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Property investment is often regarded as a game of finance. Here’s how you can best understand the financing options and strategies to suit your portfolio.

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Finance • 1 Jun 2021

RBA Makes Final Cash Rate Call For This Financial Year

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its last call on the official cash rate for this financial year. ...

What will it take for the bank to lift the rates

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Finance • 12 May 2021

What Will It Take For The Bank To Lift The Rates – And How Will It Impact Property Investors?

The stronger than expected recovery outlined in Tuesday’s budget now has leading commenters expecting the RBA could li...

Budget needs to target housing choice and affordability in regions

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Finance • 5 May 2021

‘Budget Needs To Target Housing Choice And Affordability In Regions’

While the upcoming federal budget is expected to focus on job creation, experts believe an opportunity exists for a “p...

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Finance • 4 May 2021

RBA Makes May Cash Rate Announcement

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its May call on the official cash rate, with the economy said to be a long ...

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Finance • 30 Apr 2021

Home Loan Demand Continues To Soar

Record-low interest rates and strong house price growth is leading to surging mortgage applications, new research has re...

Why you need to exercise caution in a low-rate environment

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Finance • 29 Apr 2021

Why You Need To Exercise Caution In A Low-rate Environment

Investors are returning to the market following a nine-month-long hiatus, a mortgage broker has hinted. ...

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Finance • 28 Apr 2021

Rate Of Inflation Disappoints, Silencing Interest Rate Doomsayers

Speculation that the likelihood of rising March quarter inflation data would signal the prospect of interest rate rises ...

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Finance • 22 Apr 2021

Australia To Become A ‘hermit Nation’ In The Absence Of Innovative Policy

As Australia’s population declines for the first time in more than a century, Property Council chief Ken Morrison has...

The RBA has restated its intention to monitor trends in housing borrowing and the maintenance of lending standards “carefully”.

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Finance • 20 Apr 2021

RBA Confirms Focus On Lending Standards As Prices Soar

The RBA has restated its intention to monitor trends in housing borrowing and the maintenance of lending standards “ca...

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Finance • 19 Apr 2021

ANZ Far More Optimistic About Property Growth Than Banking Peers

ANZ has far greater expectations of the property market than its banking peers, sticking to its property price growth p...

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Finance • 15 Apr 2021

CBA Ups House Price Growth Expectations But Fails To Meet Westpac’s Optimism

The Commonwealth Bank has revised its property price forecast for 2021 on the back of strong growth in February and Marc...

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Finance • 14 Apr 2021

Banks Offer Cyclone Relief Packages

Lenders have begun offering disaster relief packages for customers impacted by Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Western Aust...

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Finance • 9 Apr 2021

House Prices To Add Another 20% If Banks Don’t Slam The Brakes

Chatter about the possible introduction of macro-prudential controls to slow house price growth is increasing, while rep...

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Finance • 9 Apr 2021

RBA Admits ‘optimistic Borrowers’ Could Boost Risk In Housing Market

The Reserve Bank of Australia has issued a caution, noting that optimistic borrowers could lead to a deterioration in t...

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Finance • 6 Apr 2021

RBA Reveals April Cash Rate Call

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its April call on the official cash rate, following its decision to cut the rat...

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Finance • 1 Apr 2021

NSW Government Accused Of ‘passing The Buck’ On Rental Issue

The COVID-19 recovery bill that was introduced into NSW Parliament last week does nothing to support tenants or landlord...

Property investors miss out on key tax benefits

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Finance • 31 Mar 2021

Property Investors Miss Out On Key Tax Benefits

With the end of the financial year fast approaching, property investors are being urged to look into depreciation or ris...

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Finance • 23 Mar 2021

Guide To NSW Flood Financial Aid: From The Banks To Insurers

The banks are offering customers affected by the NSW floods loan repayment deferrals, among other forms of financial aid...

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Finance • 17 Mar 2021

Certificates Of Title To Go Digital

The New South Wales government is proposing a new reform set to revolutionise the state’s processing of certificates o...

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Finance • 16 Mar 2021

‘Auction Frenzy’ Fuelling Vic Property Market

The number of homes going under the hammer in the Victorian property market has only added to rising demand, with more i...

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12 MONTH GROWTH

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Travancore

49.78%
Timboon

49.57%
Dolphin Point

49.51%
Nyah West

49.42%
Preston Beach

49.29%
Newington

48.97%
Killcare Heights

48.89%
Wundowie

48.77%
Homebush

48.44%
Glenside

48.28%

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RBA Makes Final Cash Rate Call For This Financial Year

What Will It Take For The Bank To Lift The Rates – And How Will It Impact Property Investors?