing deadlines.
Official housing guarantee summary with the entering cohort and application conditions stated explicitly.
Santa Cruz, CA · 2026-27 (Fall 2026 entering first-year and transfer cohort) · Checked 2026-11-02T19:30:40.070964-05:00UC Santa Cruz Admissions — Housing Guarantee FAQ ↗Before choosing off-campus housing: For the Fall 2026 entering class, UCSC offers first-year and transfer students a two-year university-housing guarantee. Students must request housing when accepting admission and meet the housing deadlines. University housing policy ↗ Checked 2026-11-02T19:30:40.070964-05:00
University figures and citywide housing data cover different populations and periods. They do not establish achievable rent, occupancy or investment returns for a specific property.
CURRENT RENTAL SEARCH
Rentals within 3 miles of UC Santa Cruz
Housing benchmarks are market planning evidence, not a specific lease quote. The preset starts at 1+ bedroom and a 3-mile radius. It uses the existing current-listing search; an empty result is not a claim that the market has no rentals.
No verified matches are showing for this preset yet. Open the full campus rental search →
LEASE + ROOMMATE CHECK
Do not let the listing outrun the lease.
Verify what is being rented, who is responsible, the exact dates, recurring charges, sublet/relet rules and what happens if a roommate leaves.
RENT VS. OWN BRIDGE
Keep the rent you found in the ownership decision.
Use the current asking rent as an input—not proof that renting or buying is better. The next step keeps the campus, selected rental and time horizon attached.
LOCAL HANDOFF
Keep Lori Hill in the same campus conversation.
This is the assigned Realtor published for the selected market.