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Rental vacancy rates fall below 1 per cent in January

Published 24 February 2023, 9:02 am
Some Australian renters are facing homelessness as vacancy rates fell below 1 per cent in January placing upward pressure on asking prices. While the tightening rental situation can be tracked back to a pandemic-driven desire for more space - immigration, building trends and ongoing rate rises are set to make an already bad situation - worse.
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