Property Market Analysis - Investment Strategies

• ​Australia's safest - and not so safe - suburbs

  New research allows investors to identify the neighbourhoods throughout Australia that have both the highest and the lowest crime rates. But can this data genuinely inform your investing decisions, and how can you effectively interpret it? Sarah Megginson reports read more

• HOTTEST SUBURBS FOR INVESTORS: Where smart investors are putting their money now

  When it comes to investment hotspots, many investors want to get into areas before the crowd does, so that they can pick the cream of the crop before everyone else. So where are smart investors looking now for their next target properties? Real Estate Investar compiled comprehensive data on the most popular searches on its website to support this exhaustive and exclusive market analysis read more

• Premium vs lower socioeconomic suburbs

  Are premium suburbs better than their poorer counterparts? Jeremy Sheppard weighs the upsides and downsides of investing in each market read more

• Capital growth VS CASH FLOW: What’s the best strategy for the current market?

  Now that the market has moved to the next cycle, should you now look at changing your strategy? If so, are you better off chasing cash flow or should you stick with capital growth? Jeremy Sheppard looks at the pros and cons of each choice read more

• Australia’s BEST RENTAL SUBURBS

  Finding property investments that generate both capital growth and solid rental yields is getting harder as prices continue to soar in many markets. With this in mind, Miriam Bell scours the country for areas that are still flying under the radar but have all the right fundamentals for strong growth in the future while currently achieving solid rental returns. read more

• Is the Australian housing market too hot?

  Has the growth in Australia’s property prices gone too far, and are we fi nally reaching bubble territory? Shane Oliver of AMP examines the facts read more

• 50 Cheapest and most in demand areas

  Your Investment Property, with the help of Real Estate Investar, takes an in-depth look at some of Australia’s cheapest property markets – which just happen to be among its biggest too read more

• Are inner Sydney suburbs too hot for investors?

  There’s no question that everyone seems to want to buy in Sydney at the moment. Just how overheated is the market right now? Jeremy Sheppard investigates read more

• Turnaround potential: UPPER COOMERA

  Jeremy Sheppard crunches the numbers to see if the Gold Coast’s Upper Coomera is about to stage a big revival read more