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.
Calculating changes to your borrowing power read icon 4 min read
Finance • 07 Dec 2017
Calculating changes to your borrowing power
Promoted by Confidence Finance. Finance experts are often asked questions about how different types of income/expenses change people's borrowing power.
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interest, loans, decline in interest-only loans, APRA read icon 1 min read
Finance • 05 Dec 2017
Interest-only loans fall a ‘slam dunk’ for APRA
New data from APRA shows a smaller number of people are taking interest-only loans, a move described by an expert as a “colossal turnaround” by the banks.
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RBA read icon 2 min read
Finance • 05 Dec 2017
RBA reveals cash rate decision - December 2017
The cash rate for December has been announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia following its regularly scheduled monthly board meeting.
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Curtis Stewart read icon 2 min read
Finance • 04 Dec 2017
How using the right deposit size can open up your financing options and grow your portfolio
Curtis Stewart of Confidence Finance breaks down some of the pros and cons of using high LVR loans, and how investors can use some of the features available at lower...
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Sally Tindall read icon 1 min read
Finance • 27 Nov 2017
Why you should think about refinancing
How would you react if you could save tens of thousands of dollars of your investment loan? Would you think it sounds too good to be true? It’s the relatively...
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RBA, house prices, property market read icon 2 min read
Finance • 24 Nov 2017
RBA shows indifference towards house prices
The RBA has claimed, much like APRA, that it does not have any targets for housing prices, despite warning about the rising levels of household debt in the current...
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5 Tips For Financing Your First Commercial Property Loan read icon 6 min read
Finance • 22 Nov 2017
5 Tips For Financing Your First Commercial Property Loan
Promoted by Mortgage Corp. Did you know the lending process for commercial loans and home loans are the same? However, there are some financing quirks which are unique...
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COMMERCIAL LOAN CASE STUDY read icon 3 min read
Finance • 17 Nov 2017
COMMERCIAL LOAN CASE STUDY
Promoted by Mortgage Corp Business Owners Secured Dream Warehouse Saving Approx. $2,000/Month
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Poverty, empty wallet, struggles for Australians, most expensive places to live in, property prices read icon 2 min read
Finance • 15 Nov 2017
Is ‘power poverty’ leading to more struggles for Australians?
Many people recognise Australia as one of the most expensive places to live in and it’s undeniably getting harder for a lot of its residents to settle down and get by...
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8 Common investor home loan mistakes read icon 3 min read
Finance • 10 Nov 2017
8 Common investor home loan mistakes
Promoted by Lendi. If you’re planning on winning big in real estate, start by learning from the mistakes that even the most experienced property investors sometimes...
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