national rental vacancy

Despite being used by less than 1.06 million Australians (or 4.1 per cent of the population) in the latest available data, negative gearing is a hotly debated issue and seen by many as political Kryptonite for governments and oppositions…

Australia’s rental shortage has continued to worsen with the total number of listings falling to a record annual low, a new report has revealed.Released on Monday, new analysis from PropTrack has found the number of new rental listings fell…

Australian tenants are being hit hard by inflation with fresh analysis showing 75 per cent of rental properties have increased in price over the past year.Before the pandemic, landlords had increased the rental prices of only about a…

The thousands of Australians struggling to find a rental property amid a tight market can begin to have some hope with vacancy rates rising slightly across the country. Amid months of low vacancy rates, the total number rental properties…

The national rental vacancy rate is at its lowest level since 2018, reflecting a further tightening of an already scarce rental market. The capital cities experienced a 0.1 percentage point drop in the vacancy rate in February to now sit at…

A greedy landlord has been brutally shut down after a concerned citizen realised the homeowner was trying to illegally rent out a granny flat. On Facebook Marketplace, good Samaritan Ben* spotted a landlord advertising a tin shed based in…

A house listing is causing a stir because of the insane amount of bedrooms hidden within its walls. The South Australian house appears ordinary on the outside but inside it has a whopping 19 bedrooms. Real estate firm Harcourt Packham…

A listing to buy a Sydney house has raised eyebrows over its unusual marketing strategy.The advertisement for the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home, situated in Bardwell Park in the city’s south, doesn’t waste any time getting straight to…

There’s not much good news on the horizon for Australian renters, despite a recent modest boost to the amount of available rental properties.The number of residential rental vacancies Australia-wide increased to 39,568 properties in…

For almost two years, Australia’s international borders were largely closed. International tourism more or less ceased to exist and net overseas migration went into reverse, as Australians and temporary visa holders left the country.Despite…