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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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Finance 08 DEC 2015

End of days for land banking company

Liquidators have been appointed to a failed land banking company, amidst allegations that investor funds had been...

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Hotspots 08 DEC 2015

Sellers running out of luck

Auction prices show no signs of slowing, but one city's clearance rate continues to slide, according to results from...

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Finance 07 DEC 2015

Investors should brace for further rate rises

A top economist has claimed that APRA has “opened the door” for banks to hike rates out-of-cycle for their own...

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Hotspots 07 DEC 2015

Housing affordability drops over September quarter

New figures have revealed that housing affordability declined nationwide over the September quarter – with...

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Hotspots 04 DEC 2015

Investors to face 3-year squeeze

The after-effects of extreme value rises are beginning to reverberate throughout Australia’s capital cities, with no...

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Hotspots 04 DEC 2015

How well do you actually know Australia's beachside suburbs?

Summer is finally here, and with it an increased interest in homes along Australia's spectacular coastline. Take our...

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Hotspots 03 DEC 2015

Commentators warn Australia is in a property bubble

An international ratings agency and a local fund manager believe the Australian property market is in a bubble, and...

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Hotspots 03 DEC 2015

Senate inquiry into property spruikers on the cards

A NSW senator is concerned by the “stampeding” of SMSFs into property investment, and intends to launch a Senate...

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Hotspots 02 DEC 2015

When authorities attack: November 2015

Here is a round-up of the latest spruikers, advisers and 'experts' to receive special attention from the regulators in...

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Hotspots 02 DEC 2015

Which locations will boom after Sydney?

Values may be cooling in Australia’s major cities, but investors who timed the capital city markets right could be...

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Finance 01 DEC 2015

December rate decision announced

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its final interest rate decision of 2015 at its monthly board meeting.

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Hotspots 01 DEC 2015

It's a millionaire's market

Melbourne vendors sold twice as many homes at auction as their Sydney counterparts over a busy weekend, with a raft of...

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Hotspots 01 DEC 2015

Property spruiker receives final orders

The Supreme Court of NSW has handed down final orders further to a judgement delivered against an SMSF property...

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Hotspots 30 NOV 2015

Capital growth has short time left to run

New statistics have revealed Australia’s current top-performing city, but past market patterns indicate it won’t...

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Finance 30 NOV 2015

Mortgages at greater risk of default

Housing affordability in Australia has deteriorated significantly over the 12 months to October 2015, increasing the...

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Hotspots 27 NOV 2015

Mining towns’ collapse ‘hasn’t even begun’

Investors who have been burned by the downturn in mining activity and decline in commodity prices have been warned that...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Does The Block stack up as an investment?

After six buyers forked out more than $1.7 million each for a slice of The Block action, readers might be left...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Travel through time to test your market knowledge!

How does the current property market compare with the state of the market a decade or two ago? Let's go back in time...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Housing market a “classic Ponzi scheme”

A new report has depicted Australian real estate as being significantly overvalued, warning baby boomers against...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Foreign cash fuelling apartment ‘bubble’

A major bank has labelled Melbourne’s inner-city apartment market a “bubble” that is being partly inflated by...

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Hotspots 25 NOV 2015

Depressed markets set to turn

Two previously depressed markets are being touted as the growth locations to target in 2016 – but what do investors...

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Finance 25 NOV 2015

Bank to issue $80m customer refund

A major bank will refund around 216,000 customers as compensation for failing to apply fee waivers, interest...

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Hotspots 24 NOV 2015

Brisbane’s big noise

A new study has assessed the impact of aircraft noise on home values, as property owners in Brisbane’s blue-chip...

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Hotspots 24 NOV 2015

Values up, sales down

Another round of auction figures has painted a picture of massive year-on-year value gains, but fewer home buyers and...

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Finance 23 NOV 2015

Investors slapped with increased rates

Investors and homeowners alike are going to be feeling a little worse off this week, following the introduction of a...