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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 OCT 2015

Are you a property investment expert?

Do you know enough to make your fortune from Australian real estate? Take our quiz and find out now!

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Hotspots 22 OCT 2015

Spruiker group faces Supreme Court's wrath

Dodgy advice relating to property investment within superannuation funds has proven to be a real estate company’s...

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Hotspots 21 OCT 2015

Lending crackdown looks set to continue

Investors could be facing higher interest rates across the board after the government made some significant...

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Hotspots 21 OCT 2015

Investors should approach mining town's ‘recovery’ with caution

Investors are being warned to proceed with care after a new report claimed the property market in one of Australia’s...

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Hotspots 20 OCT 2015

City's decline continues

Sydney has languished behind Melbourne for another weekend in the auction clearance stakes, in what now appears to be...

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Hotspots 19 OCT 2015

Increased risk for inner-city markets

The Reserve Bank of Australia has used a monthly review to highlight growing risks associated with property investment,...

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Hotspots 19 OCT 2015

Melbourne to overtake Sydney in 2016

There’s been plenty of speculation, and a prominent property research company has now made the call: Australia’s...

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Hotspots 19 OCT 2015

10 biggest property turnoffs: how to fix them

Thinking of selling? Here are the top 10 things turning buyers away and what you can do to fix them.

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Hotspots 16 OCT 2015

Industry reacts to dire predictions

One investment firm's forecast of a 7.5 per cent decline in property prices has stirred strong reactions from the real...

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Hotspots 16 OCT 2015

NSW strata reforms finally introduced

Long-awaited reforms to NSW strata legislation have been introduced to state parliament this week, with changes set to...

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Hotspots 15 OCT 2015

Owner-occupiers to share investor pain

After months of investors bearing the brunt of APRA’s revised lending guidelines, a major bank has announced...

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Hotspots 15 OCT 2015

Rising sales activity

Property sales increased across much of Australia during the past year, with two capital cities recording significant...

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Hotspots 15 OCT 2015

Real estate shake-up confirmed

The NSW Parliament has passed new legislation this week that will change the way agents market properties – and...

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Hotspots 15 OCT 2015

Australian property due for dramatic decline

A leading economist has predicted that Australian property prices will drop within two years, with several banks...

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Hotspots 13 OCT 2015

Property versus shares – investors have their say

The experts have had their say, but what do investors on the ground think when it comes to the choice between property...

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Hotspots 13 OCT 2015

Rebound for auction markets

Last weekend’s auction results saw improvements across Australia's largest property markets, following speculation...

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Hotspots 12 OCT 2015

Brisbane rents to remain static

New data has revealed bad news for Brisbane’s rental market, with no relief in sight for landlords, according to one...

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Hotspots 12 OCT 2015

Australia's worst-performing suburbs named

No fewer than 17 capital city suburbs have experienced double-digit declines in house prices during the past three...

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Hotspots 09 OCT 2015

Property versus shares – where's the best investment?

After a bumpy few weeks for stock markets around the world, should investors consider redirecting their money into...

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Hotspots 09 OCT 2015

Judgement day looms for property spruiker

A further development has taken place in ASIC’s case against one of Australia’s most notorious property spruikers,...

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Hotspots 08 OCT 2015

4 Sydney suburbs in bank’s sights

One bank has revealed the Sydney hotspots it is monitoring most closely, following an influx of property investors into...

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Hotspots 08 OCT 2015

11 suburbs with 100%-plus growth revealed

New data has revealed Australia’s best-performing suburbs of the past five years – with a diverse range of...

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Finance 07 OCT 2015

APRA changes stamping out ‘marginal’ investors

Recent changes to investor lending may be having the positive impact of preventing risky investors from entering the...

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Hotspots 07 OCT 2015

Sale listings skyrocket

A massive increase in property listings has led to increased speculation that the Sydney market is slowing, although...

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Finance 06 OCT 2015

October cash rate announcement

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its October cash rate decision, following a month of declining auction...