Tauranga landlords are being urged to be more flexible over allowing prospective tenants to keep pets.
Trade Me Property says users hunting their next rental are seeking fully furnished properties with a garage and more flexibility with pets.
The call comes as new Trade Me figures show the average rental price in Tauranga in the last quarter to September 30 was $350 - up 0.8 per cent compared with last year.
In June, the average asking rent in Tauranga was $358 a week, compared with an average of $417 nationwide. A search of Trade Me Property site yesterday revealed 333 listings for rental properties in Tauranga and 183 in the Western Bay.
Listings in Tauranga were down 1.1 per cent for the same period last year but more people were inquiring about properties to rent with an average of 10 messages per rental listing.