Tight rental market not translating into rent rises due to affordability limit: Domain | ABC NEWS

Despite severe rental shortages, landlords are struggling to increase rents due to tenants hitting their affordability limit. New data shows rent is flatlining in most capital cities and has even fallen in a few in the past three months. Dr Nicola Powell, chief residential economist at Domain, explains the trends she's seeing between the rental market and prices. She believes the days of 'aggressive increases' in rents could be in the past as renters change their behaviours to cost-cut. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-08/tenants-hit-breaking-point-record-rent-costs-according-to-domain/107238110 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia