Rents are up in every Australian capital city, putting strain on a lot of weekly budgets, and with rates on the rise, plenty of would-be buyers are holding off. Today Nick works through why the rental shortage isn't getting fixed, and why higher rents and softer prices could soon bring investors back into the market, making this quiet stretch worth paying attention to if you're thinking of buying.

On this episode, we discuss:

(00:00) Intro
(01:47) Rents compared across every capital
(03:30) Australia's rental vacancy rate right now
(05:11) Victorian landlords leaving the market
(06:23) Why so many buyers are holding off
(10:43) Will rents keep going up?
(13:10) The housing supply problem
(14:02) Developers struggling to get funding
(16:10) Why investors could soon be back
(16:47) Investors moving into Melbourne apartments
(17:44) The risk of waiting for the bottom
(21:55) Where the cheap rentals went
(23:21) Share housing and other rent options

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