How good is the outlook for residential rents?

Over the past three years the surge in average house prices has dwarfed the rise in rents. However, over the next few years, those patterns look set to go into reverse, with rents likely to rise at an annual average rate of 5% or more, while house price inflation settles at 4%.


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