Region. Rental yields

Western Sydney suburbs offer investors excellent rental yields, according to Bernadette Brennan, of Premier Homes Finders. Investors could expect an average yield of 7.1 per cent in Mt Druitt, where the average apartment price was $220,000, in Blacktown an average yield of 6.7 per cent for an apartment valued at $250,000, and Fairfield a yield of 6.0 per cent with an average price for an apartment valued at $250,000.