SQM Research has released its rental vacancy series for February, which revealed no change in the national vacancy rate over the month or year:
Over the year, increases in vacancies were recorded in Sydney (+0.9%), Melbourne (+0.3%), Darwin (+0.4%), whereas Adelaide (-0.2%), Perth (-1.1%), Brisbane (-0.8%), and Hobart (-0.1%) recorded falls in vacancies. Please note that Adelaide and Perth are the wrong way around.