Melbourne investors enquire from a market with the largest population increase of any capital and values that have fallen over the year. The enquiry is often a first investor or a rentvestor priced out of the inner suburbs. They ask whether to buy locally at a lower median or look north. Land tax and holding costs come up on the first call more here than anywhere else, and an adviser who can put numbers on them wins the conversation.
What the Melbourne figures say about the investor who enquires
The gross rental yield in Melbourne was 4.0% at 31 August 2026, on the same Cotality index. Greater Melbourne's population reached 5,435,590 at 30 June 2025, on the ABS regional population release. It grew by 105,030, or 2.0%, over the year.
Victoria recorded 12,583 new investor loan commitments worth $7,732.5 million in the June quarter 2026, seasonally adjusted, on the ABS lending indicators table. The average investor loan in Victoria was $604,000, on the ABS release.
What a lead about this market states
A Melbourne lead carries what the investor told us, in their own words. Whether this is a first investment, the next one or a portfolio review. A budget range. Whether they have a deposit or equity. When they want to act. Where they are looking, against where they live. It is checked for a working Australian mobile and against every lead already sent to you, then delivered by SMS and email the moment it passes.
Budget and equity are stated figures, not verified ones. We record them so the first call starts from what the investor believes, which is where the advice has to start anyway.
Why does a Melbourne enquiry need an adviser rather than a listing?
Because the figures above pull in different directions and the investor cannot weigh them alone. Values fell over the year, the yield is 4.0%, and the state wrote 12,583 investor loans in a quarter. Most people who enquire are about to become a single-property investor with no plan for the second. The adviser's job is to make it a plan instead of a purchase.
How to brief us for this city
Tell us whether you want investors who live in the city, investors elsewhere who want to buy in it, or both. Tell us the budget range you can work with and the investor you do not want. We agree one price per lead in writing, run the advertising, and send you only the enquiries that match.
- Who lives where: local buyer, interstate buyer, or both
- The budget range you will take a call on
- First investment only, portfolio only, or any
- How many enquiries a week you can call the same day