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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.

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...

southaustralia

Hotspots 07 AUG 2015

High-growth suburbs revealed

The latest release of Valuer General’s median house price data in South Australia has revealed the highest-growing...

tama

Finance 07 AUG 2015

Fixed rate loans becoming more popular

Demand for fixed rate home loans increased over the month of July in response to multiple banks increasing interest...

Maths formular

Finance 06 AUG 2015

APRA crackdown 'ineffectual'

The head of one lender has described APRA’s continued efforts to reduce investor lending as “ineffectual”,...

Jenga house

Finance 06 AUG 2015

Market reacts strangely to APRA crackdown

Property listings have increased across the nation in July and could be a possible result of the investor lending...

rates

Hotspots 05 AUG 2015

Housing supply in decline

A record number of homebuilding approvals were awarded last financial year – but signs have emerged that activity may...

HOBART

Hotspots 05 AUG 2015

Investors turn to Tassie

Investors turned to Australia’s cheapest property state to snatch some bargains over the June quarter.

rba

Finance 04 AUG 2015

RBA Cash Rate Announcement - August 2015

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the result of its monthly meeting in regards to the official cash rate.

rate cut

Finance 04 AUG 2015

Big 4 and more increase interest rates

The last of the big four banks and two leading regional banks have announced increases to their standard variable rates...

listings

Finance 03 AUG 2015

Interest rate hikes ‘unfair’ to investors

Increasing interest rates on investment loans is 'unfair' to investors and any changes should’ve been targeted to the...

rba

Finance 03 AUG 2015

No change predicted for RBA cash rate

It’s most likely that the RBA will keep the cash rate on hold at 2.00 per cent at tomorrow’s monthly board...

tama

Hotspots 03 AUG 2015

Investor demand to take a dive

New data indicates that the title of best-performing capital city has changed hands, amidst warnings that the APRA...

apartment blue sky

Finance 31 JUL 2015

Special report: APRA tries to take the heat out of the market

Concerned that investor activity in Australia’s two largest capitals is pricing first-time home buyers out of the...

Maths formular

Finance 31 JUL 2015

Special report: APRA changes to meet with mixed success

The jury is out on whether APRA-instigated changes to investor lending will influence market values, but if they do,...

BESTSUBS

Hotspots 31 JUL 2015

Special report: first-time investors hit the hardest

First-time or beginner investors are going to be hit the hardest by the recent changes to investor lending instigated...

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Hotspots 31 JUL 2015

Special report: pain and gain for existing investors

Any pain felt by existing investors because of recent changes to lending will be determined by their personal...

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Hotspots 31 JUL 2015

Special report: investors unfazed by lending changes

Two surveys released over the period of APRA-instigated bank announcements indicate that investors are largely...

apartments

Hotspots 30 JUL 2015

Spruiker schemes in spotlight, regulator warns

A regulator warns property investors to be cautious of investment schemes, citing a string of recent legal actions...

BESTSUBS

Hotspots 30 JUL 2015

Australia desirable to foreign investors

The fall in the Australian dollar makes our property market relatively cheap and desirable to foreign investors,...

Sydney property

Hotspots 29 JUL 2015

Inner city set for massive boost to apartment stock

One area of inner Sydney will be home to almost half the new apartment stock projected to hit the market in the next...

Nab

Hotspots 29 JUL 2015

Investors under increasing pressure

A third big four bank has announced loan rate changes in an attempt to curb investor borrowing activity.

perth050315

Hotspots 28 JUL 2015

Sustained slump in two capitals

The prospect of a recovery in two of Australia’s suffering capital city markets is a distant one, according to a...

coins

Finance 28 JUL 2015

Auction clearance rate lowest in 13 weeks

Auction clearance rates have dipped below 80 per cent in Sydney for the first time in 13 weeks, although the market...