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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 21 NOV 2011

Orange’s first timers quick for deposit

First time buyers in Orange take a year less than the Australia-wide average to save for a deposit, the Central West...

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Finance 21 NOV 2011

Auction clearance rates fall across capitals

Despite a slight increase to home buyer confidence in recent weeks, auction clearance rates fell across all major...

Hotspots 21 NOV 2011

Queensland market on the rebound

The number of house sales has rebounded in Queensland in the September quarter, jumping 17 per cent when compared to...

Hotspots 18 NOV 2011

More than one third of WA homes fails to sell

More than one third of Western Australian homes failed to sell during their first listing in the past year, an informal...

Hotspots 17 NOV 2011

Arrears fall, signs of recovery

As the Australian economy goes from strength to strength property owners are increasingly able to repay their mortgages...

Hotspots 17 NOV 2011

Housing costs jump, less home owners: ABS

Over the past decade, average housing costs for households with a mortgage increased by $120 per week or 42 per cent,...

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Hotspots 16 NOV 2011

Buyers hold off on purchasing

Consumers are delaying property purchases, despite increases in savings and low mortgage stress, a leading consumer...

Hotspots 16 NOV 2011

Vic building permit values reach record high

The dollar value of Victoria’s residential building permit activity – including high rise – more than doubled in...

Hotspots 16 NOV 2011

Unit sales on the rise

Australians are viewing high density living more favourably as land close to the city centres dries up.

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Finance 15 NOV 2011

Bank cuts rate to under 6pc

Proving fixed rates are still en vogue, one non-major has slashed 26 basis points from its three year fixed rate.

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Finance 15 NOV 2011

St George trims rates

St George has responded to growing demand for fixed rate mortgages by slashing the interest rate on its two and three...

Hotspots 15 NOV 2011

Land should be halved to meet demand

Northern Territory housing blocks should be halved in size in order to address a housing shortage, the chairman of the...

Hotspots 14 NOV 2011

Smart Property Investment recognised as leading title

The outstanding success of Smart Property Investment has helped Sterling Publishing secure the prestigious accolade of...

Hotspots 14 NOV 2011

Melbourne vendors discounting

Vendors in Melbourne have been heavily discounting their asking prices, according to the latest RP Data statistics.

Hotspots 14 NOV 2011

Buyer activity improved slightly

Buyer activity and seller confidence improved slightly over the weekend, yet auction clearance rates remained...

Hotspots 11 NOV 2011

Australians positive about property

The majority of Australians are optimistic about the economy and believe the property market will be positive in the...

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Finance 10 NOV 2011

Rate cut unlikely to cause property market surge

It could take up to nine months before the Reserve Bank’s November rate cut will have any effect on buyer confidence...

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Tax & Legal 10 NOV 2011

Carbon Tax slammed by industry

The housing industry has panned the Federal Government’s decision to implement a carbon tax, labelling it...

Hotspots 09 NOV 2011

Ray White launches national strata management

Ray White has announced plans to expand its Canberra-based strata management group nationally, to service larger...

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Hotspots 09 NOV 2011

Sydney agency investigated for trust account abuses

Allegations of trust account abuse by a Sydney-based real estate franchise – which has since had its franchise...

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Finance 09 NOV 2011

New investors dominate finance enquiries

First time buyers and investors have dominated housing finance enquiries, new research has revealed.

Hotspots 09 NOV 2011

Rents jump and prices tipped to grow, Perth

Rental market pressure has increased in Perth, according to new data from the Real Estate Institute of WA (REIWA).

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Hotspots 09 NOV 2011

Website helps find overseas investment property

A new property listings website will aim to help overseas investors, including Australians, to purchase property in the...

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Finance 09 NOV 2011

Unemployment data sparks rate talk

There could be scope for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates again very soon, as unemployment gets set to rise.

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Finance 08 NOV 2011

RBA shocks with rate cut

It’s happened again. For the second consecutive year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) managed to upstage the race...