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Tax & Legal • 13 MAY 2023

ATO rental property focus to keep investors on their toes

An understanding of how CGT works for homes and rentals is vital, says HLB Mann Judd.

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Tax & Legal • 06 MAY 2023

Only 50% of SMSFs have lodged their 2022 audit with 9 days to go

Only half of SMSFs have completed their audit for the 2022 income year, according to the ATO.

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Finance • 06 MAY 2023

Economic forecasting can be wrong, RBA warns

The central bank has reiterated that its forecast is not “pure predictions of the future”.

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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 time, an accountant has warned.

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Hotspots • 12 APR 2023

Investor lending down nearly 40% in Qld

An investment executive has raised the alarm that property investing is collapsing in the Sunshine State.

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Finance • 05 APR 2023

‘Reassuring’ rate pause a ‘welcome reprieve’ for homeowners

There appears to be a collective sigh of relief around the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to keep the cash rate at 3.6 per cent.

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Finance • 04 APR 2023

Refinances reach a new record: ABS

The value of owner-occupier home loan refinances tipped $13 billion in February 2023, as rate rises weigh on mortgage holders.

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Finance • 01 APR 2023

ATO warns SMSF on sole purpose test for property investment

Property investment by an SMSF will fail the sole purpose test if it provides pre-retirement benefit to someone such as personal use of a fund asset, warned the ATO...

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Hotspots • 31 MAR 2023

9 in 10 Aussie suburbs now cheaper to rent than buy

Just 9.1 per cent of Australian suburbs present better value for home owners than renters, the latest CoreLogic analysis reveals. 

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Hotspots • 16 MAR 2023

9 Sydney suburbs defy downturn with double-digit growth

The Sydney market may have been falling, but that hasn’t stopped several Sydney suburbs from bucking the trend in a big way.

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Finance • 16 MAR 2023

How can investors improve their loan serviceability?

While the average borrower’s lending capacity has certainly dropped upwards of $100,000 in a mere matter of months, there are some simple ways to get the most from...

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Hotspots • 11 MAR 2023

What Australian cities offer the best ‘habitability’ to immigrants?

Sydney and Melbourne are not necessarily the best locations for the 195,000 permanent migrants moving to Australia this year, according to new research.

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Hotspots • 10 MAR 2023

GC commercial rides wave of residential stability: Report

The Gold Coast property market has been able to ride out the great property correction of 2023, which has led to better-than-expected outcomes for the commercial space,...

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Finance • 04 MAR 2023

Older Australians to ‘downsize sooner’: CEO

Worsening financial conditions will motivate elderly home owners to downsize sooner than expected, according to a non-bank lender.

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Tax & Legal • 04 MAR 2023

CGT on family homes won’t be touched, PM says

The Labor government has no intention of changing capital gains tax on the family home, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated.

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Hotspots • 28 FEB 2023

10 infrastructure projects pushing Western Sydney property prices sky high

Home to more than 2.5 million people, Greater Western Sydney is well and truly earning its status as the location of Sydney’s second CBD centrality, propped up by an...

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Tax & Legal • 25 FEB 2023

Do investors have the energy to deal with navigating the compliance landscape?

If you’re thinking of investing in property in 2023, don’t waste too much time with your calculator stressing about interest rate rises, trying to factor in market...

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Finance • 07 FEB 2023

Expect property price declines of up to 11% in 2023: Report

With interest rate rises weighing on prices, a new outlook report is forecasting property price falls of between 7 and 10 per cent nationally.

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Hotspots • 03 FEB 2023

Could Queensland be the next frontier for commercial property?

The commercial real estate market is shaped by the way Australians live and work, and this includes regional and interstate migration changes. Queensland, which has long...

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Hotspots • 31 JAN 2023

Billion-dollar markets: Suburbs where buyers spared no expense in 2022

While 2022 proved to be a tumultuous year for the property market, a new report revealed that there were a handful of suburbs that managed to cash in 10-digit total...

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Hotspots • 19 JAN 2023

Victorian market shows ‘great investment potential’

The state’s regions have capped off a strong 2022 despite eight interest rate rises and “a confluence of pressures from the rental market”, says the REIV.

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Hotspots • 31 DEC 2022

2022: A year ‘unlike any other’ in property

Surging inflation, eight consecutive interest rate hikes, and deteriorating affordability drove a shift in Australia’s 2022 housing market performance, the end-of-year...

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Hotspots • 30 DEC 2022

Tracking Smart Property Investment’s most popular stories for 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, Smart Property Investment takes a look back at the most-read stories on the site for the past 12 months. 

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Hotspots • 24 DEC 2022

Perth property prices drop 2.8%

The median house price in Perth dropped to $530,000 across the September 2022 quarter, according to the latest insights from Western Australia.

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Finance • 21 DEC 2022

Beware of fake puppies and other holiday scams

Fraudsters are hard at work trying to con you over Christmas, says the Assistant Treasurer.

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