With the number of rental properties already critically low, new research shows a surge in the sale of rental dwellings over the past 12 months.

New legislation, increased taxation, and potential rental reforms, including rent freezes, have led to 12 per cent of Australian investors selling their properties, according to a new survey.

A quarter of Melbourne property investors sold a rental home in the past year, as the city was ranked the nation’s second worst capital to invest in. And it raises big issues for tenants.

Nearly 40 per cent of investors surveyed by a peak industry body have sold at least one Queensland rental property in the past year.

Australia is losing critical rental stock at a time when it’s needed more than ever due to record migration.

The 2023 PIPA Annual Property Investor Sentiment Survey was conducted in August 2023 and surveyed Australia’s existing and aspiring property investors.

Startling new research shows hundreds of thousands of rental properties have been stripped from rental markets around the nation with investors offloading properties in Victoria and Queensland in particular – the states leading the war on private landlords.

Wannabe Aussie homebuyers are being encouraged to consider alternative paths to ownership like ‘rentvesting’, or risk being locked out of the property market.

Colin Lee established Inspire Realty in 2020 and has already helped more than 300 people improve their financial futures.

Geelong has evolved from its industrial roots into a diversified city, capable of handling the overflow of an ever-growing Melbourne and is Hotspotting by Ryder’s Location of the Month.

While freezing rents may appear to be a simple way to increase rental housing affordability, the unintended consequences will have long-term negative impacts on the availability of rental housing stock, reducing the quality of housing and creating a black market in rental housing. PIPA’s chair Nicola McDougall explains why it is not as logical as it might seem.

Home seekers who wait for spring bargains will likely end up empty-handed, and may struggle to get into the market later on, housing experts warn.