{
  "id": 12681708,
  "title": "‘I’ve been applying for everything’: Melbourne rents at record highs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ive-been-applying-for-everything-melbourne-rents-at-record-highs",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/i-ve-been-applying-for-everything-melbourne-rents-at-record-highs-20261008-p612vl.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Experts say Melbourne is a landlords’ market as rents are higher than a year ago and the vacancy rate holds at a low level.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘I’ve been applying for everything’: Melbourne rents at record highs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ive-been-applying-for-everything-melbourne-rents-at-record-highs-12681768",
        "published": "2026-10-07T18:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}