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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.

Hotspots 31 JUL 2012

Brisbane revealed as buyer's market

A high number of properties for sale are keeping prices in Brisbane down, according to the most recent Commonwealth...

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Hotspots 31 JUL 2012

Suburb plans opened up for comment

Investors in ten targeted suburbs will be able to have a say on issues of infrastructure, master plans and strategy for...

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Hotspots 31 JUL 2012

Property owners must face 'tough truths'

Buyers who can’t sell their property must face “some tough truths” about the price they’ve set, and shouldn’t...

Hotspots 31 JUL 2012

Units more popular than houses

Units are a more popular choice for investment than houses, according to research by RP Data.

Hotspots 30 JUL 2012

New tool helps investors find best properties

Investors looking for properties that suit their individual strategy are set to benefit from a new recently released...

Hotspots 30 JUL 2012

Poor growth due to cautiousness

Poor house price performance is the result of cautious ‘attitudes’ from the Australian public, according to...

Hotspots 30 JUL 2012

40pc of properties double in value

More than 41 per cent of Australian homes are now worth more than twice what their owners originally purchased them...

Hotspots 27 JUL 2012

Google tool to help find hotspots

A new tool from Google is set to help investors choose the best property in Sydney, through an addition to the existing...

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Hotspots 27 JUL 2012

Prices in Melbourne edge higher

Property prices in Melbourne improved marginally in the June quarter although remain down on the same time last year,...

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Hotspots 27 JUL 2012

Investors eye market opportunity

Falling term deposit rates combined with the volatile share market is driving investors back into the property market,...

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Hotspots 26 JUL 2012

SPI reaches more Australians than ever before

Subscriptions for Smart Property Investment magazine have gone through the roof according to the latest data from a...

Hotspots 26 JUL 2012

House prices hit bottom of the cycle

Although modest improvement in property prices is evident in most capital cities over the June quarter, price levels in...

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Finance 26 JUL 2012

Property owners unhappy with banks

Roy Morgan Research shows overall satisfaction with the big four banks dropped for a fifth consecutive month in June.

Hotspots 26 JUL 2012

New government housing boost available

Deposit free loans with no lender’s insurance is one item up for grabs under new government initiatives to boost the...

Hotspots 25 JUL 2012

Investors told to act fast on ACT

First home buyers located in the nation’s capital are being told to jump onto the property ladder sooner rather than...

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Hotspots 25 JUL 2012

Australia's housing needs to be improved

The Housing Industry Association has handed a new report to the government in a bid to improve Australia’s housing...

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Hotspots 25 JUL 2012

Largest $4.8b infrastructure project opens

Australia’s largest infrastructure project has opened today in one state and is set to open up the capital, according...

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Hotspots 25 JUL 2012

Mining boom to end in two years: Deloitte

Forecasts are dire for investors in mining towns, with predictions expecting the boom to only last for another two...

Hotspots 24 JUL 2012

Home ownership at record highs

Home owners are becoming increasingly comfortable with their home loan repayments, new research has revealed.

Hotspots 24 JUL 2012

Mining to take a back seat: BIS Shrapnel

Mining is set to take a back-seat to other residential growth drivers in 2013, according to a leading research group.

Hotspots 24 JUL 2012

First timers to break into market sooner

Property may soon be within reach of first time investors in one state after the announcement of a ‘ground breaking...

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Finance 20 JUL 2012

Investors choose banks over brokers

A majority of consumers feel more confident going direct to a bank than to brokers, new research has revealed.

Hotspots 20 JUL 2012

Record growth for investment hotspot

Property values in an investment hotspot have shot up by $50,000 over one quarter, a leading real estate group claims.

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Hotspots 19 JUL 2012

New home building still sliding

New building work has fallen continuously for a year now according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)...

Hotspots 19 JUL 2012

Once in 100 year opportunity

A capital city redevelopment is a one in 100 year opportunity for the area, according to the state government.