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Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 11 Jan 2023
2022 saw largest home value fall since GFC: CoreLogic
Australia’s housing market ended the year with its largest yearly rate of decline since the economic tragedy 14 years ago, according to CoreLogic’s latest Home Value...
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Hotspots • 05 Jan 2023
Why 2023 will be the year of commercial rental growth
Strong rental growth will help lessen the impact of rising interest rates on commercial properties in 2023, according to a new report.
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Hotspots • 04 Jan 2023
The essential ‘Ps’ of the property game
Mastering any endeavour usually takes time and commitment and property investing is no different. That said, there are fundamentals that can help new participants come...
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Hotspots • 03 Jan 2023
2023 will be the year of strong rental returns, report says
Will 2023 bring good tidings to tenants or landlords? According to a new report, rental property owners are in for a happy year. 
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Hotspots • 31 Dec 2022
2022: A year ‘unlike any other’ in property
Surging inflation, eight consecutive interest rate hikes, and deteriorating affordability drove a shift in Australia’s 2022 housing market performance, the end-of-year...
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Hotspots • 31 Dec 2022
What went up will come down: The golden opportunities that await cashed-up commercial property investors in 2023
With values set to slide over the next year, counter-cyclical buyers and cashed-up opportunists can look forward to nabbing some serious bargains.
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Hotspots • 30 Dec 2022
Tracking Smart Property Investment’s most popular stories for 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, Smart Property Investment takes a look back at the most-read stories on the site for the past 12 months. 
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Hotspots • 28 Dec 2022
2022 in review: Melbourne
A state election rounded out the Victorian capital’s first non-COVID-19-disrupted year since 2019; however, the city’s housing market remained active year-round.
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Hotspots • 28 Dec 2022
2022 in review: Sydney
After a wild 18 months of growth from the onset of the pandemic, Sydney’s 2022 was characterised by rising interest rates and plummeting housing prices.
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Hotspots • 27 Dec 2022
Slashed fees position Qld’s tightest rental market for ‘turnaround’, state body says
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) lauded the recent introduction of measures seen to increase supply in a region considered to be the epicentre of the...
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