Clive Elliot Jennings Real Estate. Agents specialise in Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Booragoon, Myaree, Fremantle, Bicton, Perth, South of the River

With many experts predicting 2009 will be a relatively flat market, the big benefactor of these conditions is likely to be rental yields.

Rp Data reports that throughout 2008, all capital city markets recorded significant improvements in their average gross rental yields. Meanwhile, across most of these areas dwelling growth was relatively flat. Perth recorded a 0.76% increase to average gross rental yields.