<p>when do people usually look for housing for next year</p>
<p>I had to move in July to get the complex/unit we wanted. I’m sure you can get in the places that cater more heavily to students much later in the summer though. Ideally you’d know where you want to live by summer then you can get your name on a waitlist by then at least.</p>
<p>Whatever you do, don’t wait until September. Every complex I looked at right near UCSD raised its rent prices CONSIDERABLY from July to September. So I moved in in July to lock in a cheaper rent.</p>
<p>your rent would have to be raised a few hundred a month before it would cost more than the extra couple months rent you’re paying by moving in earlier though</p>
<p>^Yeah, it was exactly like that in a couple places I looked at, like Archstone.</p>