anne is a single mum of three kids 11, 10 and 4 who is in a rental property which has just been sold. she says she can’t afford to rent anything in her suburb or surrounding suburbs as prices keep going up and is thinking of moving her family to new zealand when her lease is up unless the local market changes drastically.
gold coast mum anne is fed up. it’s the third time in as many years she has been forced to pack up her family and battle the city’s increasingly bleak rental landscape to secure a new home.
with the end of her lease looming after the landlord sold the three-bedroom oxenford house, anne is considering quitting queensland for good and moving her three children to new zealand, where they have family support.
“i can’t seem to afford anything in this suburb or the surrounding suburbs,” said the registered nurse. ms anne has taken on extra work to cover rising costs
the fast-growing northern suburb of oxenford is one of the gold coast’s more affordable markets, with weekly rent sitting at $680.
but that figure has surged by 10 per cent since last year, and families already stretched by the rising cost of living are forced to fork out more every time they sign a new lease.
vacancy rates in the suburb plunged again to 0.5 per cent in march, research data shows.
“i get that interest rates are going up, but as a solo parent it’s not going to be easy,” ms anne, 43, said. “the lease isn’t up till june. i’m really hoping the market drastically changes by then or we will pack up and go back to new zealand.” oxenford is one of the coast’s more affordable areas but rents have still soared
her current rental was last listed for $570 a week in june 2022. she had been paying $480 a week for their previous home in the same suburb last year, but that property was sold to an owner-occupier.
the situation was unfortunately familiar, as the landlord of the house they rented in 2020 also sold when covid hit. many investors unable to cover rising living costs are selling up.
安妮是三个孩子11岁，10岁和4岁的单身妈妈，他们住在刚刚出售的出租物业中。她说，随着价格不断上涨，她租不起周边郊区的任何租赁物业，并且正在考虑在租约到期时将家人搬到新西兰居住，除非本地市场发生巨大改善。
黄金海岸妈妈安妮受够了。这是多年来她第三次被迫收拾搬迁与城市日益增加的租赁成本作斗争以确保一个租赁的新家。在房东出售三居室的奥克森福德房子后，她的租约即将结束，安妮女士正在考虑永远离开昆士兰州，并将她的三个孩子搬到新西兰，在那里他们有家庭支持。
“在这个区或周边地区，我似乎租不起任何东西“，”这位注册护士说。安妮女士已经增加了额外的工作量来弥补不断上涨的成本。快速发展的北部郊区奥克森福德（Oxenford）是黄金海岸最实惠的市场之一，每周租金为680澳元。
但自去年以来，这一数字飙升了10%，已经因生活成本上涨而捉襟见肘的家庭每次签署新租约时都被迫支付更多费用。调查数据显示，3月份郊区的空置率再次暴跌至0.5%。
“我知道利率正在上升，但作为单身父母，这并不容易，”43岁的安妮说。租约要到6月。我真的希望到那时市场发生好转，否则我们将收拾行李回到新西兰。
奥克森福德是海岸最实惠的地区之一，但租金仍然飙升，她目前的租金最后一次上市价格为每周 570 澳币是在 2022 年 6 月。去年，她每周支付480澳币租她们在同一个郊区的旧房，但那处房产被卖给了自住业主。
不幸的情况总是很相似，因为他们在 2020 年租住的房子的房东在 COVID 来袭时也卖掉了。
许多无法支付不断上涨的生活成本的投资者正在抛售。