{"id":3662,"date":"2026-01-12T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:51:08","slug":"rental-crisis-sees-sydney-granny-flat-prices-soar-to-cbd-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/rental-crisis-sees-sydney-granny-flat-prices-soar-to-cbd-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Rental crisis sees Sydney granny flat prices soar to CBD levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3663\" src=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ban-sao-cua-Blue-and-White-Modern-Business-Newsletter-21-x-5.2-cm-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ban-sao-cua-Blue-and-White-Modern-Business-Newsletter-21-x-5.2-cm-10.png 2000w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ban-sao-cua-Blue-and-White-Modern-Business-Newsletter-21-x-5.2-cm-10-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ban-sao-cua-Blue-and-White-Modern-Business-Newsletter-21-x-5.2-cm-10-1024x253.png 1024w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ban-sao-cua-Blue-and-White-Modern-Business-Newsletter-21-x-5.2-cm-10-768x190.png 768w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ban-sao-cua-Blue-and-White-Modern-Business-Newsletter-21-x-5.2-cm-10-1536x380.png 1536w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ban-sao-cua-Blue-and-White-Modern-Business-Newsletter-21-x-5.2-cm-10-18x4.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney\u2019s rental crisis is pushing granny flat prices to record levels<\/strong>, with costs in some areas now approaching <strong>CBD apartment prices<\/strong>, according to <em>realestate.com.au<\/em>. Intense tenant demand, record-low vacancy rates and a shortage of affordable rental homes have driven investors and homeowners to increasingly turn to granny flats as a fast, income-generating housing solution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3664\" src=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/z7421628330943_ea6f11ca17440850885c7edc9db142ab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/z7421628330943_ea6f11ca17440850885c7edc9db142ab.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/z7421628330943_ea6f11ca17440850885c7edc9db142ab-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/z7421628330943_ea6f11ca17440850885c7edc9db142ab-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/z7421628330943_ea6f11ca17440850885c7edc9db142ab-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mayla Pilapil 3A Stone Parade two-bedroom granny flat renting for $720pw. Picture: Tim Hunter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The report highlights that rising rents and limited new supply have made secondary dwellings one of the most sought-after options across Sydney, with construction costs climbing as demand continues to outpace supply. This trend reflects broader structural pressure across Australia\u2019s rental market, where traditional housing delivery is struggling to keep pace.<\/p>\n<p>In this environment, scalable solutions such as <strong>modular and offsite housing<\/strong> are becoming increasingly relevant. Programs like <strong>AUSMOD20K<\/strong>, which aims to deliver <strong>20,000 affordable modular homes across Australia<\/strong>, align closely with the need to expand rental and housing supply more quickly, supporting alternative dwelling types and faster delivery in high-pressure markets like Sydney.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you would like to<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Become a partner of the AUSMOD20K program, please click this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/partner-au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a supplier for the AUSMOD20K program, please click this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/ausmod20k.com.au\/register-supplier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supplier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See detailed information at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/rental-crisis-sees-sydney-granny-flat-prices-soar-to-cbd-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TIN T\u1ee8C<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney\u2019s rental crisis is pushing granny flat prices to record levels, with costs in some areas now approaching CBD apartment prices, according to realestate.com.au. Intense tenant demand, record-low vacancy rates and a shortage of affordable rental homes have driven investors and homeowners to increasingly turn to granny flats as a fast, income-generating housing solution. Mayla [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/rental-crisis-sees-sydney-granny-flat-prices-soar-to-cbd-levels\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Rental crisis sees Sydney granny flat prices soar to CBD levels<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3666,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3662\/revisions\/3666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}