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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 09 DEC 2020

Smaller capital cities lead quarterly property price hikes

Residential property prices rose 0.8 per cent in the September quarter 2020, according to figures released by the ABS.

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Hotspots 08 DEC 2020

New housing loan commitments soar to $22bn

The total value of new loan commitments for housing and the value of owner-occupier home loan commitments each reached...

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Hotspots 08 DEC 2020

Auction clearance rates rise to 75% in capital cities

A preliminary auction clearance rate of 75.1 per cent has been recorded over the last week across Australia’s...

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Hotspots 08 DEC 2020

Home loan value hits pre-GFC high

Despite COVID-19, the value of new loan commitments for housing grew for the fifth consecutive month and the value of...

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Hotspots 08 DEC 2020

Brisbane property market update - November 2020

It feels like rocket fuel has been added to the Brisbane property market in the last month. Let’s explore what has...

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Hotspots 07 DEC 2020

HomeBuilder drives Vic sales to top June 2018 high

The HomeBuilder grant, along with record-low interest rates, drove increasing sales volumes that ultimately resulted in...

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Hotspots 07 DEC 2020

Market entry reaches highest levels since 2009

While housing affordability has generally declined, first home buyers emerged as winners this year, benefiting from...

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Hotspots 07 DEC 2020

Post-recession pattern: How prices will rise in the next 5 years

Real estate has proven its resilience once again as prices rise over the year and forecasts point to further...

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Hotspots 04 DEC 2020

The rent divergence in the big 3 capitals

While most of the smaller capital cities thrived amid the COVID-19 virus, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane found...

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Hotspots 04 DEC 2020

Perth rental market emerges on top

As bigger capital cities’ rents continue to fall, Perth rent values have soared annually, according to CoreLogic.

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Hotspots 03 DEC 2020

City buyers flock to regional Queensland

Regional areas in Queensland have been seeing strong demand for lifestyle homes as the market and the people adjust to...

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Our Portfolio 03 DEC 2020

Secrets to building a $12-million portfolio: Lloyd Edge

Investor Lloyd Edge has successfully built an 18-strong property portfolio with assets spread across three states, now...

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Hotspots 03 DEC 2020

Only two capital cities to see rise in activity this week

With overall auction volumes down, Perth and Sydney stand as the only capital cities set to see a rise in activity over...

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Hotspots 03 DEC 2020

Perth to be standout property market in 2021

As Australia continues to recover from COVID-19, all capital cities are expected to record dwelling price rises in...

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Our Portfolio 02 DEC 2020

How this investor jumped from 1 to 4 properties in a year

Like most investors, Lorna Wang found herself stuck on the first property for years due to difficulties in financing,...

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Hotspots 01 DEC 2020

Market indicators point to overall improvement post-COVID

Australia’s housing market continued along a recovery trend through November, with CoreLogic’s national index...

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Hotspots 01 DEC 2020

How will dwelling values fare in 2021?

Australia’s property market continued its recovery trend through November as dwelling values rose across every...

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Hotspots 01 DEC 2020

Melbourne leads capital city auction activity

CoreLogic revealed that there was a slight increase in preliminary auction clearance rate across higher volumes in...

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Hotspots 30 NOV 2020

Gender superannuation gap declines to 50%

Superannuation is becoming an increasingly important asset in households’ wealth portfolios, but a gap remains...

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Hotspots 30 NOV 2020

REIV opposes ‘ill-informed’ cancellation of rental debt

Tenant advocates have been pushing to cancel all rental debts, but the Real Estate Institute of Victoria believes this...

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Our Portfolio 27 NOV 2020

Building to 11 property investments amid pandemic - Arjun Paliwan

Buyer’s agent and investor Arjun Paliwan did not let COVID-19 stop his wealth-creation journey and went on to...

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Hotspots 27 NOV 2020

Over 2k homes to be auctioned off in capital cities

Scheduled auction volumes are expected to surge above 2,000 for the first time since April, CoreLogic has found.

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Hotspots 27 NOV 2020

Why didn’t the Australian property market crash?

Doom and gloom headlines filled the news as soon as COVID-19 outbreak began, and Australia ultimately headed to its...

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Our Portfolio 26 NOV 2020

How this investor created a 39 property portfolio- George Markoski

After acquiring 39 properties in a 30-year span, investor George Markoski has achieved a million’s worth of increase...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2020

Top 20 school zones for property growth

New report from Domain revealed the top 10 primary and secondary school catchment zones, all with more than a 25 per...

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