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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Real estate agents accused of relisting properties at higher prices as rents rise by more than $500 in some suburbs

View of Queenslander houses
Some prospective tenants say properties they have inspected have been re-listed at higher prices after busy inspections. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

People looking for rental homes say properties they are applying for are being taken off the market before being re-listed at higher prices.

On 24 April, Linda, who did not want her last name used, applied for a property in Yeronga in Queensland, for $530 a week. The inspection was busy, so she did not think she had much of a chance, but three days later she received an email from the agents incorrectly stating that she had withdrawn her application.

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