The RTA track all rental bonds and in Brisbane CBD and Spring Hill the total has reduced by 700 since its 2007 peak. For example for the full year 2012 the rental pool in postcode 4000 grew by a miserly 3 homes, despite the completion of Adelaide Street’s “Soleil Tower” with 464 apartments.
And there’s no large additions to the rental pool on the horizon. There’s just one big tower under construction in the CBD but it’s a long way from completion. So we’d expect it’s going to be well into 2014 before we see any worthwhile increase in supply.
Despite this we haven’t yet seen any big jumps in rent and 2012 finished with a modest 3% growth in Brisbane’s rents. Our team [at Bees Nees] and other real estate agents are reporting a busy January market and we’re overall optimistic. But renewing tenants are generally not agreeing to big rent increases and rent affordability remains top of mind. Inner city tenants do often move further out to save money. Landlords are still cautious too and they don’t want to risk a vacant home. So it looks most likely that 2013’s rent rises will be steady.
As a sidenote we often see new apartments being sold off-plan with forecast rents that must have some large increases expected on today’s rents. ‘Ambitious’ might be the polite way to describe some of their estimates. Let’s hope those investors do their homework."
Extract From BeesNees Real Estate Blog
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