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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

From interest rates to the ‘race for space’: what is fuelling Australia’s rental nightmare?

Housing experts say a high level of supply and lower demand is at the centre of Australia’s rental market price growt
Housing experts say a high level of demand and lower supply is at the centre of Australia’s rental market price growth. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Last year renters endured the fastest price growth on record, with the nation’s median rent rising 10.2% to $555 a week, according to a recent report from property analysts CoreLogic.

CoreLogic has been tracking the property market since 2006, and executive research director Tim Lawless said they had never seen rents rise so quickly.

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