Analysis

Unit rents are up 20 per cent plus in a year, but some landlords increased rents much more, and tenants are feeling the pain. Would caps help?

While many home owners will face even more pain as a result of the latest 25-basis-point hike up to 4.35 per cent, not everyone is losing out.

Several economists predict property prices to keep rising, but one has broken ranks with a warning on the outlook.

Clearance rates have continued to trend downward in recent months but remain higher annually across the combined capitals (63.4%) and the combined regionals (42.6%).

Australia’s vacancy rate has held at a record low for the second month in a row, at 0.8%.

Buying property located in a sought-after school zone is nothing new in Sydney but when it comes to tough catchments to crack, there is one area, above all others, that could be the hardest of all.

Experts are predicting two-tier property market recovery with inner and middle-ring suburbs tipped to rebound faster than outer suburbs as cost of living pressures continue to bite.

Canberra’s rental market has finally stabilised although it remains one of the most expensive cities to rent in, according to the recent Domain Rent Report.

”I think the eastern suburbs are actually getting more popular … they’re just so prestigious.”