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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.

Cameron Kusher spi

Hotspots 24 SEP 2019

Property market risks ‘abated’

Risks associated with the downturn in the property market have “abated”, according to Australia’s financial...

RBA SPI 1

Hotspots 23 SEP 2019

Big bank balance sheets increasingly skewed to mortgages

The balance sheets of the big four banks are increasingly exposed to residential mortgages, as other forms of revenue...

Wayne Byres spi

Finance 23 SEP 2019

APRA pushes for ‘more granular’ mortgage reporting

The prudential regulator has launched a consultation on a proposal that would expand its collection remit for home...

family

Finance 20 SEP 2019

Lender launches 95% LVR loan for FHBs

Better Choice Home Loans has launched a new 95 per cent LVR home loan product, which aims to help more first home...

queensland suburbs aerial spi

Hotspots 19 SEP 2019

Queensland dominates top 100 performing suburbs report

CoreLogic’s Top Rental Performers Report has reported 42 out of 100 of the top-rated suburbs in all of Australia are...

perth 840

Hotspots 19 SEP 2019

Property market update: Perth, August 2019

Experts say that Perth, along with Brisbane and Adelaide, is just at the right stage of the property cycle, having...

housing property decline spi

Finance 17 SEP 2019

How much has your property fallen in the last quarter?

Residential property prices fell by 0.7 per cent in the June quarter, according to newly released national figures.

Michael Lawrence spi

Finance 17 SEP 2019

Mutual banks’ lending growth outpaces majors

Customer-owned banking institutions wrote $6.6 billion in the 2019 financial year, up 7.8 per cent from the previous...

QBE LMI Phil White spi

Finance 17 SEP 2019

The cost of housing in 2022

As Australian house prices stabilise, one capital city has been predicted to outstrip all other markets in value growth...

mortgagors property spi

Finance 17 SEP 2019

Mortgagors move to pay down debt

New figures from AMP Bank have shown a “significant uptick” in the number of home loan customers switching from IO...

Wayne Byres spi

Finance 16 SEP 2019

APRA leaves door open to new lending curbs

The risks that prompted APRA’s initial crackdown on mortgage lending “have not gone away”, chair Wayne Byres has...

newcastle australia spi

Finance 16 SEP 2019

What is the value of your regional property?

The May federal election hurt the property market, with larger regions outside of the Australian capitals having sales...

residential properties spi

Hotspots 13 SEP 2019

Get your finances right when considering a residential property development

Property development: scary, a piece of cake, or somewhere in between? Your response will probably depend on whether...

James Nihill spi

Hotspots 12 SEP 2019

Forget cities, it’s time to invest in regional property

This year has been a bumpy ride for the Australian property market. Increased optimism post-election saw markets...

brisbane aerial spi

Hotspots 12 SEP 2019

Property market update: Brisbane, August 2019

Brisbane, along with Melbourne, has recently replaced Sydney as the “bell of the property ball”. Find out how...

Andrew Crossley spi

Hotspots 12 SEP 2019

How to reduce your risk when buying in a flat market

Many first home buyers and investors find excuses to not buy a property at any given time, generally due to a lack of...

Shane Oliver AMP spi

Finance 12 SEP 2019

Analysts brush off return to ‘boom time conditions’

The rebound in housing market conditions will be “far more constrained” than recent data has suggested, according...

APRA spi

Finance 12 SEP 2019

APRA reports rise in share of high-LVR mortgages

The overall share of new home loans approved with an LVR of over 80 per cent has increased, according to the latest...

QBE LMI Phil White spi

Finance 11 SEP 2019

Supply and demand ‘imbalance’ to trigger nationwide price boost

A misalignment of supply and demand is set to spur property price growth of up to 20 per cent in the coming years,...

property investment planning spi

Hotspots 11 SEP 2019

What must be considered in a property investment plan to make it more effective

With anything you do of importance in life, it is far better to understand what you need to do before you try and do...

Blackwater Queensland spi

Hotspots 11 SEP 2019

Qld country town named best for rental yields

A country town in Queensland’s Central Highlands region has been revealed as Australia’s top performer for rental...

hobart tasmanian spi

Finance 11 SEP 2019

Federal government to waive Tasmania’s housing debt

The federal government has agreed to waive Tasmania’s $157.6-million housing debt to address continuing housing...

melbourne twilight spi

Hotspots 10 SEP 2019

Property market update: Melbourne, August 2019

Like Sydney, Melbourne has been showing “signs of life” after months of consistent property value decline,...

mortgage loaning spi

Finance 10 SEP 2019

Major bank slashes mortgage rates by up to 130 bps

A big four bank has cut interest rates across its variable and fixed rate home loan offerings for both owner-occupiers...

Peter Koulizos spi

Finance 10 SEP 2019

Investors missing out when trying to ‘time’ the market

New analysis has found that attempting to time the market has the potential to cost investors hundreds of thousands of...