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Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

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.

Finance • 05 May 2026

Property investors to rethink their strategies following third rate hike

What does another rate hike mean for the property market, as higher borrowing costs are set to cool demand, tighten lending, and slow price growth despite ongoing supply...

Finance • 05 May 2026

Cash rate call: RBA sets the tone again

At its third meeting of the year, the central bank announced the latest cash rate amid ongoing global tension.

Finance • 30 Apr 2026

Softer CPI fails to shift majors’ May hike forecasts

The major banks have maintained their prediction of a May cash rate hike, despite the all-important quarterly trimmed mean figure undershooting projections.

Finance • 28 Apr 2026

Hold or hike? The move that could make or break buyers

With just one week until the next cash rate decision, borrowers are holding their breath to see whether another hike is coming or if they’ll finally catch a bit of...

Finance • 18 Mar 2026

Another cash rate rise lands: What it means for investors

The RBA’s second rate cut of the year is forecast to slightly slow housing growth, while entry-level demand remains strong and commercial rents are supported by...

Finance • 17 Mar 2026

RBA hands down March rate decision

At its second meeting of the year, the central bank announced the latest cash rate amid ongoing global tension.

Finance • 12 Mar 2026

Big 4 unite behind twin March, May hikes

All of the nation’s major banks have now converged on a sharper interest rate path as markets brace for a pivotal March RBA meeting.

Finance • 11 Mar 2026

Property reforms to crack down on dirty money, safeguarding buyers and sellers

Upcoming AML/CTF reforms will help prevent property price rises driven by distorted demand from organised crime, benefiting buyers by ensuring a fairer market.

Finance • 10 Mar 2026

Young buyers capitalise on cost-saving offset accounts

Young home owners have embraced offset accounts, with usage rates doubling over the past 12 months, helping them manage their repayments, according to data from one of...

Finance • 27 Feb 2026

The first home buyer scheme is a risk Australia can no longer ignore

Last week’s intervention from the International Monetary Fund should have ended any debate about the federal government’s 5 per cent deposit scheme. This is not a...