# Apartment Locator Cattleman Square & UTSA Downtown | Free

> Apartment locator for Cattleman Square and UTSA Downtown. Published screening numbers, student guarantors accepted, free pre-qualification. 210-468-7667.

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Serving Cattleman Square / UT San Antonio Downtown & surrounding areas

# Cattleman Square & UTSA Downtown Apartment Locator

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves Cattleman Square and the UT San Antonio Downtown Campus corridor, the San Pedro Creek stretch west of the central business district between Dolorosa and Buena Vista along Frio and Camaron streets, anchored by Market Square at its eastern edge. UT San Antonio's 2026 opening of the San Pedro II academic facility, the Institute of Texan Cultures relocation into Frost Tower, and a university housing study projecting demand for over 2,000 students across campuses by 2033 are building apartment demand ahead of supply. The product mix runs from newer Class A midrise and podium apartments at the downtown edge to older West Side Class C garden stock further west, with Class B inventory limited across the corridor. Downtown campus students and faculty, downtown workers commuting to employers including H-E-B and Frost Bank, young professionals, and service industry employees generate most of the search volume, and the parent-guarantor qualification path drives student approval across conventional product at a rate no other Bexar County submarket outside the UTSA main campus matches.

-   Cattleman Square
-   Buena Vista
-   Frio City Road corridor
-   Dolorosa area
-   Market Square vicinity
-   San Pedro Creek corridor
-   West Cesar Chavez corridor

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Call 210-468-7667

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Same-day response during posted business hours.

-   Free to renters
    
    Community pays the referral fee
    
-   TREC #9003398
    
    Spirit Real Estate Group, LLC
    
-   NAAL member
    
    National Association of Apartment Locators
    
-   Same-Day Response
    
    During posted business hours
    

Sound familiar?

## The gap between the listing and the answer

A renter working from a listing site sees sticker price and no signal about whether their application will clear in Cattleman Square. Both gaps close with the same work.

### The listing shows price, not policy

Zillow tells you a unit is available. It does not tell you the property wants 620 credit with a 7-year eviction lookback and will not take a guarantor. Two buildings on the same street, same rent, run different standards.

### Application fees are the real cost of guessing

They run $50-$75 each and are non-refundable. Apply at four properties that were never going to approve your file and you have spent $200-$300 to be told no four times.

### A $200 balance blocks like a $2,000 one

Property debt is the hardest single screening factor in San Antonio. A small balance is rarely ignorable; at a lot of properties it is a hard stop until it is cleared or a payment plan is documented.

### The advertised rent is not the monthly cost

Valet trash, pest, RUBS water and sewer, billing admin and tech or amenity packages add 7-15% over base rent, and CPS Energy swings hard in summer.

### Rent by unit type in Cattleman Square / UT San Antonio Downtown

Ranges across the communities we work with in this submarket. The July 2026 metro averages for comparison: studio $888, 1BR $1,095, 2BR $1,394, 3BR $1,826.

| Unit type | Typical range | What drives the spread |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Studio | $950 - $1,400 | Limited; campus-adjacent product skews toward 1BR and 2BR; conversions are the dominant studio format. |
| 1 Bedroom | $1,100 - $1,650 | Above the July 2026 metro average of $1,095; enrollment-driven demand holds the upper end of the band. |
| 2 Bedroom | $1,400 - $2,100 | Wider spread between West Side C-class stock and newer Class A at the downtown edge. |
| 3 Bedroom | $1,900 - $2,700 | Very thin supply; most three-bedroom demand routes to Central or Pearl-adjacent product. |

Ranges across the communities we work with, confirmed July 2026. Metro baseline: RentCafe / Yardi Matrix, July 2026. Add the mandatory fee stack (7-15% over base rent) for your real monthly cost.

### Commutes from Cattleman Square / UT San Antonio Downtown

Off-peak drive-time estimates to the employment centers this submarket actually serves. Peak-hour times on Loop 410, Loop 1604, I-10, I-35 and US-281 run materially longer.

| Destination | Off-peak drive | Route |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UT San Antonio Downtown Campus | 3-10 min | San Pedro Ave or Frio St; eastern corridor addresses are within walking distance of core campus buildings |
| Downtown employment core | 5-10 min | Surface streets; eastern corridor addresses are under a mile from the convention and finance district |
| South Texas Medical Center | 20-28 min | I-10 W or Fredericksburg Rd northwest from downtown |

Off-peak estimates, confirmed July 2026. We check your specific address and shift on request.

Inventory age and class mix

## What the stock in Cattleman Square is actually made of

Cattleman Square and UTSA Downtown rental inventory runs in two tiers separated by distance from the campus core. The downtown edge holds newer Class A midrise and podium apartments priced and screened consistent with the Central San Antonio market, where credit minimums run 620 and above and income multiples reach 3x to 3.5x. Further west, older West Side Class C stock dominates: pre-1980s garden buildings and small independents where an on-site manager reviews a file directly, making it the second-chance path within this corridor. Class B inventory is limited throughout, which compresses the standard screening ladder and pushes searches toward one end of the spectrum or the other. University-affiliated housing, when delivered, operates under separate terms: referral fees may not apply, furnished student units may not be available for general occupancy, and qualification typically runs on enrollment status and guarantor documentation rather than a credit score. CPS Energy bills most units directly; downtown parking rates apply across the corridor and frequently appear as a separate monthly charge rather than an inclusion in rent. San Antonio ISD serves non-student residential addresses in the submarket.

### Why building age matters to your application

About 18% of San Antonio's rental stock, roughly 47,352 units, was built between 1980 and 1989. That older Class B and C product is where an on-site manager still makes case-by-case decisions on a complicated file. Newer Class A generally runs a software rule with a hard floor. If your file carries a 

credit

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rental history

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background

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 complication, the age profile of a submarket predicts your odds better than its reputation does.

Named communities

## How we handle specific communities in Cattleman Square

Cattleman Square and UTSA Downtown communities are tracked in our San Antonio Screening and Cost Index with credit minimum, income multiple, guarantor acceptance policy, the full mandatory fee stack in dollars, and current concession with a confirmation date. University-affiliated housing is tracked separately and requires direct verification of referral-fee policy and unit availability before a search is built around it. Because the corridor is moving against a confirmed enrollment growth backdrop with institutional product still being delivered, we verify availability and current screening standards with a confirmation date before passing the list rather than posting a roster that ages in a market moving this fast.

We publish aggregates rather than a public property list for one reason: a named list with a credit minimum attached goes stale within weeks, and a stale screening number is worse than no number. Every community entry we hand you carries the date it was last confirmed and who confirmed it. That is the standard our 

San Antonio apartment locators

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 hold across every submarket in Bexar County, and it stays free to you.

Get the current list for Cattleman Square

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Service lines

## How we search Cattleman Square

Same three screening hubs, applied to this submarket's specific stock and screening standards.

![San Antonio Apartment Locators - mid-tier wrap-style building that reviews credit files case-by-case](/images/hero/four-story-san-antonio-wrap-apartment-building-gra.webp)

### Credit Issues

The credit file itself. Score, thin file, derogatory marks, and income qualification, matched to properties that will review it.

-   ▪ Credit-band-to-class table: 650+ opens everything, down to Class C only under 550
-   ▪ Deposit ranges and when a third-party guarantee applies

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[Credit Issues →](/credit-issues/)

![San Antonio Apartment Locators - Class B apartment community with on-site leasing office for case-by-case review](/images/hero/san-antonio-garden-apartment-community-with-an-on-.webp)

### Rental History

What a prior landlord reported, broken leases, evictions, and property debt. The highest-intent of the three screening hubs.

-   ▪ How amount owed and age of the incident drive the outcome
-   ▪ Property-debt playbook, clear it or document a payment plan first

Read the numbers

[Rental History →](/rental-history/)

![A Class B San Antonio apartment community of the kind that reviews background records case-by-case](/images/hero/san-antonio-class-b-apartment-building-exterior-pa.webp)

### Background Issues

Criminal history, handled with the most care of the three hubs. Property policies stated factually, never framed as automatically disqualifying or acceptable.

-   ▪ How offense age and class change the outcome
-   ▪ Which property classes review older non-violent records case-by-case

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[Background Issues →](/background-issues/)

![An apartment community in the Northeast San Antonio corridor near JBSA-Randolph](/images/hero/san-antonio-apartment-community-near-a-military-ba.webp)

### Military & PCS Relocation

BAH-aligned, base-proximate searches for service members and PCS movers across Joint Base San Antonio, with SCRA guidance.

-   ▪ BAH-to-neighborhood alignment by rank (MHA TX285)
-   ▪ Proximity and commute realities for each JBSA base

Read the numbers

[Military & PCS Relocation →](/military-pcs-relocation/)

![Podium-style apartment building in San Antonio that relocating renters shortlist](/images/hero/san-antonio-podium-apartment-building-with-ground-.webp)

### Relocation & Remote Renters

For out-of-town renters who can't tour from 1,000 miles away, video walkthroughs, remote applications, and submarket orientation.

-   ▪ Video walkthroughs of shortlisted units
-   ▪ Remote application and lease signing

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[Relocation & Remote Renters →](/relocation-remote-renters/)

![San Antonio Apartment Locators - high-rise apartment tower near the Pearl District](/images/hero/san-antonio-high-rise-apartment-tower-near-the-pea.webp)

### Luxury & High-Rise

High-rise and luxury inventory in the Pearl, Downtown, Stone Oak, La Cantera, and The Rim, with full fee-stack transparency at the top end.

-   ▪ Which submarkets hold true high-rise and luxury stock
-   ▪ The compressed ~$180/month luxury-to-mid-tier gap

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[Luxury & High-Rise →](/luxury-high-rise/)

![Move-in day at a San Antonio apartment, boxes still stacked by the door](/images/hero/san-antonio-apartment-move-in-day-with-cardboard-b.webp)

### Moving Concierge

Utility, internet, and insurance setup framed around San Antonio's unique municipal utility stack, CPS Energy and SAWS.

-   ▪ CPS Energy setup (sole electric provider) and seasonality budgeting
-   ▪ SAWS water/sewer setup

Read the numbers

[Moving Concierge →](/moving-concierge/)

How it works

## Four steps to a verified Cattleman Square list

1.  1
    
    ### Tell us the complication
    
    Three screening questions, credit, rental history, background, plus budget and move date. Nothing is shared with a property until you say so.
    
2.  2
    
    ### We pre-qualify your file
    
    We check your file against current standards for communities in Cattleman Square, and call the leasing office directly where the answer is not already recorded.
    
3.  3
    
    ### You get a verified list with the full math
    
    Properties that will review your file, each with base rent, the mandatory fee stack, current concession, net effective rent and a confirmation date.
    
4.  4
    
    ### We advocate through application and lease
    
    We flag your file to the leasing office ahead of the application, follow up during review, and handle a remote application and lease signing if you are moving from out of town.
    

## Cattleman Square / UT San Antonio Downtown on the map

## Searching in Cattleman Square?

Tell us the complication and the budget. We will tell you which communities here will review your file.

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How we are different

## Why Cattleman Square renters choose us

### We publish the screening numbers

The rent range, commute times and class mix on this page are not behind a form. Check any other San Antonio locator site and see whether you can find the same thing for this submarket.

### We pre-qualify before you pay anything

Your file gets checked against a property's current standards before you submit a non-refundable application fee. If it will not clear, we say so and route you somewhere it will.

### We talk to leasing offices weekly

That is how we know which Cattleman Square properties just dropped a credit minimum, which concessions never hit a listing site, and which on-site managers genuinely review a complicated file.

### Free to you, and we explain how

The community pays a referral fee out of the budget it would otherwise spend on listing-site advertising. No cash-back gimmick, no fee to you, no charge if you never lease.

In their words

## What renters searching Cattleman Square say

We publish reviews only from this brand's own Google Business Profile, with written permission. The examples below are illustrative of the work and are labelled as such until verified reviews replace them.

> "They ran my file first and told me straight which properties would look at a broken lease with a balance still owed. No wasted application fees."

Renter (example)

Northeast San Antonio

> "I was PCSing to Fort Sam from out of state and leased sight-unseen off a video walkthrough. They matched the search to my BAH by rank."

Service Member (example)

Fort Sam Houston

> "They showed me the full monthly cost, valet trash, RUBS, the tech fee, not just the sticker rent. The 'cheaper' unit was actually more expensive."

Renter (example)

Medical Center

Local answers

## Cattleman Square / UT San Antonio Downtown: your questions

Who typically rents in Cattleman Square and near the UT San Antonio Downtown Campus?

Downtown campus students and faculty generate the largest share of demand, particularly around fall and spring enrollment cycles. Downtown workers commuting to the Bexar County courthouse complex, H-E-B offices, and the convention district, along with young professionals and service industry employees who want walkable access at a step below Pearl-area pricing, round out the tenant base. The corridor draws renters who need to be downtown but want to avoid River Walk or Pearl-adjacent rents, and that combination keeps demand steady even as the campus expands.

What does a one-bedroom cost near the UTSA downtown campus?

One-bedrooms in the communities we work with run roughly $1,100 to $1,650. The July 2026 metro average for a one-bedroom is $1,095, so downtown-adjacent Class A product prices above the citywide average, with West Side Class C closer to the bottom of the range. Campus proximity and the 2026 enrollment expansion are holding rents firm at the upper end of the band.

How does the guarantor path work for students renting near UT San Antonio?

A parent guarantor is the dominant approval path for students renting conventional apartments near the downtown campus. Most properties want the guarantor to earn three to four times the monthly rent, documented with a pay stub and a government-issued ID. International students without a US credit file have a separate path through third-party guarantee products such as Insurent or The Guarantors, which substitute for a domestic co-signer. Properties that require a US co-signer state that up front; the ones that accept third-party products are the actionable options for a student arriving from outside the country. We confirm acceptance before you apply rather than after you spend a non-refundable application fee.

What transit options serve this corridor?

VIA Metropolitan Transit runs strong coverage through this corridor, with routes along Frio, Camaron, and Dolorosa streets close to Market Square and San Pedro Creek Culture Park. The Kellogg Transit Center sits at the western edge of the corridor and is planned as the western terminus for the Silver Line rapid transit route, with service projected around 2030. Until then, VIA bus is the primary non-car option for commutes to the Medical Center, UTSA main campus, and the broader metro network. The downtown employment core is walkable from most eastern corridor addresses.

How does parking work for apartments near the downtown campus?

Downtown parking rates apply throughout this corridor. Most Class A buildings charge for structured parking separately, frequently at a monthly rate of $75 to $150 or higher (2026 rates) depending on covered versus reserved spots. Older West Side stock west of the corridor tends to include surface parking, which changes the true monthly cost comparison between two units at similar sticker rents. Budget parking as a separate line item, because it often does not appear in the advertised rent figure, and it compounds on top of the standard fee stack of valet trash, RUBS, and tech charges.

Can I rent near Cattleman Square with a broken lease or prior eviction?

The older Class C stock immediately west of the campus corridor is where case-by-case review is most available in this submarket. On-site managers at those properties review a file directly rather than routing it through a software cutoff, and the age and balance of a prior incident drive the conversation more than the label. The newer Class A product at the downtown edge runs standard RealPage or Yardi screening with hard credit floors. Clients should pull their own Bexar County JP record before applying. San Antonio Apartment Locators runs the intake first and tells you which properties match your file before you spend a non-refundable application fee.

Is there a free apartment locator near Cattleman Square and UTSA Downtown?

San Antonio Apartment Locators covers the Cattleman Square corridor and the UT San Antonio Downtown Campus vicinity, including the San Pedro Creek, Buena Vista, and Frio City Road area. Same-day response during posted hours, Monday to Friday 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM. The service is free to renters - the community pays a referral fee.

Question not answered here?

Send it over with your file details and we will answer it against current property standards, not a general rule of thumb.

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## Also searching near Cattleman Square?

### Central San Antonio

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves the urban core - Downtown, the Pearl, Southtown, King William and the Tobin Hill edge along Broadway. Central holds one of only two real high-rise concentrations in Bexar County, with new podium towers sitting next to 1920s mill and warehouse conversions near the River Walk, so two apartments a block apart can price and screen very differently.

See the numbers

[Central San Antonio →](/neighborhoods/central-san-antonio-downtown-pearl-southtown/)

### Collins Garden / Roosevelt Park

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves Collins Garden and Roosevelt Park, two adjacent historic neighborhoods just south of downtown San Antonio, wedged between Southtown and the Lone Star Brewery redevelopment site along S Flores Street, Roosevelt Avenue, Lone Star Boulevard, and Steves Avenue. Free to renters, licensed under Spirit Real Estate Group (TREC #9003398). The rental stock runs predominantly early-1900s Class C: fourplexes, bungalows, and single-family rentals with independent ownership, where a manager reviews a file directly rather than routing it through a software rule. A proportionally heavy single-family and duplex share sits alongside the apartment layer, with most rental units in the 1-bedroom through 3-bedroom range. Roosevelt Park, Collins Garden Library, and the Mission Reach anchor the neighborhood character, with Southtown to the north and Denver Heights adjacent to the east. Downtown workers, service industry employees, creatives priced out of Southtown, families, and second-chance clients make up most of the search volume.

See the numbers

[Collins Garden / Roosevelt Park →](/neighborhoods/collins-garden-roosevelt-park/)

### Five Points

San Antonio Apartment Locators serves Five Points, the compact district north of downtown where Fredericksburg Road, San Pedro Avenue, and North Flores Street converge near San Pedro Springs Park. The service is free to renters - the community pays a referral fee. Five Points apartments run a compressed tier stack: a thin layer of newer infill at Class A or upper-B standards, a modest Class B band, and older small apartment buildings and fourplexes with independent ownership at Class C, where a manager reviews a file directly rather than routing it through a software rule. The non-conventional layer, duplexes and converted commercial space, is proportionally large compared with most San Antonio submarkets. San Antonio ISD covers the district. The Green Line rail corridor runs along San Pedro Avenue directly through the district, with construction active as of mid-2026 and service projected for 2028 - a real disruption to traffic today and a concrete transit upgrade for anyone signing a longer-term lease.

See the numbers

[Five Points →](/neighborhoods/five-points/)

### All submarket guides

Rent by unit type, commutes and class mix across all 12 San Antonio submarkets we cover.

[All submarket guides →](/neighborhoods/)

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Free pre-qualification, no application fee gamble

## Apartment help in Cattleman Square / UT San Antonio Downtown

Free pre-qualification, same-day response during posted hours. We publish the numbers so you can apply where you have a real chance.

Get Started, Free

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Call 210-468-7667

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-   Free to you. The community pays the referral fee
-   Licensed under Spirit Real Estate Group, LLC
-   No approval promises, no undated numbers