ACT · HOUSING DATA
Reported rents and buying prices, with the dates and coverage you need to interpret them.
All houses rent. House data includes all houses.
Vacancy source period: 2026-08. Annual rent change uses the combined SQM rent series; annual buy change uses houses. Missing measurements are excluded from calculations. Checking a source does not change its observation date.
THE HEADLINE
Weekly asking rent
$793/wk
All houses
Median sold price
$1.03M
Houses
Vacancy
2.1%
Tight · 2026-08
Annual rent change · combined SQM series: +3.6%
Annual buy change · houses: +3.0%
Rent 15 Sep 2026 · SQM Canberra city regionBuy ABS Residential Dwellings · median sold price · Jun 26
MARKET SIGNALS
Rental pressure
Tight
2.1% vacancy · 2026-08
Rent momentum
Warming
+3.6% annual · combined rent series
Source geography and dates apply; these signals are not specific to the selected property type. Missing measurements have no heat classification.
PRICE HISTORY
SQM monthly history averages weekly asking observations; it is not a monthly median. ABS history shows quarterly median sold prices. Rent and buy histories retain their own periods and coverage. Rent: 15 Sep 2026. ABS Residential Dwellings · median sold price · Jun 26
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