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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.

property

Tax & Legal 27 AUG 2015

Hidden tax boosting property values

Investors buying off-the-plan dwellings in one of Australia's largest cities could be getting slugged by a...

toughening investment

Hotspots 26 AUG 2015

Tough times set to continue

Investment in new housing stock is set to decline within the next two years, and the national economy will continue to...

paperwork

Hotspots 26 AUG 2015

ASIC strikes again

Another company has been punished after a federal regulator discovered it was peddling an SMSF property investment...

vic

Hotspots 25 AUG 2015

Lending crackdown fails to curb growth

New figures released by the same regulator that instigated the investor lending crackdown have cast doubt over the...

melbourne

Hotspots 25 AUG 2015

Shake-up for Victorian real estate

The Victorian government has announced a widespread review into legislation governing residential property sales and...

sydney news

Finance 25 AUG 2015

Clearance rates falling in major city

New data from the weekend confirms the cooling of one capital city's auction market, with another continuing to grow...

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Hotspots 24 AUG 2015

Natural disaster warning

A peak strata body has urged NSW owners corporations to take heed of recent seismic activity in Australia, warning that...

supply

Tax & Legal 21 AUG 2015

Foreign investment laws overhauled

Foreign investors will be slapped with new administrative costs and exposed to higher penalties if they fall foul of...

rent keys

Hotspots 20 AUG 2015

Surprise market players uncovered

A major real estate franchise has reported a dramatic increase in overseas investor interest from countries rarely...

vic

Hotspots 19 AUG 2015

Regional values revealed

The performance of family homes in regional Victoria over the past year has been revealed by new data.

sydney prices

Hotspots 19 AUG 2015

Huge increase in property listings

New data has revealed that property listings in two capital cities rose by more than 20 per cent over the last year,...

Hotspots 18 AUG 2015

New wave of foreign investment

Changes to China's domestic policy may result in over $75 billion of additional foreign capital being invested in...

top suburbs

Hotspots 18 AUG 2015

High-risk postcodes revealed - August 2015

A leading property analyst has revealed the locations most likely to suffer from rises in interest rates or...

toughening investment

Finance 17 AUG 2015

Mortgage rates likely to rise again

Investors should expect further increases to mortgage rates in the near future, with a leading market analyst...

microphone

Hotspots 17 AUG 2015

More action on property spruikers needed

A NSW senator has raised concerns about the ability of ASIC to efficiently deal with investigations into property...

rental

Hotspots 14 AUG 2015

Rent growth slowest on record

Rental growth has slumped to a record low of 0.9 per cent per annum in Australia’s capital cities, a new CoreLogic RP...

perth050315

Hotspots 14 AUG 2015

Rising house prices won't make Australia better off

The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned that rising property prices are creating risks in the economy and are unlikely...

microphone

Hotspots 13 AUG 2015

Notorious spruiker in ASIC’s sights again

ASIC has brought legal proceedings against a notorious property spruiker and their associated companies, resulting in...

infrastructure

Hotspots 13 AUG 2015

Housing construction has already peaked

A new report has revealed that construction of new housing in Australia is likely to enter a period of sharp decline...

tama

Hotspots 13 AUG 2015

Sydney price growth third highest in the world

Sydney currently ranks third in the world for luxury residential annual price growth, according to a global index for...

qld cbd

Hotspots 12 AUG 2015

Queensland new target for overseas investors

Overseas investors who have been driving up prices in Sydney and Melbourne have turned to a third Australian state...

intrest ratesx

Hotspots 11 AUG 2015

Signs of recovery in WA

The year-on-year performance of Western Australia’s regional centres has been revealed, with mining towns continuing...

3brhouses

Hotspots 11 AUG 2015

Investor crackdown dangerous for housing supply

Reduced levels of investor loans could prevent development projects going ahead, which would in turn damage supply...

negative

Tax & Legal 10 AUG 2015

More illegal investors ordered to sell up

Five foreign investors who unlawfully hold residential property in Australia have been ordered to sell their...

21043 sales

Hotspots 10 AUG 2015

Sydney and Melbourne set for further growth: RBA

Australia’s central bank has raised the extraordinary possibility that property prices in Sydney and Melbourne have...