Tips amid the turbulence for off-the-plan investors

As off-the-plan developers struggle to meet sales targets while the threat of COVID persists, Australia’s rental and apartment market continues to diverge between east and west. 

Rental yields drive much of the investment market in units.

Rents in Perth, as well as Darwin, have surged around 10 per cent, while at the opposite end of the spectrum, weak demand and high supply has driven a sharp drop in rents across the Melbourne and Sydney unit m…