Most affordable capital, nation’s highest rent yields: the city forgotten by investors
The Top End has fallen out of favour with property investors but guaranteed high rent returns and the prospects of a return to capital growth in 2025 could see Darwin return to favour.
William Kirkby Jones Memorial Park in Zuccoli typifies the leafy lifestyle available in Darwin. (Image source: Urbex)
Once a prime investment target for those looking to diversify their property portfolio, Darwin has more recently slipped into relative real estate obscurity.
Yet despite the sluggish capital growth results of the past year, Darwin still boasts the cheapest median housing values in the country coupled with the highest rental yields, and offers investors the closest thing possible to a positive gearing guarantee.
The Darwin property market has co…
