The Sydney rental market in 2025 is one of the most competitive in history.
With a rental vacancy rate sitting at just 1.3% (a record low), demand continues to far exceed supply. For every property that hits the market, dozens of hopeful tenants line up — hoping this will be “the one.”
It’s a landlord’s market in every sense. Rents are rising (even still), open homes are crowded with lines that wrap around the block and good properties lease following one open home.
For tenants, this environment can be brutal. Many are applying over and over, facing rejection after rejection and watching weeks turn into months as they try to secure a place to live. I spoke with one woman recently who had been trying to secure a home for seven whole months!
At Find My Rental Property, we’re changing that.
Our mission has never been to promise the impossible — it’s to navigate what is real.
We know the market is competitive. We know landlords hold the advantage. And that’s precisely why you need a skilled advocate on your side — one who understands how the system works, how agents think and how to position you as the standout applicant every time.
And in 2025, our numbers speak for themselves.
📊 The Find My Rental Property Advantage: Our 2025 Metrics
We’ve tracked and analysed our clients’ outcomes throughout 2025 — and the results confirm what our clients already know: having a professional rental advocate on your side changes everything.
Here are the key performance metrics that define our success:
With Find My Rental Property: average number of applications submitted: 1.7
On Your Own: 8
With Find My Rental Property: average days to secure a property (from search start to approval ): 10 days
On Your Own: 6+ weeks
With Find My Rental Property: average number of properties viewed: 3
On Your Own: 15
Let’s break down what these numbers mean — and why they matter in a market like this.
🏠 Metric 1: Applications Submitted: 1.7 vs 8
When tenants go it alone, it’s not unusual to submit six, eight, or even fifteen applications before finally being approved.
That’s not just time-consuming — it’s emotionally exhausting.
Each application means:
Researching properties
Attending crowded inspections
Tweaking your application details to suit the agent
Waiting (and often never hearing back)
Risk of privacy breaches / data breaches
Sharing your most personal and private information with untold property managers - who then forward your information to landlords for final approval
Then starting all over again.
It’s a process that wears people down — especially when you’re trying to juggle work, family and the logistics of moving.
Our clients, on average, are approved after just 1.7 applications.
Why? Because we only apply strategically.
We don’t apply for every listing that “might” work with a half-baked application. We go in strong. We begin with a rock-solid application. We identify the properties that will work — based on your needs, your presentation as a tenant and our understanding of how agents assess applicants in the current market.
Before an application even goes in, we’ve:
✅ Reviewed your documents for completeness and competitiveness
✅ Advised on how to strengthen your rental profile
✅ Positioned you as a low-risk, high-value applicant.
In this market, it’s not just about applying — it’s about applying smart.
That’s what saves our clients time, energy, and heartache.
⏳ Metric 2: Days to Secure a Property: 10 days vs 6+ Weeks
The average renter in Sydney right now spends six weeks or more searching for a new home. That’s six weeks of stress, instability and uncertainty.
Six weeks of watching rents rise while you scramble to find a property that fits your budget.
Six weeks of weekend open homes, endless scrolling and disappointment.
Our clients, by comparison, are approved 10 days from the time we start their search.
That’s not luck — that’s strategy.
We use a proven, structured process that cuts through the chaos:
We start by getting you “tenant ready.”
We help you assemble a professional application pack that showcases you at your absolute best.We target properties strategically.
We know which properties are actually attainable in your price range, suburb and time-frame — and which are likely to waste your time. We avoid those ones, saving your time and energy.We use professional data to your advantage.
Our model is founded on data, not hope. We access much information that is not publicly-available - and use this to your advantage.We project manage your search
Giving you a streamlined, strategic process to finding and securing the best possible home.
The result?
What takes most renters over a month, our clients achieve in a week and a half.
That means less stress, less uncertainty, and — importantly — less exposure to further rental price increases while you’re still searching. The market has increased by 6.4% over the past year - which means that an average property will now cost you $50 more per week than what it cost you a year ago. Speed in securing a home is crucial.
🔍 Metric 3: Properties Viewed: 3 vs 15
In a tight market, tenants often feel pressure to attend every inspection possible, “just in case” and to avoid fear of missing out.
It’s exhausting.
It’s also unnecessary — if you know what you’re doing.
Our clients, on average, view just three properties before securing a lease.
That’s because we don’t waste your time.
We analyse each property in detail before recommending it and ensure that it’s at least a 90% match for your needs.
By the time you (or we ) inspect a property, it’s already been screened for suitability and viability.
That means you’re walking into inspections that are genuinely worth your time — not just anything with a “for lease” sign.
For busy professionals, families or interstate movers, this makes a massive difference. It’s the difference between chasing your tail every weekend and securing the right home quickly and confidently.
💡 Why These Metrics Matter: The Real-World Impact
These numbers aren’t just statistics — they represent quality of life.
When you’re not spending every weekend at open homes …
When you’re not anxiously refreshing rental listings every night, worried because nothing new has appeared and all the available options seem … drab …
When you’re not re-writing the same application eight times …
… you have space to breathe, plan and move forward.
Here’s what those numbers mean for our clients:
Less burnout: You’re not stuck in the emotional rollercoaster of rejection after rejection.
Faster stability: The sooner you secure a lease, the sooner you can plan your move, settle your family and get back to normal life.
Smarter spending: Every week you spend searching is a week you’re potentially paying higher rent somewhere else, or paying for short-term accommodation following your arrival in Sydney, or missing out on properties before the next price rise.
Peace of mind: You have an advocate handling communication, process and time-frames — so you can focus on the move, not the mayhem.
🧭 The Truth About Sydney’s 2025 Rental Market
There’s no point sugar-coating it — the Sydney rental market in 2025 is extraordinarily tough. It’s the toughest it’s ever been - because rents are at an all-time high, and stock is at an all time low. This means fewer options for everyone, more people vying for what little good stock there is, and paying incredibly high rents for something that’s not necessarily that great. That’s where Find My Rental Property is your ally - we know Sydney and the surrounding areas - Southern Highlands, Illawarra, Central Coast and Blue Mountains incredibly well - and we can help to direct you to pots of gold - the homes that genuinely meet your needs, that you may never have even considered.
A 1.3% vacancy rate means landlords and agents don’t need to “sell” a property to tenants; they simply post a listing and let the competition come to them. Also, in such a tight market, off-market homes are seldom a part of a property manager’s strategy for leasing the home - they simply hold one open home, attract multiple applicants and the home leases.
If you’re applying alone, you’re competing with hundreds of others doing the same thing — and agents can be incredibly selective - not to mention the landlords!
But when you work with a licensed real estate agent, everything changes.
We know what agents value in an applicant. We speak their language. We know the legislation that protects you. We present you as the tenant who ticks every box.
We don’t promise miracles and we don’t work in fantasy — we deliver results through strategy, preparation and deep market understanding.
As we like to say:
“Our job isn’t to promise the impossible — it’s to navigate market reality.”
🤝 Why Clients Choose Find My Rental Property
People don’t hire us because they think the market is easy — they hire us because it isn’t.
They hire us because:
We tell the truth about what’s possible, not what sounds good.
We develop a realistic plan that gets results that fit with your needs and budget - so that your new home is one you love.
We advocate with honesty, data and strategy.
Our clients include:
Busy professionals relocating for work who need to secure a rental fast.
Locals who are struggling to find a home that actually meets their needs and expectations
Families who can’t afford to gamble with school zones or lease uncertainty.
Interstate and overseas movers who can’t attend inspections in person.
No matter the circumstance, our role is to make the impossible feel manageable — and to deliver outcomes that stand up in a market where the odds are stacked against tenants.
📈 The Power of Process
Behind every one of our 2025 metrics is a refined, data-driven process that’s been honed over a decade of experience in the Sydney rental market.
It’s not just about connections — it’s about methodology.
We combine:
Real-time market data - data that is not publicly-available
Agent management
Application strategy
Detailed and accurate property analysis
Advocacy that cuts through the noise
Project and process management
When you engage Find My Rental Property, you’re not just hiring someone to “help with applications” — you’re gaining an expert who understands what works, what doesn’t, and how to get you across the line.
🔑 In Summary: The Metrics That Prove the Difference
Fewer applications.
Faster results.
Less stress.
Better homes.
That’s the value of having a licensed renter’s agent on your side — especially in a record-low vacancy market.
In 2025, the data is clear: smart renters don’t just search — they strategise.
And with Find My Rental Property, that strategy works.