Tony Alexander Survey Report November 2022

Key points of interest from this month’s survey

• There is a slight rise evident in the proportion of investors looking to buy who will seek an existing rather than new property.
• Interest in undertaking one’s own property development continues to decline.
• The proportion of investors planning rent rises is slowly trending down, but average rent rises sought have increased for two months in a row.
• Despite rising interest rates and tax rule changes hitting interest expense deductibility, investors are showing no inclination towards accelerating their pace of debt repayment.
• The proportion of investors concerned about legislation changes strengthening tenant rights continues to track slowly downward.