Perth had the fastest population growth and the strongest annual value growth of any capital, and the enquiries reflect it. Interstate investors who missed the first leg ask whether there is a second. Local owners with new equity ask what to do with it. The first call is a candid one about what has already happened to prices and what a yield near four per cent means at today's rates.
What the Perth figures say about the investor who enquires
The gross rental yield in Perth was 3.9% at 31 August 2026, on the same Cotality index. Greater Perth's population reached 2,452,765 at 30 June 2025, on the ABS regional population release. It grew by 58,088, or 2.4%, over the year.
Western Australia recorded 6,346 new investor loan commitments worth $4,285.3 million in the June quarter 2026, seasonally adjusted, on the ABS lending indicators table. The average investor loan in Western Australia was $678,000, on the ABS release.
What a lead about this market states
A Perth 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 Perth enquiry need an adviser rather than a listing?
Because the figures above pull in different directions and the investor cannot weigh them alone. Values rose strongly over the year, the yield is 3.9%, and the state wrote 6,346 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