RENTAL YIELD: HOW TO CALCULATE INVESTMENT PROPERTY RENTAL YIELD
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Brisbane rents are creeping up and the proportion of vacant homes is inching down, as the city’s rental market recovers from years of oversupply, experts say.
Asking rents for units rose 1.3 per cent to a median $380 a week over the past year, the latest figures from the Domain Rental Report for the September quarter show.
House rents also edged up 1.3 per cent to a median $405 over the same time period, according to the report released on Thursday.
The combined vacancy rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 2.2 per cent during the September quarter.
It comes after a wave of new apartments were built in Brisbane’s inner city in recent years, with the extra supply keeping a lid on rents.
Domain research analyst Eliza Owen said the market was now in good health, despite appearing to be near-stagnant.
“There’s been a lot of fear about over-development but in the building space there’s been tightening of dwelling completions,” she said. “They’ve come down sharply and are returning to long-run average levels.”
Rents were now trending up and vacancy rates down, she said.
“The picture for south-east Queensland in terms of rental returns is pretty good, it’s also one of the most affordable rental markets for houses.”
Ms Owen said interstate migration, mostly from Sydney, was a major factor in keeping the rental market balanced.
“The tightening of the rental market is off the back of strong population growth and a very affordable lifestyle, and this is reflected in the rental vacancy rate which is down to 2.2 per cent from 2.6 in the previous year,” she said.
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