The number of new listings has surged in recent weeks, according to Domain figures supplied to Business Insider Australia, as options for renters swell.
“Listings on the rental market jumped pretty much in all states and one of the reasons behind that we think is that Airbnb and other short-term listings are now coming back onto the long-term rental market,” Domain economist Trent Wiltshire told Business Insider Australia. “On top of that, we’re seeing people are also moving back home and share houses are breaking up because people are worried about their jobs or struggling to pay their rent.”
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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
