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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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Finance 04 NOV 2014

RBA Cash Rate Announcement - November 2014

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced the outcome of its second-last monthly board meeting of the year.

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Hotspots 04 NOV 2014

Curbing investor activity would be ‘short-sighted’

Regulators should “put to bed” any notion of intervening to cool the housing market and slowing investor activity,...

backyard investment

Hotspots 04 NOV 2014

Investors placing 'one-way bet' on property

Australians have an "irrational obsession" with property, according to the CEO of one of the big four banks, who said...

top suburbs

Hotspots 03 NOV 2014

Land shortage to drive up prices

A Brisbane suburb could be set to boom with quality stock in short supply and investors looking to capitalise on...

landtax

Tax & Legal 03 NOV 2014

GST increase should spark land tax, stamp duty review

With Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling for debate and discussion about the current GST rate, one industry body has...

miningtown

Hotspots 31 OCT 2014

Mining town crash claims ‘misleading’

Recent claims that a previous investor hotspot is on the brink of collapse and has experienced “bloodshed” in its...

boostoprice

Finance 31 OCT 2014

Rates to remain steady

Australia's biggest Reserve Bank Survey shows no change is expected to the cash rate on Tuesday, but borrowers can...

stats1

Hotspots 30 OCT 2014

Buyers expect prices to keep rising

Over 50 per cent of owners and prospective buyers believe property prices are set to continue increasing over the next...

buying

Hotspots 30 OCT 2014

Deadline looms for property investors

Property investors are again being urged to act quickly with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) able to penalise...

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Finance 29 OCT 2014

NSW ‘needs to review’ stamp duty rates

The stamp duty paid on residential property sales in New South Wales in the first quarter of the 2014/2015 financial...

mining town

Hotspots 29 OCT 2014

Mining town hits rock bottom

A mining region – which was popular with investors and commanded rents of over $3,000 a week and asking prices in...

brisbane skyline

Hotspots 28 OCT 2014

Gold Coast suffering from supply problem

Despite perceptions that the Gold Coast property market suffers from an oversupply of apartments, one real estate group...

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Finance 28 OCT 2014

Investors encouraged to fix their loans

With speculation increasing that the cash rate is set to rise in 2015, a wealth coach has urged investors to consider...

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Hotspots 27 OCT 2014

Brisbane suffering from ‘racist’ reputation

International property investors are starting to turn away from Brisbane due to perceptions that the Queensland capital...

apartments

Hotspots 27 OCT 2014

Top 10 most expensive suburbs for units

The 10 suburbs with the highest median values for units have been uncovered by new research, with nine of the top 10...

innerwest

Hotspots 24 OCT 2014

Sydney market tightens

The residential vacancy rate in the New South Wales capital has declined, according to new data.

boostoprice

Tax & Legal 24 OCT 2014

Investors weigh in on negative gearing debate

With industry experts, politicians and journalists all weighing in on the future of negative gearing and investor...

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Hotspots 23 OCT 2014

Investors reminded about looming deadline

With the ATO’s October 31 deadline for tax return lodgement fast approaching, investors are being advised to get...

Finance 23 OCT 2014

Calls for cash rate to remain stable

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is being urged to keep the cash rate at 2.5 per cent after new data was released...

melbs

Hotspots 22 OCT 2014

Top 4 Melbourne investment suburbs

Four inner-western and inner-northern Melbourne suburbs have offered investors the best value and returns over the past...

syd

Hotspots 22 OCT 2014

Sydney’s worst performing regions revealed

Not all property markets within Sydney have benefited from the recent property boom, with new research uncovering the...

sydney prices

Hotspots 21 OCT 2014

'Quiet' Sydney suburb to boom

A suburb north west of Sydney’s CBD could experience double-digit price growth in the coming year due to employment...

buying

Tax & Legal 21 OCT 2014

Calls for land tax concessions for floundering Sydney strip

The state government has been urged to review land taxes in a bid to revitalise Sydney’s Oxford Street.

boostoprice

Hotspots 20 OCT 2014

Proposed rezoning to boost prices

A plan to double a local government area’s population in less than two decades could see property prices soar in...

newsonline

Hotspots 20 OCT 2014

Online property auction platform launches

A platform designed to allow secure online bidding for properties sold at auction was launched over the weekend on the...