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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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Finance 22 FEB 2022

6 reasons rate rises won’t spell doom for property investors

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now likely to raise interest rates towards the second half of 2022, which,...

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Finance 19 FEB 2022

Tasmania set to insure home owners against builder insolvencies

The Tasmanian government is developing a new scheme to provide a safety net for property owners who are building a...

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Finance 18 FEB 2022

Home loan affordability plummeted to a record low in 2021

A non-bank lender has reported that 2021 was “the worst year on record” for home loan affordability.

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Hotspots 17 FEB 2022

Top 10 Adelaide suburbs for price growth in 2021

The Real Estate Institute of South Australia (REISA) has recently released data for the December 2021 quarter that...

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Hotspots 17 FEB 2022

NSW rental property market begins to regain lost ground

Residential rental vacancy rates are improving in NSW, according to a January 2022 report of the Real Estate Institute...

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Hotspots 16 FEB 2022

How did Sydney and Melbourne retail markets respond to pandemic woes?

Short-term stability in Sydney and Melbourne’s retail markets is expected over the coming months, as the two capital...

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Hotspots 16 FEB 2022

Will Aussies continue swiping right for regional living in 2022?

It has been two years since Aussies’ love for regional areas blossomed, as the latter’s appeal of more space,...

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Hotspots 15 FEB 2022

What to expect from retail in 2022

The impact of COVID may have severely disrupted Australia’s retail sector, but Herron Todd White (HTW) is expecting...

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Hotspots 15 FEB 2022

Property market update: Melbourne, January 2022

Melbourne rang in 2022 by hitting a major milestone in January, as house values in the city broke through the...

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Hotspots 12 FEB 2022

Rental seekers break January records

PropTrack reports that the average views per rental listing smashed a new high in January 2022, indicating that the...

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Hotspots 12 FEB 2022

Brace for ‘developing headwinds’ in 2022, investors warned

While residential markets are set to continue rising in 2022, Herron Todd White (HTW) is tempering investors’...

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Finance 12 FEB 2022

Could this finance hack help buy your first property

If you’re new to property investing and have been wondering how you can dip your toes in the property market without...

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Hotspots 10 FEB 2022

10 Perth suburbs poised for price growth in 2022

New data from the state’s Real Estate Institute has identified 10 Perth suburbs that are likely to report...

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Hotspots 10 FEB 2022

NAB tips house price turning point in late 2022

The big four bank has predicted house price growth will moderate later in the year, in tandem with the Reserve Bank of...

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Hotspots 09 FEB 2022

Beyond COVID: Big changes ahead for Victorian land market

The Victorian land market has ended the year with a stellar performance, and property experts predict 2022 will be a...

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Hotspots 05 FEB 2022

Property market update: Sydney, January 2022

Sydney upended expectations of growth fizzling out at the start of the year, as the nation’s most expensive property...

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Hotspots 05 FEB 2022

Where property prices are predicted to see the greatest growth in 2022

Australia’s largest capitals will get a respite from the biggest price increases of the coming year, according to...

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Hotspots 05 FEB 2022

How the east coast capitals are faring

A new report has looked at the gains made by Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart markets over the past few years.

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Hotspots 05 FEB 2022

Brisbane property market update January 2022

This article will highlight what has happened in the Brisbane property market throughout January 2022.

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Finance 04 FEB 2022

Over 1.1 million borrowers have never seen a rate hike

For more than a decade, the cash rate has not seen an increase, meaning more than 1.1 million Australian households...

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Hotspots 03 FEB 2022

The average house costs $130k more than it did 1 year ago

The annual rise in national housing prices in January has reached a new cyclical high of 22.4 per cent over the year,...

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Finance 02 FEB 2022

Real estate set to outperform other investment classes over next 5 years

Global real estate is expected to outperform bonds and equities over the next five years, according to a new report...

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Finance 02 FEB 2022

5 ways to get ready for a rate hike

Speculations of interest rate hike continue to be a hot topic among economists, but borrowers would be wise to be...

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Finance 01 FEB 2022

RBA makes first cash rate call for 2022

Amid speculation of rising interest rates, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has made its first cash rate call for...

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Hotspots 01 FEB 2022

The regions giving the capital cities a run for their money

Capital cities are no longer Australia’s most expensive places to live, according to new analysis.

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