Sasha Karen

Canberra deemed Australia’s most liveable city by Australians

A new report has found that despite Melbourne’s history of being known as the world’s most liveable city for numerous years, Australians have a different point of view: ...

HOTSPOTS • Fri, 22 Mar 2019

The policies impacting property in the NSW state election

Property policies are a headline issue for the NSW state election, with voters going to the polls this weekend. Smart Property Investment has broken down the headline ...

HOTSPOTS • Thu, 21 Mar 2019

Why these suburbs are faring better than others as prices fall

New data points to which suburbs with the largest average land sizes in each capital city are bucking against general property market trends.

HOTSPOTS • Thu, 21 Mar 2019

New negative gearing modelling gets green light from property experts

Multiple industry body heads have accepted SQM’s updated modelling of what the property market could look like under Labor’s proposed negative gearing changes and ...

HOTSPOTS • Thu, 21 Mar 2019

Key investor market slips away in last quarter

Analysis of recent ABS data has shown that the decline in overseas migration eased over the recent quarter, which is important for property.

HOTSPOTS • Thu, 21 Mar 2019

Long-term short-stay letting strategy cops heat in Melbourne

While summer provided good returns for those who let out their properties on platforms like Airbnb, attempting to do so in the long term is not a smart property ...

INVESTOR STRATEGY • Wed, 20 Mar 2019

More focus on infrastructure, less on migration: Property experts

The Morrison government announced on Wednesday its plan for addressing population growth and congestion issues, but not everyone is pleased.

TAX & LEGAL • Wed, 20 Mar 2019

The hotspots for upsizers revealed

A new report from a bank shows where property buyers looking to upsize are looking to move to, as well as how they deal with the stress of the process.

HOTSPOTS • Wed, 20 Mar 2019

Bad debt and breaking the 'shame' cycle

Bad debt is never good news for loan applicant, but in 2019 when financing is harder to secure, there are some strategies that investors with black marks in their track ...

FINANCE • Tue, 19 Mar 2019