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Latest Property Investment News

All the latest updates affecting your property investment. Smart Property Investments is the top source for latest property market reports, insights, news and useful tips and strategies from experts.

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Hotspots 04 APR 2023

Australian home values grow for the first time in 10 months

Following an easing of the downturn at the beginning of the new year, Australia’s home values rose 0.6 per cent in...

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Hotspots 04 APR 2023

Is it time to ‘unbundle’ parking spaces from apartments?

With new research indicating Aussies are paying billions for unused parking spaces, experts think it’s time to...

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Finance 04 APR 2023

Refinances reach a new record: ABS

The value of owner-occupier home loan refinances tipped $13 billion in February 2023, as rate rises weigh on mortgage...

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Finance 01 APR 2023

ATO warns SMSF on sole purpose test for property investment

Property investment by an SMSF will fail the sole purpose test if it provides pre-retirement benefit to someone such as...

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Hotspots 01 APR 2023

Is migration exacerbating regional Australia’s supply crunch?

Do the nation’s regional hotspots have enough housing to cater to increasing demand?

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Hotspots 31 MAR 2023

Australia’s top 10 most affordable (and liveable) regions

The desire to live the great Australian dream doesn’t, at first, sound like a big ask: a verandah out the front,...

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Finance 30 MAR 2023

Property investors are seeking safe havens in response to the slowing economy

Rising interest rates, high construction costs, and continued levels of inflation are placing significant pressure on...

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Hotspots 30 MAR 2023

REINSW tells new government to end property politics

While the guards have changed in the Parliament of NSW following the elections, a real estate body has emphasised that...

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Hotspots 30 MAR 2023

5 regional cities that are still affordable (and attractive)

Despite the dominant discourse throughout the COVID-19 pandemic suggesting Australians escaped the bright city lights...

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Finance 29 MAR 2023

Can Airbnb save Australians facing the ‘fixed rate cliff’?

With over 800,000 home owners expected to fall off their fixed rate mortgage in the coming months, one expert has...

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Hotspots 29 MAR 2023

‘Sad puppy score’ ranks Australia’s least pet-friendly suburbs

With pets often viewed as an extended member of the family, a new report has ranked Australia’s worst suburbs when it...

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Finance 28 MAR 2023

New Broker Academy 2023 to help you become a broker

Registrations have opened for the 2023 New Broker Academy, a free conference that arms you with tools to launch a...

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Hotspots 28 MAR 2023

NSW has a new leader; How does he intend to move on property?

NSW’s newest Premier, Chris Minns, declared Labor’s election victory a “golden opportunity for a new...

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Hotspots 25 MAR 2023

Should Australia remove barriers to foreign social housing investment?

Australia’s reputation for international housing investment must match that of the USA and UK in order to ease...

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Hotspots 25 MAR 2023

Sydney’s trophy market bags no. 6 in global rental growth index

The harbourside city has outranked the likes of Auckland, Geneva and Monaco in a top 10 ranking of global cities that...

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Hotspots 24 MAR 2023

Two-thirds of investors frustrated by ‘broken’ rental system

With a lot less hassle and higher returns, many landlords would be better off putting their money into super instead of...

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Hotspots 22 MAR 2023

Market downturn slashes time needed to save a deposit

More than a year has been shaved off the time required for a couple to save a 20 per cent home deposit in certain...

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2023

NSW election: The Liberals’ property policies

Should they hold onto power at the upcoming election, how does the reigning Liberal Party intend to move on housing?

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2023

NSW election: Labor’s property promises

Will the NSW Labor Party unseat the incumbent Liberals at the upcoming state election to take power for the first time...

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Finance 17 MAR 2023

Can interest-only repayments breathe life into the Australian market?

Mark Bouris has called on the federal government to allow astute borrowers ahead of their repayments to switch to...

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Hotspots 16 MAR 2023

9 Sydney suburbs defy downturn with double-digit growth

The Sydney market may have been falling, but that hasn’t stopped several Sydney suburbs from bucking the trend in a...

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Finance 16 MAR 2023

How can investors improve their loan serviceability?

While the average borrower’s lending capacity has certainly dropped upwards of $100,000 in a mere matter of months,...

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Finance 16 MAR 2023

When will the market bottom out?

Despite CoreLogic reporting a consistent cooling of Australia’s housing market decline since the back end of last...

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Finance 15 MAR 2023

Keeping the inflation target between 2–3% is ‘alarming’: Mark Bouris

It’s time to reposition the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) inflation target, according to the financial and...

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Hotspots 15 MAR 2023

Post-pandemic, how healthy is Australia’s property market?

As the nation approaches the three-year anniversary of the first COVID-19-induced lockdown, CoreLogic analyses the data...

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