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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 21 JUN 2011

Cautious buyers borrow smarter

Increased caution is not necessarily a bad thing for home buyers, one industry pundit has claimed.

Hotspots 21 JUN 2011

iPhone app to ease buying and selling process

Century 21 has joined forces with RP Data, releasing the group’s first property iPhone application to assist...

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Finance 21 JUN 2011

Auction clearance rates still sluggish

Buyers’ lack of confidence was reflected in the weekend’s auction clearance rates, which remained flat in most of...

Hotspots 18 JUN 2011

New development for Sydney’s inner west

Property development group Australand has announced plans for a new residential development in Sydney’s sought-after...

Hotspots 17 JUN 2011

Living costs demand change in property prices

Australian property prices may see a correction over the coming years as the cost of living continues to soar, Yellow...

Hotspots 17 JUN 2011

Market flat but online browsing soars

Despite a widely reported slump in the property market Fairfax Media’s real estate site Domain.com.au (Domain) has...

Hotspots 17 JUN 2011

QLD unit market takes a hit

Prices and sales of Queensland units and townhouses have slipped right across the state as patchy economic conditions...

Hotspots 16 JUN 2011

Sydney housing shortage tightens

The Sydney property market needs up to 10 new suburbs built annually in order to meet the growing housing shortfall,...

Hotspots 16 JUN 2011

Property market continues to lag

The price of Australian real estate continued to fall in the March quarter, as the growing cost of living and buyer...

Hotspots 16 JUN 2011

More calls to increase first timer grant

Loan Market Group is urging the federal government to increase the First Home Owner’s Grant (FHOG) in a bid to bring...

Hotspots 15 JUN 2011

No room for overpriced properties: RE/MAX

Armed with an array of options, investors and home buyers are refusing to consider any properties that are overvalued,...

Hotspots 15 JUN 2011

Prestige properties under perform

Australia’s high end property markets have experienced significant price falls, placing the nation’s more...

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Hotspots 14 JUN 2011

Free valuations to help make sense of market

A new initiative is offering investors and home buyers free and instant access to residential property valuations via...

Hotspots 14 JUN 2011

Winter chill keeps buyers away

Bleak winter weather continued to deter buyers over the weekend, the latest data has revealed.

Hotspots 14 JUN 2011

Future bright for Port Macquarie

Strong infrastructure investment in New South Wales’ Port Macquarie is boding well for the local property market,...

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Hotspots 11 JUN 2011

It’s always a good time to buy: Bouris

Any time is a good time to buy, regardless of what house prices are doing, Yellow Brick Road’s chief executive Mark...

Hotspots 11 JUN 2011

Investment book supports McGrath Foundation

For nine days, Inspirational People in Property (IPIP) will contribute $10 from the sale of every copy of its book...

Hotspots 11 JUN 2011

First time buyers get older as prices get dearer

First time buyers around the globe are making their first purchases later, as they struggle with the rising cost of...

Hotspots 11 JUN 2011

No price bubble

Forecasts that Australian property prices could fall by as much as 40 per cent over the next decade have been rubbished...

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Tax & Legal 11 JUN 2011

Taxes push up new home prices

Excessive land taxes are stopping Australians from building new homes, the Housing Industry Association has claimed.

Hotspots 10 JUN 2011

Home lending hits 2000 levels

The number of Australians taking out home loans has dropped to the lowest level in a decade, according to the latest...

Hotspots 09 JUN 2011

Sydney buyers snatch up apartments

The residential market in Sydney’s inner suburbs has bucked the trend with several new apartment developments being...

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Hotspots 09 JUN 2011

Sydney Suburban Hotspot revealed

Sydney buyers looking to secure affordable property with the promise of strong capital growth should turn to Quakers...

Hotspots 09 JUN 2011

Buyers smile, affordability improves

Home buyers will be pleased to hear that Australia’s average property price to income ratio has fallen back to 2003...

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Finance 08 JUN 2011

Sustained rate hold needed: Laing & Simmons

The Reserve Bank’s decision to keep rates on hold this month has been welcomed by the property industry but talk of...