Landlord's market as property investor lending swells

The tight rental market is helping to stoke investor demand for property, a senior economist says. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

A landlord's market has helped property investor lending swell in value by more than a third in the past 12 months.

Figures compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show investor lending was up 5.4 per cent in July to $11.7 billion, closing in on a record high of $11.8 billion reached in January 2022.