Brisbane Rental Market Update – Jan 2016
Your Property Hound is a boutique buyer’s agent service helping investors and home-buyers, purchase residential real estate in Brisbane. As part of the service for investors, we provide a regular Brisbane Rental Market Update to assist clients with their buying decisions.Brisbane Rental Vacancy Rates
Rental Vacancy Rates are an important indicator of the supply and demand for property. A balanced rental market has a vacancy rate of around 3%. Brisbane rental vacancy rates have increased slightly from 2.6% to 2.9% in the month of December. This is clearly a seasonal trend, with December tending to have the highest reported monthly vacancy rate each year – see graph below: (Source SQM Research)
Brisbane Rents
The average rent for residential properties (houses and units combined) in Brisbane is at $431/wk. (Results as of December 31, 2015). This figure is marginally lower (-0.03%) than the previous year. On a national basis, Sydney (1.9%), Melbourne (2.2%), Hobart (0.6%) and Canberra (1.9%) saw weekly rental rates increase in 2015. Brisbane continues to have the highest gross rental yield in the country for units (5.3%), and remains in the top three Australian capital cities for gross yield for houses (4.2%). (source: Corelogic)
Brisbane: Rental Yields vs Property Type
In Brisbane, units tend achieve the highest rental return for investors. Units with 2 bedrooms tend to perform better than 3 bedroom units. When looking at houses, those with 3 bedrooms provide the best yields. (see graph below courtesy of SQM Research)
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