Glynde vs Hampstead Gardens

The median house price is $1.3M in Glynde and $1.3M in Hampstead Gardens, so Hampstead Gardens is the cheaper entry point, with Glynde houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Hampstead Gardens leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.80%, compared with 2.73% in Glynde, a gap of 0.07 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.0% in Glynde and +23.5% in Hampstead Gardens (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Hampstead Gardens, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Glynde and 0.9% in Hampstead Gardens, so landlords in Glynde face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Glynde is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,102 against 1,535, larger than Hampstead Gardens; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Hampstead Gardens for rental income, Hampstead Gardens for a lower purchase price, Hampstead Gardens for recent price momentum, Glynde for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.