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<div><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Residential vacancies nationwide rose during April to come in at 2.5 percent - slightly above annual season trends according to SQM Research.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Perth </span>vacancie<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">s increased 0.5 percent during April, Canberra up 0.3 percent month on month and vacancies stabilised in Hobart at 0.9 </span>percent<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">.</span>
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<span>The vacancy rate for Perth is now at a record high according to SQM, who said it suggests </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">t the housing downturn in Perth has yet to bottom out and that rents have further to fall.</span>
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Darwin had an 8.4 percent fall for house asking rents and 12.5 percent for </span>units<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> over the year. House rents in Perth are down 8.4 percent and units 9.3 percent.</span>
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<div><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">According to SQM, Hobart is the most affordable with rents for houses at just $350 a week and Adelaide the most affordable for unit rental, averaging $285 a week.</span></div>
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