Optimising your property investment portfolio is a key goal for any property investor, looking to maximise the return on their investments. You can achieve this in a number of different ways, depending on the types of property you own and your long term goals. Your goal should be to improve the performance of your portfolio, whether it is improved capital growth, manufactured equity or additional cash flow and income.

Being able to review the growth trends of a suburb over a long period of time can help you identify suburbs that will provide potential long-term growth. Past growth isn't an indicator of guaranteed future growth but it does provide an indication that there has been demand in the area.

Property has long been considered a popular path of wealth creation for Australians. Buying their own home is often the first significant investment most people make, and purchasing another property may well be the second, even before shares and other assets. This article gives you an introduction to property investment and some of the key points to consider before buying your first property.

Finding accurate and timely comparable sales data is a vital part of your research before purchasing an investment property.

Widow blocks still currently exist and allow property owners to subdivide the lot in to smaller blocks. This is a great strategy to manufacture equity and provides property owners with a number of options - land banking, sell the land or build to sell and/or hold.

Supply and demand is one of the most fundamental concepts of economics and the cornerstone of a market economy. There are several indicators of property investing supply and demand within a market that you can measure and track when it comes to property investment to help with your research.

Subdividing a property provides potential high returns to property owners but there are also higher risks to be aware of. This is a great strategy to manufacture large amounts of equity and can be implemented to an existing property in your portfolio as long as it meets all of council's requirements. This blog will cover the pros and cons of subdividing a property.

New CoreLogic research has identified the best performing locations for average annual capital growth in every city over the past decade.

One of the areas of research to help property investors determine the demand for an area is the average days on market (DOM). This statistic will help you determine the level of demand for property in the area as it is a measure on how long it takes property to sell. Real Estate Investar provides data on this statistic to help property investors understand how quickly a property will sell.

A site inspection is a crucial step in determining whether a property development project will be successful as not all sites are suitable for development. Real Estate Investar provides access to zoning and overlays data allowing investors to quickly determine if a site is worth investigating further. Through its partnership with Archistar, investors can also add-on the Archistar platform to conduct further research on the site to assess its suitability.

Real Estate Investar is excited to announce the launch of a new feature to Investar Search where median listing price graphs at the property type or suburb level are displayed if there is not enough data available at the bedroom count level. Investar Search currently displays the median listing price growth for the past 6 years by the property type, bedroom count and suburb. This data is displayed next to each listing result if enough data is available for all 3 criteria.

Real Estate Investar is excited to announce the launch of 3 new features to Investar Search, available for all Pro Membership members. Your feedback has been much appreciated and we hope these features will help! Users can search listings by vacancy rate, 1 and 3 day options added to the Listing Age filter and only receive a daily email alert for new listings. We can't wait for you to try them out!

Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision

Real Estate Investar is excited to announce the launch of a brand new search feature, available in our Pro Membership: Suburb Median Listing Price. You asked and we listened! This feature was specifically requested by members and allows you to search for the most affordable suburbs. We can't wait for you to try it out!

Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision