Posts Tagged with rental supply Brisbane
Posted by admin on 17 January 2012
Brisbane’s tenants are out home-hunting in big numbers with a very busy start to the year. Bees Nees Manager, Annie von Rudzinski says real estate agents are “flat-strap”, reporting big crowds at many rental inspections and that’ll lead to solid rent increases on many homes.
It’s good news for Brisbane landlords after new Residential Tenancies Authority’s latest stats showed rents remained flat during the second half of 2011.
“Across Brisbane we had a 4% rise in rents last year but all of that was in the first half of 2011. Landlords have been patient and this busy start to 2012 is really encouraging,” Ms von Rudzinski said. “At the moment it’s not uncommon for more than a dozen tenants to arrive at each rental inspection. The supply of rental homes has not grown much at all but we’re still getting new tenants coming to Brisbane,” she said.
“Across Brisbane the total rental pool grew by just 1,131 properties (less than 1%) in the December quarter. In the inner-city suburbs we now have less rental homes to offer tenants than we did 3 months ago, so it’s inevitable rents will rise in that sort of market.”
December’s RTA stats showed no increase in rents since the June quarter. A 2 bedroom Brisbane apartment remained at $380 per week.
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Posted by admin on 21 July 2011
Rents rose strongly in the June quarter, our median 2 bed apartment rising $40 to a record $580 per week. The downturn in international students at the start of 2011
had slowed the market but a resurgent corporate demand has seen us achieve some great results for landlords. The supply of rental homes in this postcode is slowly starting to rise again, but we’re still below the levels of 2 years ago. The CBD’s record rents are steadily encouraging tenants to look up the hill and, while affordability is affecting some tenants, Spring Hill landlords are benefiting.
Note: RTA stats quoted here cover all of postcode 4000 including Spring Hill and Brisbane CBD
If you would like a rental appraisal for your property just give our head of Property Management – Annie von Rudzinksi a call on 07 3214 6899.
For median rent information visit www.whatrentmyhome.com.au
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Posted by admin on 21 July 2011
We like to use the 2 bed apartment rents as our benchmark and across inner-Brisbane they rose 4% in the 3 months to June 30th. Across wider Brisbane City they rose just 1% and there’s no doubt some pockets are witnessing stronger demand than others. Rents in Woolloongabba and Dutton Park area rose a very strong $40/week to $440, but local 3 bedroom houses dipped $20. So while the trend is up the market is still finding its way. There’s still some catch up on neighbouring suburbs happening and tenants are recognising the good value the suburb offers.
Note: RTA stats quoted here cover all of postcode 4102 including Woollongabba, Buranda and Dutton Park
If you would like a rental appraisal for your property just give our head of Property Management – Annie von Rudzinksi a call on 07 3214 6899.
For median rent information visit www.whatrentmyhome.com.au
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Posted by admin on 21 July 2011
The official data for the June quarter’s just been released and landlords (and would-be investors) should take encouragement from them. We like to use the 2 bed apartment rents as our benchmark and across inner-Brisbane they rose 4% or $20 to $470/week in the 3 months to June 30th. Across wider Brisbane City they rose just 1% and there’s no doubt some pockets are witnessing stronger demand than others.
The CBD/Spring Hill was up $40 (but this followed a $35 dip in March when the lackluster student demand pulled things back). The West End peninsula has just dropped $20 after a $30 rise in the March quarter. So while the trend is up the market is still finding its way.
Out of interest 3 bed houses (the next largest rental type in inner Brisbane) also rose $20 in the June quarter to reach $500/week. The rental pool did grow over that time, but only by 366 dwellings. Some areas like postcode 4066 actually lost homes from the rental supply during the quarter, usually the result of owner-residents buying from investors.
For median rents in your Brisbane postcode go to www.WhatRentMyHome.com.au
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Posted by admin on 18 July 2011
We like to use the 2 bed apartment rents as our benchmark and across inner-Brisbane they rose 4% in the 3 months to June 30th. Across wider Brisbane City they rose just 1% and there’s no doubt some pockets are witnessing stronger demand than others. Rents in this 4101 peninsula dropped $20 to $480 after a $30 rise in the March quarter. So while the trend is up the market is still finding its way. We added just 31 homes to the local rental pool in the June quarter, and while some new apartment projects are underway there’s good reason to expect rents to grow further.
Note: RTA stats quoted here cover all of postcode 4101 including South Brisbane, Highgate Hill and West End
If you would like a rental appraisal for your property just give our head of Property Management – Annie von Rudzinksi a call on 07 3214 6899.
For median rent information visit www.whatrentmyhome.com.au
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Posted by admin on 24 April 2011
A wind of change is brewing for Woolloongabba and Dutton Park and you can see it in the latest rental stats, released with the Residential Tenancies Authority’s March quarter report. Local apartment rents are back up to $400 (for a median 2 bedroom) from $380 last quarter, with 3 bedroom houses rising $50 to $470/week. These rents are rising but the glimpse of what’s to come lies with a comparison to the adjoining postcode 4101. In the Gabba and Dutton Park median rents are so much cheaper than Highgate Hill and the other 4101 suburbs – $100 cheaper for a 2 bed apartment – that it’s hard to justify.
Some of this is due to new apartment projects in West End adding higher quality stock to their rental pool. But on any measure the Gabba and its surrounds have plenty to offer and the area’s proximity to the CBD is often overlooked. Rents across the inner-city were generally flat through 2009 and 2010 but patient landlords look like they’ll now be rewarded. In Woolloongabba there might be some “catch up” in the next couple of years.
Note: RTA stats quoted here cover all of postcode 4102 including Dutton Park. Buranda is a locality within the suburb of Woolloongabba so its also included.
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Posted by admin on 23 April 2011
The March quarter stats are out from the Residential Tenancies Authority and after a couple of years of fairly stable rents we’ve now had 2 quarters of growth in postcode 4101. The median rent for a two bedroom apartment has hit $500 per week, a significant milestone as the first area outside the CBD to reach that mark. It’s good news for patient landlords.
And interestingly the gap between postcode 4000 and 4101 is shrinking noticably. It’s now just $40/week dearer to live in the CBD than the West End/South Brisbane/Highgate Hill area, where it was $100 more a couple of years back. Why? One reason is the new developments through West End’s riverside precinct that have added a number of quality apartments with typically high rents. The inner-south’s early history may have been working class, but these suburb’s tenants now pay some of the highest rents in Queensland.
Go to www.WhatRentMyHome.com.au to see current median rents for other Brisbane suburbs. Note: RTA stats quoted here cover all of postcode 4101 including Highgate Hill, South Brisbane and West End.
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Posted by admin on 23 April 2011
One thing that graphs do really well is illustrate trends, and the simplest analysis of the charts below show that supply of rental housing in the city is not coming online in big enough numbers. In fact there’s now less homes available for rent in postcode 4000 than there were 2 years ago. We’d suggest it’s only the easing of demand from international students that’s kept a relative lid on rents so far. They’ve been a huge part of our CBD demand for some years so the drop in student numbers this past 6 months could have seen a dip in rents. But it’s now over 2 years since we saw any residential building completed in the area and rents have held firm.
Watch this space over the next quarter - CBD, fully furnished apartments especially have seen some really strong rents achieved over the past couple of weeks.
Go to www.WhatRentMyHome.com.au to see current median rents for other Brisbane suburbs. Note: RTA stats quoted here cover all of postcode 4000 including Spring Hill.
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Posted by admin on 15 April 2011
A new report shows Brisbane tenants are paying $10 per week more in rent.
Bees Nees Research Managing Director, Rob Honeycombe says Brisbane’s rents rose for both apartments and houses during the March quarter. Residential Tenancies Authority stats released today show upward pressure on rents right across Brisbane’s suburbs.
“People will point to the January floods as the reason for rents rising, and some heavily-effected suburbs did have spikes in their rents. A 2 bedroom apartment in St Lucia for example jumped $20 per week, with many apartments still damaged at the start of the University year. But other flood-impacted areas like Rosalie, Milton and Paddington actually saw a drop of $5 per week.”
“We’d argue the trend was already in place for increases to rents. Without new construction in recent years the market was always going to catch up and we now have a rental housing shortage. Brisbane tenants have had pretty flat rents for over 2 years but their rents are now definitely on the rise”.
A median 3 bedroom Brisbane house now rents for $390 per week, while a 2 bedroom apartment is $375.
“One clear impact of the floods was that unless tenants had to move, they stayed put. Turnover was lower than for the same period in 2010, especially in inner-city suburbs where there were 7% less new bonds lodged this past quarter.”
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Posted by admin on 19 January 2011
and the clean up begins
A reported 11,900 Brisbane homes were completely flooded last week, with another 14,700 partially flooded. So naturally there’s some panic that Brisbane is about to have a severe housing crisis. If you’ve been forced from your home this is a heartwrenching time and our thoughts are very much with those residents.
But in looking at the potential rental demand we just don’t believe the numbers of inner-city tenants looking for a new dwelling is anywhere near as high as they’re being reported.
Estimates had to be given, no-one can physically check every home and we don’t know the source of the Courier Mail’s data. But according to a spreadsheet on their website South Brisbane for example had 2,132 residential properties either fully or partially flooded. But out there on the ground we just can’t find them! There’s no lines of debris on the footpaths, no army assistance and little of that muddy stench that’s already the tell-tale of a submerged Brisbane street. Brisbane CBD has 1,199 residential dwellings inundated according to the list but most, if not all, of these will be highrise towers.
A number of buildings had some water into their basements and the limited access and power outages are a pain in the backside. A number of these residents have had to seek short-term accommodation. But how many will need new homes? In perhaps many inner-Brisbane suburbs, the numbers may be a lot less than anticipated.
The RTA yesterday released their rental data for the December quarter and it shows many inner-Brisbane suburbs have already had a small rent rise, something we’ve seen amongst our rentals for some weeks now. January and February are our peak leasing months, especially near the universities, and we were expecting a rise in rents before the floods.
Short-term accommodation will be strained to capacity, and rents will see some solid growth. But in our view landlords shouldn’t count on skyrocketing rents as a result of the floods.
To see the latest median rental data for your suburb (choose your bedroom number and dwelling type) go to www.WhatRentMyHome.com.au
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