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Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.

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SPECIAL EPISODE: The SPI Show answers more listener questions

Property investors all over the country have been flooding the Smart Property Investment team's inbox with questions...
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3 essentials to take your portfolio to the next level

What are the critical success factors for investors to go from one or two properties, to 10, 20 or 50 properties? What...
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10 real estate traps

A buyer’s agent has released a tongue-in-cheek ‘guide to real estate speak’ to property buyers, warning them...
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Property spruikers banned by Federal Court

Two notorious property industry identities have been “disqualified from managing corporations and restrained from...
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Two NSW regions to offer investors solid growth

With plateauing house prices and declining unit values predicted for many of Australia’s capital cities in the coming...
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Do Gen Y investors miss out on the fun of being young?

Mitchell Shad is among those in the “younger side” of property investment, but unlike many young investors who...
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4 properties by 24 – how to build a portfolio without sacrificing fun, travel or food

Sick of stories of successful young investors who only made it by living at home, never travelling or only eating...
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3 steps to finding the best investment properties, quickly

Good investment properties go up steadily in value and provide a good rental income along the way. Being able to...
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Prices plunge 83% in former hotspot

After experiencing phenomenal price growth of 97 per cent at the height of the mining boom, the fortunes of one...
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The advice that changed everything

Investing together, Lauren Kern and Lena Lindley seven years ago had a sensible property investment strategy in place,...
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Conditions worsening in Perth

Perth is increasingly a tenants’ market as house prices and asking rents continue to fall.
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Unit prices to tumble by 9%

The Australian residential property market is expected to soften over the coming three years after the investor lending...
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5 key differences between metro and regional markets

The differences between the regional and metro property markets are intriguing, from cash flows to risk profiles to...
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5 things you need to know before investing with someone else

Joint ventures, where two or more parties combine their finances to purchase a property together are becoming...
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Special guest Mark Bouris on what really makes property prices rise and when to invest

What’s going to happen to mortgage rates for investors? When is a good time to invest in property? What fundamentals...
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Holding your properties in a trust? Here are the key people you should know

Many property investors choose to hold their assets in a trust because of the level of security and control they get in...
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Why it’s best to hold your properties in a trust

There are two ways to hold a property—in your own name or in a trust—and many people assume that holding property...
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New tool to decrease bond disputes

Tenants will now have the option to pay rental bonds off in instalments and further protect their money from...
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Investors forced to dump purchases

Local and international investors who bought off-the-plan properties are increasingly having to walk away from their...
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New hotspots identified by council maps

‘Heat maps’ showing the latest building activity could provide insights into up-and-coming boom suburbs – with...
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‘Little risk’ of oversupply for Sydney

A senior economist has forecast that there is little risk of oversupply in Sydney’s inner area and suburbs, despite...
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Dwelling resale losses increase nationally

The proportion of national dwelling loss-making resales has increased over the quarter, despite that fact that “9 out...
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‘11 properties by 31, now I’m stuck – what’s next?’

A young investor who built an impressive portfolio by his early 30s is now in “property jail”. He reveals to The...
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Top 5 tips for buying in a ‘gloom’ market

'Buy in gloom and not in boom' is one of the best pieces of advice about investing in the property market.
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Bubble risk ‘eminent’ in Sydney

Sydney ranks fourth among global cities most at risk of a housing bubble, recent research has revealed.
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