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Brisbane rents are at record highs.

Brisbane landlords ask for record-high rents, but the market just changed

Brisbane’s red-hot unit rental market has scaled new heights, but tenants looking for a house have a glimmer of hope.

  • Sarah Webb

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Artist and designer Samarra Ewing-Crellin is a renter who likes her unit, despite her rent going up from $1400 to $1800 in just under three years.

‘Landlord’s market’: Melbourne rents at record highs as tenants chase cheaper options

Melbourne’s median asking unit rent is $575 a week, 4.5 per cent higher than a year ago, Domain’s latest Rent Report shows.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Colman and his girlfriend Jennifer Diaz previously lived in a one-bedroom unit, also in North Sydney, but it had significant mould and substandard living conditions.

‘Dreams are being crushed’: Sydney rents hit record highs

Sydney rents have soared in unexpected regions as renters flock to more far-flung and affordable neighbourhoods.

  • Kristy Johnson
Perth’s rising property prices show no signs of slowing down.

Perth has become the nation’s second-most expensive capital to rent in. Here’s why

According to the latest Domain Rent Report, only Sydney rentals cost more than those listed in Perth as of June.

  • Holly Thompson
Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock will announce an interest rate decision on Tuesday, and markets expect a cut.

A rate cut could be on the way. That could be a problem

Rather than go out and spend more, many households are using interest rate cuts to pay off debt faster. That suggests the central bank has more work to do.

  • Clancy Yeates
Sydney’s preliminary clearance rate picked up to 67.5 per cent in the week to Saturday from 59.5 per cent a week earlier.

How Canberra’s most popular book might influence my hunt for a first home

Can two American journalists help me buy my first home? Probably not. But they’ve got an abundantly good idea.

  • Millie Muroi
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The house price to rent ratio is higher than in the past.

How far house prices have jumped above fair value

The gap could close, but only if trends turn in favour of non-home owners and stay that way for the next decade.

  • Emily Power
The coastal enclave of Malua Bay near Batemans Bay is popular with retirees.

The NSW holiday town that is much cheaper than five years ago

Rents in the South Coast enclave spiked when pandemic-era tree-changers moved in, but fell sharply when they moved on.

  • Alice Uribe
Hidden black mould revealed after renters pulled a couch from the wall, submitted to the Facebook page Don’t Rent Me.

Aimee’s rental is making her sick. One in three homes have the same issue

Despite minimum-standard regulations introduced by the Queensland government last year, tenants have limited options when homes become unsafe to live in.

  • Courtney Kruk
Aaron Christie-David, the managing director of Atelier Wealth Mortgage Brokers, said first home buyers are sitting on the sidelines.

FOMO has hit the housing market, and it’s just the beginning

House prices are on the move and buyers have a sense of urgency – some would say panic – to get in before they are priced out.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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