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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 22 MAR 2019

Property tax changes tipped to impact rental costs

Research from one of Australia’s largest housing building associations has modelled the impact of capital gains tax...

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Finance 22 MAR 2019

Quick tips for increasing borrowing power

Investors have no doubt found it difficult to navigate the lending landscape at the moment, so one broker shares a tip...

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Hotspots 22 MAR 2019

‘Cosmetically challenged properties’ offer opportunities to Sydney investors

Despite the softening of the Sydney property market, experts believe that the capital city continues to hold...

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Hotspots 22 MAR 2019

Canberra deemed Australia’s most liveable city by Australians

A new report has found that despite Melbourne’s history of being known as the world’s most liveable city for...

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2019

The policies impacting property in the NSW state election

Property policies are a headline issue for the NSW state election, with voters going to the polls this weekend. Smart...

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2019

Why these suburbs are faring better than others as prices fall

New data points to which suburbs with the largest average land sizes in each capital city are bucking against general...

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2019

New negative gearing modelling gets green light from property experts

Multiple industry body heads have accepted SQM’s updated modelling of what the property market could look like under...

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2019

Key investor market slips away in last quarter

Analysis of recent ABS data has shown that the decline in overseas migration eased over the recent quarter, which is...

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Tax & Legal 21 MAR 2019

ATO sets crackdown on missing tax dollars from Airbnb hosts

There is a significant amount of tax dollars that have gone missing through the Airbnb gig economy, as hosts are...

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2019

Good yield needed to succeed in today’s market: Accountant

With a number of major property markets currently at a softening phase, experts encourage investors to reassess their...

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Hotspots 21 MAR 2019

What rent, values look like under Labor: New modelling

An updated modelling of the Labor government’s proposed changes to negative gearing has found that yields are likely...

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Tax & Legal 20 MAR 2019

More focus on infrastructure, less on migration: Property experts

The Morrison government announced on Wednesday its plan for addressing population growth and congestion issues, but not...

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Hotspots 20 MAR 2019

The hotspots for upsizers revealed

A new report from a bank shows where property buyers looking to upsize are looking to move to, as well as how they deal...

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Hotspots 20 MAR 2019

Understanding zoning regulations and property consolidation

Understanding zoning regulations can be critical to realise the full potential of a property investment journey,...

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Hotspots 20 MAR 2019

Off-the-plan properties in Sydney: Are they good investments?

After a period of correction, experts and investors believe that the Sydney property market is up for recovery soon....

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Finance 19 MAR 2019

Bad debt and breaking the 'shame' cycle

Bad debt is never good news for loan applicant, but in 2019 when financing is harder to secure, there are some...

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Hotspots 19 MAR 2019

Big infrastructure spend for tipped to boost capital city market

One of Australia’s capital cities set for high growth this year is seeing a large amount of infrastructure...

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Hotspots 19 MAR 2019

Two capitals avoid values slip in December quarter, ABS data shows

Data released on Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal that property prices declined over the December...

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Hotspots 19 MAR 2019

Property investment in 2019: Where and what to buy in Australia

Despite the softening of some of the major property markets in Australia, experts believe that the capital city markets...

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Hotspots 18 MAR 2019

NSW downturn: ‘Foreign investment to blame’

A former Australian senator has blamed the current government’s decisions to curtail foreign investment as the cause...

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Finance 18 MAR 2019

Debt cycle ‘shame’ holding back young investors

Generation Y and Millennials considering property investment are being held back by the “shame” of others knowing...

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Hotspots 18 MAR 2019

All capital cities avoid price rise last week

According to the latest data from CoreLogic, home values were down slightly in the majority of Australian capital...

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Hotspots 18 MAR 2019

Western Sydney suburb sees activity boost

With Labor’s proposed negative gearing policy becoming a real possibility, one western Sydney suburb is seeing an...

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Hotspots 18 MAR 2019

4 steps to finding good investments in a downturn market

‘Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful’, according to world-renowned investor Warren...

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Finance 15 MAR 2019

Per capita recession ‘unlikely’ property price indicator

A property commentator has cautioned against fearing the recent announcement that Australia is in a ‘per capita’...