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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 18 MAY 2022

Property market update: Melbourne, April 2022

Melbourne’s growth plateaued over April and posted its first quarterly decline since the start of the pandemic boom,...

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Hotspots 18 MAY 2022

Melbourne’s inner-city rentals on the road to COVID recovery

After a two-year period that saw it become the most locked-down city in the world, Melbourne’s rental market is...

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Finance 17 MAY 2022

Liberals wave super as solution for housing affordability woes

With the federal election less than a week away, the Australian Liberal Party has promised two new superannuation...

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Hotspots 17 MAY 2022

Auction activity rises – but are clearance rates following suit?

It’s been the busiest week for auctions since the Easter long weekend, with 2,847 homes going under the hammer...

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Finance 13 MAY 2022

Queensland confirms review into HomeBuilder applicants

The state’s Treasurer has announced that Queensland will be re-examining applications that were rejected under the...

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Hotspots 12 MAY 2022

What makes Australia’s most affordable regional markets?

Affordability has become a key issue in the Australian property market as housing and unit prices continue to record...

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Hotspots 11 MAY 2022

The 20 Australian suburbs ‘heating up’ this winter

The latest quarterly Well Home Loans Green Shoots report has identified 20 national markets that present ample...

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Hotspots 11 MAY 2022

Property market update: Sydney, April 2022

Sydney’s property market hit another sobering boom milestone in April, as the city’s property market posted its...

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Finance 07 MAY 2022

Stamp duty adds 2 years of saving for some FHBs

Saving for a home takes years for the typical first-time buyer. In Australia’s largest cities, as much as two years...

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Hotspots 07 MAY 2022

Regional Australian market continues profitable run

Regional Australia continues to outperform the nation’s capital cities with regards to profits earnt from property...

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Hotspots 07 MAY 2022

Brisbane property market update – April 2022

The Brisbane property market has again recorded strong price growth throughout the month of April 2022, according to...

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Finance 05 MAY 2022

The big 4 banks react as RBA announces rate climb

At the end of its monthly meeting yesterday, Tuesday, 3 May, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced its first...

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Hotspots 04 MAY 2022

National housing value gains slowest since 2020

CoreLogic’s Home Value Index (HVI) has recorded its lowest monthly growth since October 2020, impacted by the slowing...

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Finance 03 MAY 2022

RBA hands down much-awaited May cash rate

The Reserve Bank of Australia has released its cash rate for May amid wide speculation this would be the month to break...

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Finance 29 APR 2022

CommBank leads the charge for green lending

Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has broken new ground by announcing it will be implementing green...

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Finance 29 APR 2022

Inflation surge to further sour home ownership dreams – REIA

As the latest inflation data bolstered the case for a pre-election rate hike, the Real Estate Institute of Australia...

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Hotspots 29 APR 2022

Property market update: Perth, March 2022

The reopening of Western Australia’s borders gave Perth’s property market its second wind in March, as the city saw...

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Hotspots 28 APR 2022

Cost of living shortens rental availability, REINSW says

Cost-of-living increases have been attributed as a key factor behind NSW’s low residential vacancy rates, the REINSW...

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Finance 27 APR 2022

Price drops set for 2023: NAB

The bank has doubled down on its prediction that house prices will decline by 10 per cent in 2023.

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Hotspots 27 APR 2022

Property market update: Brisbane, March 2022

The recent flooding disaster failed to break Brisbane’s strong stride, as the city posted another month of solid...

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Hotspots 27 APR 2022

10 of Perth’s biggest bargain suburbs

According to new information released by REIWA, a strong year of price growth for Perth’s property market has not...

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Hotspots 26 APR 2022

Property market update: Melbourne, March 2022

The autumn season didn’t bring just a chill in the air, but to Melbourne’s property market too – as the city’s...

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Hotspots 26 APR 2022

20 affordable suburbs within commuting distance of capital cities

The cost of housing versus the distance you have to spend commuting to your workplace is an equation most Australians...

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Finance 23 APR 2022

Major bank says inflationary pressures on the way up

Westpac predicts core inflation will rise to 4 per cent in the second half of 2022.

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Hotspots 23 APR 2022

Investors bank on build-to-rent sector for future growth

The Australian build-to-rent model is gathering pace, according to a new report, with more new players deciding now is...

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