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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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Tax & Legal 02 AUG 2021

Income, interest and capital works deductions: What property investors need to know to steer clear of the ATO

Australia’s tax collector says it is ready and willing to apply extra scrutiny to the tax returns of those with an...

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Hotspots 02 AUG 2021

Capital cities break price growth records

Canberra may have dominated the market with double-digit growth and the steepest price acceleration in almost three...

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Hotspots 30 JUL 2021

Canberra now boasts a 7-figure median house price

With double-digit growth and the steepest price acceleration in almost three decades, Canberra continues to dominate...

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Investor Strategy 30 JUL 2021

How this first-generation Aussie bagged a $2.5m portfolio by 32

Coming from a hard-working battler family, this investor saw the importance of making his money work harder for him,...

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Hotspots 30 JUL 2021

Commercial vacancy rates approach zero

Record-low interest rates have dramatically increased demand across the commercial property market, with industrial...

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Hotspots 29 JUL 2021

Housing market intervention to wipe out growth by 2023

A big four bank has conceded that its earlier property growth forecasts were overly cautious, while predicting that a...

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Hotspots 29 JUL 2021

Less lockdowns lead the way for auction recovery

Capital city auction activity is expected to rise over this weekend as some cities see lockdown measures ease, new data...

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Hotspots 29 JUL 2021

Tassie property boosts balance sheet over latest quarter

Strong buyer and rental demand are continuing to drive prices and rents up across Tasmania, according to the latest...

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Hotspots 29 JUL 2021

Cities with the largest gap between house and unit prices revealed

The premium for houses over units has hit record highs as demand for detached houses continues to increase, new...

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Hotspots 28 JUL 2021

How will the lockdown extension impact property?

The Greater Sydney lockdown will continue for another four weeks, at least, meaning auctions will remain in the online...

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Hotspots 28 JUL 2021

Suburbs with the fastest-selling properties revealed

The length of time properties remain on the market has significantly contracted as demand continues to strengthen and...

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Hotspots 28 JUL 2021

CPI increases good news for rate-watchers

The latest movements in Australia’s consumer price index suggest that macro-prudential action may be further off than...

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Hotspots 28 JUL 2021

Port Hedland leads property price gains in WA

For the fourth quarter in a row, a majority of Western Australian regional centres have recorded an increase in house...

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Hotspots 27 JUL 2021

NAB tips 19% price growth for property in 2021

One of Australia’s biggest banks has upped their expectations for Australia’s residential housing market, tipping...

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Tax & Legal 27 JUL 2021

‘Vital to economic recovery’: Property industry advocates dance on the grave of negative gearing reform

Labor has decided that tinkering with negative gearing and capital gains tax isn’t worth the risk of losing the next...

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Hotspots 27 JUL 2021

Australia’s hottest auction market revealed

Australia has clocked its busiest quarter for auctions since December 2017, with 31,605 homes taken to auction across...

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Hotspots 26 JUL 2021

NAB bags strongest month of home lending on record

While property prices continue to grow, new research suggests that the government’s current crop of first-home-buyer...

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Hotspots 26 JUL 2021

Auctions take a hit as multiple lockdowns persist

Auction volumes and preliminary clearance rates have taken a hit as Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide remain in lockdown.

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Finance 26 JUL 2021

RBA gives APRA’s use of macro tools a tick of approval

Ahead of an expected move to impose tougher lending rules on the banks, the Reserve Bank has looked into previous...

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Hotspots 23 JUL 2021

This Central Coast suburb will remain ‘white hot’ for the rest of the year

The poster child of the COVID-19 city exodus, Gosford on the Central Coast, is now seeing an uptick in listings, but...

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Hotspots 23 JUL 2021

Qld rental market hit by ‘the perfect storm’ in Q2

Almost two-thirds of Queensland have recorded their lowest rental vacancy rates since 2010.

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Hotspots 23 JUL 2021

Property market update: Perth, June 2021

Perth’s property market boom almost grinds to a halt in June, as growth in dwelling values in the Western...

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Hotspots 22 JUL 2021

Are the Olympics the break Brisbane’s property market has been waiting for?

The Olympics are officially headed for Brisbane, and although some 11 years away, the 2032 Olympic...

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Hotspots 22 JUL 2021

Multiple state lockdowns to put downward pressure on auctions

While scheduled auction numbers appear stable for the coming weekend, CoreLogic anticipates downward revisions as...

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Hotspots 22 JUL 2021

Low interest rates not the key driver of price growth: PIPA

While record-low interest rates are usually linked to strong property price growth, new analysis from the Property...

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