Sydney house rentals have continued to rise in 2017 with rental markets in most capital cities tightening providing no relief for tenants. Sydney and Darwin remain clearly the most expensive capitals for tenants with both cities reporting an increase to the weekly median rent in the March quarter to $550.
For units Sydney now boasts the highest weekly rent at $530 per week, significantly higher than the other capital city, which is led by Canberra at $428 per week. In Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, house prices continue to increase getting closer to global meccas Manhattan, Central Tokyo and West London. The distance between the harbour city and the rest of Australia becomes increasingly obvious as prices continue to rocket.
According to Michael Krimotat of Ray White Double Bay, renters are also struggling to find homes, with data showing there has been a 12.5% increase in rental demand in NSW over the past year, an 8% jump in the last month.
There isn’t a trophy cabinet big enough to hold the awards collected by the team at Ray White Double Bay at the annual Ray White awards, held this week. Principal Elliott Placks said that while it was strange not taking the whole team, dressed up in their black-tie finery, to … Read more
DESPITE the COVID-19 pandemic, an Associate Director and Sales Executive from the most successful Australian real estate business within the Ray White network has sold six properties totalling more than $15,500,000, in just 10 days. The highlight of the six deals was the $3,500,000-$3,700,000 sale of 1 Shaw Street (pictured above) in … Read more