Bayside Melbourne rental growth with strong demand for three bedders

Demand for three bedroom rental properties is pushing up the weekly median rentals around Melbourne’s Bayside.

Investors in Cheltenham benefitted the most from this demand with the median weekly rent for a three-bedroom apartment increasing 13.3% over the year to $510 in June 2015, new REIV data shows.

Large family homes in neighbouring Beaumaris are also highly sought after by tenants.

Three-bedroom apartments there recorded annual rental growth of 11.1% to a median of $750 per week, up from $675 for the same period last year. 

The REIV data suggested three-bedroom homes in Hampton saw 9.8% growth over June 2014 figures to $725 per week.

The median weekly rent for the same sized property in Highett also grew to $510 in June, up from $480 last year - a 6.3% increase.

The median rent for a four-bedroom home in Brighton increased 7.3% to $1,288 over the year while one-bedroom apartments grew 7% to $356 per week. 

Rental increases were also recorded for two-bedroom properties in Brighton East. The weekly median rental for a two-bedroom apartment in Brighton East grew by 10.5% to $450 while rent for the same sized house was up 10% to $450. 

Other suburbs experiencing rental growth across the municipality included two-bedroom apartments in Black Rock, up 6.1% to $425 in June and four-bedroom homes in SANDRINGHAM, up 8.7% to $950 per week.