A rent is fair when it sits inside the range that genuinely comparable listings in the same area are asking right now. Five checks take you from a listing to a defensible verdict — and the same five checks work before you sign, at renewal, or when a landlord proposes an increase.
Compare like with like: same area, same property type, same bedroom count, same size band, same freshness. Then read the spread, not one number — a single 'average' hides the difference between a new tower and a walk-up. Finally, treat anything far below the range as a signal to verify, never as proof of a bargain.
A tenant is asked 14,000,000 ₫ for a 65 m² 2-bedroom in an area where comparable recent listings cluster between 13,000,000 ₫ and 15,500,000 ₫. The ask sits in the middle of that band: fair on price. The same tenant is then asked 9,500,000 ₫ — well below the band. That is not automatically a win: verify the size, the furnishing, the floor, the management fee and whether the listing is still live before celebrating.
Illustrative example — not observed market data. RentScope publishes observed figures only inside the app, and only where its publication gates pass. See the methodology.
The price check runs exactly these five checks: it builds a comparable set from observed listings in the same area and property segment, shows you the distribution rather than an average, and flags a rent that falls far below the comparable range so you can verify it. Enter an asking rent you have actually been quoted — no account needed to start, and every new account gets 3 days of full access.
Compare the rent you are paying with listings of the same type, size and bedroom count observed in the same area recently. If yours sits above the middle of that range, you are paying a premium — which may still be justified by furnishing, building quality, floor or inclusions. If it sits far above with no such difference, you have evidence to negotiate.
Not automatically. A rent far below comparable listings is a signal to verify: check the size, condition, lease length, included fees, and whether the listing is still live. RentScope flags such listings as a caution — a signal, not proof of anything.
No. RentScope shows asking rents observed on public listings. Final rents are often negotiable, so use the figures as a benchmark for what landlords are asking.
This page explains a method; it publishes no observed statistics. The rules it describes are the ones RentScope implements: a 7-day recency rule for anything that enters a statistic, a ±25% comparable area band, a 45-day comparable window, and suppression instead of guessing when a sample is too thin.
RentScope reports observed asking rents from public rental listings. They are not
signed-lease prices, valuations or investment advice, and no figure on this page is a market statistic.
Current observed statistics are published only inside the product, and only when the sample, confidence,
freshness, quality, coverage, methodology and source-control gates all pass. Methodology versions:
fair rent fairrent-1.2.0, comparables comparables-1.0.0,
market analytics analytics-1.0.0, Deal Score dealscore-1.1.0.
Coverage today: Ho Chi Minh City only. See the full methodology, coverage and
limitations.
Run the five checks on any rent you have been quoted — free for 3 days, no card.