August 2026 rental snapshot: Sydney and Canberra begin to loosen

Australia’s rental market is starting to show a clearer split between cities, with vacancy rates rising in Sydney and Canberra while several smaller capitals remain firmly tight. The national vacancy rate held at 1.3% in August 2026, unchanged from July, according to SQM Research. There were 41,039 residential vacancies across the country, around 3,300 more […] The post August 2026 rental snapshot: Sydney and Canberra begin to loosen appeared first on PropertyMe .