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Rental vacancy rates hit 5-year high

Conditions in Australia’s rental market eased again in October, according to Cotality, with rental vacancy rates jumping to a five-year high of 2.4% across the combined capital cities and annual rental growth slowing to 5.2%: As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, rental vacancy rates have risen across all of the capital cities: The post Rental vacancy rates hit 5-year high…

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