Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Drew Woods read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 14 Mar 2016
Obligations when buying off-the-plan
There are many stages in which a property is bought off-the-plan, and the particular point of time in which you choose to sign a contract may have different implications...
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How I'll retire on $200,000 a year read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 14 Mar 2016
How I will retire on 200000 a year
This week on The Smart Property Investment Show we are joined by Mitchell Burge – an investor with 12 properties who has gone to incredible lengths in order to play it...
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Land values skyrocket read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 14 Mar 2016
Land values skyrocket
New figures show that vacant land prices increased across every state capital city in 2015, with four experiencing double-digit growth.
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7 mistakes that are costing you money read icon 4 min read
Hotspots • 11 Mar 2016
7 mistakes that are costing you money
Mistakes and oversights can cost you a lot of time and money, so you might be surprised to know there are some all-too-common – and disastrously costly – mistakes...
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Increased housing supply cooling house prices: RBA read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 11 Mar 2016
Increased housing supply cooling house prices: RBA
The Reserve Bank of Australia has reaffirmed that it is continuing to monitor developments in the housing market “very closely”.
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What would it take for Australian property to crash? read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 11 Mar 2016
What would it take for Australian property to crash?
One of Australia's leading economists has outlined what it would take for a property crash to happen.
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Can you guess Australia's highest-yielding suburbs? read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 11 Mar 2016
Can you guess Australia's highest-yielding suburbs?
Investors with houses in these suburbs are pocketing the big bucks each week. Has your investment suburb made the list? Take our quiz to find out!
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20 Sydney suburbs now buyers' markets read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 09 Mar 2016
20 Sydney suburbs now buyers' markets
One buyer's agent has used new sales data to proclaim Sydney's property boom well and truly over, predicting a market rout for investor hotspots on the city's...
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Helen Collier-Kogtevs read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 09 Mar 2016
The benefits of investing long term
Using a buy-and-hold strategy in the current market is more likely to generate lasting wealth.
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Setting the record straight on negative gearing read icon 4 min read
Hotspots • 08 Mar 2016
Setting the record straight on negative gearing
Much has been posited about the typical Australian property investor, especially their salary. But what does it all really mean?
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