Suburbtrends Media Desk — Squeeze & Stretch
Suburbtrends Media Desk
The Boom & Bust Desk

Squeeze & stretch.

The gap between the top and the bottom of each market — how far the dearest quarter sits above the cheapest. Switch between sale prices and rents; the bar ranks the capitals by their typical spread.

Typical top-to-bottom gap
The angle

CapitalTypical market's top ÷ bottom (P75 ÷ P25)Most stretched / tightest

How to read it: for every market we take the top quarter (75th percentile) and the bottom quarter (25th percentile) and divide one by the other — how many times dearer the top of the market is than the bottom. The bar is each capital's typical (median) market; the right column flags its most stretched and most squeezed market. On sale prices or advertised rents, by SA3 market; thin markets held back. All blends houses and units by volume. Source: Suburbtrends.

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