Perth rental: Queue of 92 people waiting to view a | Australian Markets

A snake of close to 100 people lining up to view an Osborne Park rental has gone viral, exhibiting the grim actuality of how “insane” Perth’s rental market has grow to be.

Lexi Sargeant, a native on the hunt for a new property, took a journey out to Perth’s north for a inspection final week, trying out a three-bedroom villa.

However Ms Sargeant shortly realised that she was not the one hunter with the identical thought, with a staggering quantity of people rocking up to view the $650 a week itemizing.

The 35-year-old posted a clip to TikTookay of the queue that had shaped in entrance of the property, which blew up and gained more than three million views.

“The real estate agent confirmed 92 people were registered at this viewing today. The property market is insane,” the videos caption wrote.

“A lady behind me in the line said, ‘if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry’ and I couldn’t have said it better!!”

The clip obtained a wave of feedback from people voicing their grievances with the state of Perth’s rental market.

“I was there, couldn’t move inside,” a one that additionally attended the inspection mentioned.

“Horrendous. As someone who went through this process two yrs ago, my thoughts and prayers go out to those who are currently looking for a home in our city,” a commenter wrote.

Another native complained on the video about how it’s “so hard to get a rental anywhere in Perth now as this is what it’s like at every viewing.”

Previous information from property itemizing platform Domain confirmed that Perth listings grew to a new high of $700 a week over the three-month period to June.

That marked a fourth consecutive quarter of growth, placing Perth for the equal second most-expensive metropolis to rent a home, tied with Canberra and simply behind Sydney.