Domain has released its June Rental Vacancy Report, which has reported extreme tightness across most markets:
The below charts show the vacancy rates across each capital city market.
Sydney
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Melbourne
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Brisbane
Perth
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Adelaide
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Hobart
Canberra
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Darwin
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The tightening rental vacancies explains the surge in rental growth across Australia, which rose by 8.9% in the year to September 2021. This was the fastest annual rental growth since the GFC in 2008: