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New-Lease Rents in the June Quarter 2026: Five States Compared

Rents on new leases rose 5.7% over the year to the June quarter 2026 across NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, fastest in Tasmania and WA. What the bond data show.

Tuesday October 6, 2026

Rental Market Analysis

The Ownership Drift: What Two Censuses Show About the Distribution of Australia’s Renters

Across 517 comparable LGAs matched to the ratified 2016↔2021 census concordance, the national renter share barely moved (31.8% to 31.1%) — but 455 of 517 LGAs recorded a decline. Renting concentrated into Greater Sydney and inner Perth; the high-growth coastal...

Friday August 14, 2026

Rental Market Analysis

The Two Queenslands: Fourteen Years of Rent Divergence Across the State

Fourteen years of Residential Tenancies Authority bond data show a clean structural bifurcation: 12 of 43 Queensland LGAs more than doubled their new-tenancy median rent since 2012, while 8 went backwards in nominal terms. Once CPI-deflated, the decliner count rises...

Monday July 20, 2026

Structural Re-Acceleration Confirmed: Rental Market Enters Concentrated Scarcity Phase

Rental Market Analysis

Structural Re-Acceleration Confirmed: Rental Market Enters Concentrated Scarcity Phase

The widely reported 'soft landing' in Australia's rental market was a false dawn. APN analysis identifies a structural re-acceleration into an acute scarcity phase for early 2026, driven by a collapse in supply that is magnifying seasonal demand and triggering...

Friday January 9, 2026

Category: Rental Market Analysis

New-Lease Rents in the June Quarter 2026: Five States Compared

The Two Queenslands: Fourteen Years of Rent Divergence Across the State

Structural Re-Acceleration Confirmed: Rental Market Enters Concentrated Scarcity Phase

Where University Students Live: Higher Education Students by State and Suburb at the 2021 Census

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