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All the latest updates affecting your property investment. Smart Property Investments is the top source for latest property market reports, insights, news and useful tips and strategies from experts.

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Hotspots 09 MAY 2023

Will the latest rate hike undo rebounding market confidence?

While the March lending data showed confidence is returning among property buyers, the Real Estate Institute of...

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Hotspots 06 MAY 2023

Rent hikes break records across Aussie capitals

A new report showed Australia's capital cities have recorded the strongest annual rental increase in history, fueled by...

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Hotspots 05 MAY 2023

Vendor caution drives declines in property listings

Capital cities saw larger-than-normal declines in residential property listings in April as vendors took a cautious...

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Hotspots 03 MAY 2023

Market confidence improves as cautious buyers and investors leave sidelines

Confidence is returning to the property sector, a new report showed, as savvy buyers and investors shed their cautious...

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Hotspots 03 MAY 2023

National Cabinet announcements ‘no silver bullet’ for housing crisis: REIA

Despite welcoming the recent outcome of the National Cabinet meeting, Australia’s peak real estate body believes the...

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Hotspots 03 MAY 2023

Consecutive monthly home value increases indicate market may have bottomed out

After falling throughout the back end of 2022, CoreLogic’s latest Home Value Index (HVI) has revealed home prices...

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Hotspots 02 MAY 2023

RBA delivers May cash rate decision

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) handed down its fourth cash rate decision for 2023 at its monthly board meeting on...

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Hotspots 02 MAY 2023

Home Guarantee Scheme expanded as National Cabinet flags supply increases

Federal Housing Minister Julie Collins announced reforms to the scheme two days after the Prime Minister and state...

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Hotspots 29 APR 2023

‘New Rockhampton’ to be formed as Qld braces for population surge

Five new suburbs have been approved in one of South-East Queensland’s largest greenfield growth areas to accommodate...

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Hotspots 29 APR 2023

Government must get serious about NSW housing supply: Tim McKibbin

Australia’s most populated state could face an ongoing housing crisis unless empty government promises become deep...

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Hotspots 29 APR 2023

Real estate bodies call for national energy rating scheme

The Property Council of Australia (PCA) and the Green Building Council of Australia are calling for the creation of a...

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Hotspots 29 APR 2023

Quarterly home value increases hint at cautious market recovery

For the first time in a year, Australian home prices recorded an increase over the first quarter of the year, with...

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Hotspots 26 APR 2023

Which suburb saw over 300% capital growth in the last 10 years?

A new report has revealed the suburbs where property owners could potentially cash in on up to 300 per cent value...

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Tax & Legal 26 APR 2023

Proposed anti-money laundering reforms to make housing transactions more ‘expensive and complex’: REIA

Proposed changes to the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws will do more...

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Hotspots 26 APR 2023

Cairns council scratches controversial investor rate hike

A proposal to charge non-principal places of residence at a higher rate by the popular north Queensland town’s...

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Hotspots 22 APR 2023

An Investor’s Guide To Vacancy Rates

When you invest in rental properties, finding quality tenants can make the difference between a successful investment...

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Hotspots 21 APR 2023

Sydney takes the lead in national industrial rental growth amid low vacancy rates

The NSW capital led the way nationally in terms of industrial rental growth, as low vacancy rates and supply issues...

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Finance 21 APR 2023

RBA to have 2 boards as part of major shake-up

The central bank will soon have two boards — one to set the cash rate and another for governance — as part of one...

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Tax & Legal 21 APR 2023

Accountant raises alarm on ATO investor tax crackdown

Property investors must be “particularly careful” not to understate their income or overclaim expenses this tax...

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Tax & Legal 21 APR 2023

Qld makes good on sunset clause crackdown

The Queensland government has limited the power of sunset clauses in off-the-plan contracts that some shady developers...

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Hotspots 20 APR 2023

Is the Australian housing market truly at ‘high risk’?

While Australia’s property markets have been labelled as the second riskiest in the world, an expert offers arguments...

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Hotspots 19 APR 2023

Healthy Qld rental market ‘worlds away’ as crisis continues

Even with the state’s residential vacancy rate climbing 0.1 per cent between Q4 2022 and Q1 2022, the market remains...

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Hotspots 19 APR 2023

To retire, renting millennials will need 50% more in savings than homeowners

Millennials who rent will need to save significantly more than their home-owning peers in order to retire comfortably,...

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Hotspots 19 APR 2023

Is Perth on the brink of an apartment shortage?

Perth is facing an “imminent” shortage of apartment supply that could intensify the pressure on its property and...

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Hotspots 18 APR 2023

Is housing the key to a successful retirement?

Despite being previously ruled out by the Prime Minister, a reform to national superannuation could open the home...

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