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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: 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 • 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 • 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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Hotspots • 24 Dec 2022

Perth property prices drop 2.8%

The median house price in Perth dropped to $530,000 across the September 2022 quarter, according to the latest insights from Western Australia.

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Hotspots • 24 Dec 2022

2022 in review: Brisbane

Queensland’s capital resisted the market declines for half the year; however, as the year wore on, value decreases began to occur across Brisbane.

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Hotspots • 24 Dec 2022

2022 in review: Perth

Western Australia’s capital remained incredibly resistant to market downturns throughout the year while maintaining relative rental affordability in the face of...

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