Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 09 Jan 2018
5 hotspots boosted by infrastructure projects
A hotspot is only as good as the job prospects an area has going for it. Here’s a list of five areas set for growth due to past, present or future infrastructure...
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Sally Tindall read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
Investors had it tough in 2017 – and will have it even tougher in 2018
Life became harder for investors in 2017. Even though the official cash rate hasn’t increased since 2010, investor rates crept up throughout the year, writes Sally...
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Tim Lawless read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
What history can tell us about the property outlook for 2018
Australia’s housing market performance is likely to deliver a quite different result in 2018 relative to previous years as we see lower to negative growth rates...
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Most capital cities see active home values read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
Most capital cities see active home values
According to the latest CoreLogic data, home values were active across the majority of capital cities last week with two dropping, one rising and the others holding...
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Top story for 2017 proves Australian property investors’ priority read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
Top story for 2017 proves Australian property investors’ priority
Property investment is one of the most popular wealth-creation businesses in Australia and the investors’ constant thirst for knowledge and experience is among the...
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Max Pagnin, financial planner and investor read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
The benefits of financial planning and how it can boost your portfolio
Max Pagnin, financial planner and investor, joins Phillip Tarrant to discuss the benefits financial planning can have on your portfolio, his own portfolio and how his...
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Paul Glossop read icon 4 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
Reflections and predictions: How to make sure you don’t go broke when rates rise
Well, another year is closing to an end and its been one of the more diverse and varied years within the Australian property market in recent memory.
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Property investment journey, investment decisions, property market, property investment read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 06 Jan 2018
Beginning a property investment journey: ‘Be reflective and critical of yourself’
Grant Iverson spent roughly four years preparing for the beginning of his property investment journey, and while it seems like too long a time, he’s most grateful for...
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Analysis paralysis, property investment, property investor, read icon 4 min read
Hotspots • 05 Jan 2018
Four years of ‘analysis paralysis’: How this property investor finally started taking action
Grant Iverson spent roughly four years and $100,000 trying to learn everything he could about property investment, only to realise that the secret to success in the...
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The most popular episodes of the Smart Property Investment Show in 2017 read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 05 Jan 2018
The most popular episodes of the Smart Property Investment Show in 2017
Looking back at the year that was, we reflect on episodes of the Smart Property Investment Show which you think are the most captivating.
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