If property prices are going down, why are rents going up? - Sydney Morning Herald

While interest rates and the ease of securing home loans affect which way property prices go, rents are determined by something much simpler.

You would think there would be this relationship between house prices and rents but that just doesnt hold its about the supply of rental housing. Jackson said the tree- and sea-change trend pushed m… [+2909 chars]

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