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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 08 JUL 2015

Bumper selling season ahead

The remaining winter months could be the ideal time to sell your property with a severe shortage facing the east coast...

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Hotspots 08 JUL 2015

New research busts property myth

Do properties really change hands every seven years? Not even close, according to new data.

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Finance 07 JUL 2015

RBA Cash Rate Announcement - July 2015

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its first cash rate announcement for this financial year.

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Hotspots 07 JUL 2015

Melbourne immune to property bubble

Despite increasing fears of an impending bursting of property bubbles in Australia’s two largest capital cities,...

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Finance 07 JUL 2015

RBA to keep rates on hold - 2015

It’s a ‘near certainty’ that the RBA will keep the cash rate on hold at 2.00 per cent at this afternoon’s board...

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Hotspots 06 JUL 2015

House prices could fall by 20%

A former economic adviser to the prime minister has warned that it is increasingly likely Australia will suffer a...

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Hotspots 03 JUL 2015

Capital growth potential of every property revealed

Investors and potential homebuyers are now able to access the estimated sale value and potential capital growth of 98...

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Hotspots 03 JUL 2015

Coastal region primed for growth

An increasing disparity between supply and demand is expected to force prices up in one tightly-held real estate...

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Hotspots 01 JUL 2015

2 suburbs set to boom

Two suburbs within one local government area will undergo significant growth in the years ahead and now is an ideal...

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Hotspots 29 JUN 2015

Property prices to fall in seven capitals

Investors who are speculating on big capital gains in Sydney and Melbourne look set to be cruelly disappointed, but...

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Hotspots 25 JUN 2015

Highest proportion of renters found in Northern Australia

A new report into home ownership has found that Queensland and the Northern Territory have the largest proportion of...

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Hotspots 25 JUN 2015

Perth market poised for new growth period

A housing industry identity has raised the prospect of the Perth market entering a new growth phase, outlining...

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Hotspots 24 JUN 2015

Sydney house price growth nears 20%

Sydney prices continue to rise at extraordinary rates, while Darwin and Hobart are also showing strong signs of...

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Hotspots 24 JUN 2015

5 best regions for sales gains revealed

The sellers markets most likely to return a gain in Australia have been revealed by a new report, reinforcing the...

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Hotspots 23 JUN 2015

Investor crackdown fails to cool auction fever

Auction clearance rates have surpassed 80 per cent for the eighth consecutive weekend in Sydney and sixth weekend in a...

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Hotspots 23 JUN 2015

Australia suffering ‘largest housing bubble on record’

Two economists have delivered a chilling warning: the country’s changing attitude to property has made a housing...

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Hotspots 22 JUN 2015

Top 5 loss-making investment locations revealed

The regions where sellers have encountered the biggest losses have been uncovered in a new report.

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Hotspots 22 JUN 2015

Nation’s best property experts to be revealed

Investors across the country can have their say on their ultimate property A-team with the launch of the inaugural...

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Tax & Legal 19 JUN 2015

Scrapping negative gearing would ‘make situation worse’

With housing affordability and negative gearing continuing to generate debate, one economist has weighed in and said...

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Hotspots 18 JUN 2015

Time running out for Sydney

Investors looking to cash in on booming conditions in the New South Wales capital may need to act quickly in order to...

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Finance 17 JUN 2015

Stamp duty increases 695%

Property buyers around Australia have suffered colossal increases in stamp duty over the past two decades.

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Hotspots 17 JUN 2015

Investor crackdown a ‘failure’

Recent attempts by regulators and the banks to put the brakes on investor activity have failed, with harsher measures...

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Finance 16 JUN 2015

Next rate movement will be up: experts

Despite continuing speculation that the Reserve Bank could cut rates again later this year, most commentators believe...

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Tax & Legal 15 JUN 2015

Negative gearing cuts ‘dangerous’

A political plan to scrap negative gearing has been slammed as a misleading and ill-conceived policy that would hurt...

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Hotspots 15 JUN 2015

Top 5 buyers’ and sellers’ markets

A new analysis of Australia's property market conditions has revealed the five regions that most favour vendors and...