The ordinary rental price level to have an apartment in Rio de Janeiro jumped over Twenty one percent in 2011. In the very same period, apartments for rental in the huge city of Sao Paulo increased over 14 percent. However, the the cost of living index as used to alter rent prices inside Brazil merely rose by only 5 percent, drastically lower than the actual increases encountered in Rio de Janeiro. Regions of Rio that saw the biggest rises were Leblon, Ipanema and Copacabana.