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Hotspots • 08 JAN 2019

Property market update: Sydney, December 2018

The Sydney property market was no stranger to headlines in 2018, with falling prices highlighted and an eventual doom-and-gloom predicted. Through it all, the capital...

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Hotspots • 07 JAN 2019

Insight: How Smart Property Investment's editor picks winners

To find success in any property market, Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant shares the one question property investors need to find the answer to.

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Hotspots • 07 JAN 2019

$14bn in property resales recorded in new data

New data has revealed for the September quarter that property resales resulted in over $14 billion in profits, down on previous years, and Sydney and Melbourne did a lot...

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Finance • 07 JAN 2019

Property financing in 2019: Will it get easier for investors?

One of the major issues for property investors in 2018 was the tightening of the lending environment as a result of the softening of major property markets, particularly...

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Finance • 04 JAN 2019

Govt’s latest call to banks could impact mortgages

The Morrison government is calling on the banks to free up credit in 2019, as some cities experience GFC-style price dives.

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Finance • 04 JAN 2019

Property spruikers lurk in popular holiday spot, investors risk $16k penalty

Holiday makers are being targeted by a group of spruikers, and being warned to watch out for unsolicited offers about property investment.

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Hotspots • 04 JAN 2019

115,000 first-home buyers hit the market, MPs battle on the numbers

The number of first-home buyers in the Australian property market has increased in the last two years, coinciding with softening home values, but both sides of...

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Tax & Legal • 04 JAN 2019

Dodgy property advisers catch government’s attention

Unregistered advisers targeting property investors have caught the attention of the government regulators, and investors are being urged to take key steps to avoid dodgy...

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Hotspots • 04 JAN 2019

Highlights of the 2018 Northern Territory market

The Northern Territory market rarely makes headlines, but it got some runs on the board for investors in 2018 despite an overall slide in values. 

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Finance • 04 JAN 2019

Mortgage default black spots revealed for 2018, big markets tipped to overtake in 2019

Softening values in key markets like NSW and Victoria are exposing investors and home owners to mortgage defaults, particularly if they are heavily leveraged to secure a...

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