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Saturday 4 March 2023

Rush to the regions reverses

Regional reversal


Bit of a tongue-twister, but the rush to the regions has now reversed, as employers increasingly want employees back in the office. 


Domain's rental vacancy figures showed capital city vacancies diving -46 per cent over the past year to record lows, but regional vacancies finally easing, rising +37 per cent year-on-year. 


Source: Domain


Nationally rental vacancy rates fell to all-time lows at 0.8 per cent.



Source: Domain


Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide all have record low vacancy rates.




Melbourne in particular has recorded enormous tightening, with Sydney and Perth not too far behind.



I doubt there's much respite on the horizon for Sydney and Melbourne, with Chinese searches for rentals rising 175 per cent year-on-year, and student visa applications for the most recent month 40 per cent above previous record highs at 42,000 for January.



Source: Domain


More probably needs to be done to encourage prospective landlords, with the lending hurdles in place at higher levels than we're previously seen.