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.
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Finance • 12 Feb 2025
Westpac cuts fixed rates ahead of RBA
Westpac has cut its fixed-rate mortgages a week ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting, now reaching the lowest fixed rate of the “big four” banks.
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Finance • 03 Feb 2025
NAB slash fixed-rate mortgages
NAB cut its fixed-rate mortgages two weeks ahead of the RBA meeting, leading the way among the “big four” banks.
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Finance • 03 Feb 2025
Interest rates to shape property market throughout 2025
Experts have predicted that the Australian property market will thrive with both higher listings and buyer demand.
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Finance • 31 Jan 2025
February rate cut: NAB joins other banks in move
NAB has joined the other major banks in bringing forward its first rate cut to February, with all “big four” now expecting the cut to occur at next month’s RBA...
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Finance • 29 Jan 2025
RBA eyes rate cut in February as inflation figures surge
The RBA rate cut in February is becoming more likely following the latest consumer price index results and Westpac’s decision to bring forward its first cash rate...
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Finance • 24 Jan 2025
Rate cuts will still leave borrowers wanting: CoreLogic
As the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) first cash rate decision for 2025 draws closer, an industry expert has warned that a much-awaited interest rate cut could have...
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Finance • 23 Jan 2025
First home buyer activity surged in 2024
First home buyers have been taking the market by storm, with the number of FHB investor and owner-occupier loans tripling in 2024.
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Finance • 21 Jan 2025
Rate drop: Macquarie cuts fixed rates ahead of RBA meeting
Macquarie Bank has reduced its fixed-rate mortgages weeks before the Reserve Bank of Australia’s first meeting of 2025.
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Finance • 16 Jan 2025
Sooner rather than later: ANZ forecasts interest rate cut in February
ANZ is now expecting a first interest rate cut within weeks when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets in February.
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Finance • 14 Jan 2025
Sooner rather than later: ANZ forecast interest rate cut in February
ANZ is now expecting a first interest rate cut within weeks when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets in February.
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