Perth resident's brutal message to outsiders moving to their city: 'Don't come' trends now
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A Perth resident has taken aim at property investors who are flocking from interstate and jacking up rent and house prices for locals.
The frustrated local revealed their rent had increased by more than 50 per cent over the last year-and-a-half and that they had been frozen out of the property market.
Western Australia's capital has seen a huge population boom in recent years and drawn increased interest for its affordable property market.
The city is regarded boasts some of the lowest prices in the country with the median house price at $735, 276, which is considerably lower than the $1,414,229 in Sydney.
Some 2.9million residents call Perth home after the population grew by 3.3 per cent in the year to September.
A Perth renter has taken aim at property investors and Aussies flocking to WA's capital (pictured) and jacking up property and rental prices
An increase in population and growing interest from interstate buyers has seen house prices rise by 20 per cent over the past year.
The increase has had a flow on affect with renters with residents seeing a median increase of $80 a week - with some being slugged with much more.
The outraged Perth local took to social media to tell others not to move to the city as his rent has increased by $260 a week in
