Changing market has landlords offering enticements

After three years of rising rents and having to scramble to put a roof over their heads, tenants are now finding it easier and cheaper to rent a house or apartment.

Many find they have a choice of properties and are being offered deals to entice them through the door.

It is a scenario being repeated in many main centres in the wake of a property klondike that gripped the nation, one which saw large numbers of investors buy into rental properties.

Barfoot & Thompson rental manager co-ordinator Helen Hodgson and Auckland Property Investors Association president Andrew King both said the rental scene changed a few months back.

"It's a tenants' market," Ms Hodgson said.

"You have to virtually `sell' a property to tenants and they might come back and take a second look before they decide," she said.

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