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.
Should there be financial penalties on unoccupied dwellings? read icon 3 min read
Finance • 03 Mar 2017
Should there be financial penalties on unoccupied dwellings?
The high level of developments in Sydney have presented a smorgasbord of choice for offshore buyers, given non-residents can only purchase new or off-the-plan...
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Numerous $100 bills read icon 1 min read
Finance • 01 Mar 2017
Financial experts share where property investors can channel their sales profit
Some property investors often look into selling some of their properties to save up and maintain a "core wealth," but in a financial point of view, what could actually...
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Wealth distribution: how should you manage your money? read icon 1 min read
Finance • 27 Feb 2017
Wealth distribution: how should you manage your money?
When’s a good time to sell your property? And what should you do with your wealth when you do? These are some of the questions many investors encounter as they travel...
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Building Wealth Through Self-Managed Superfund Property Investment read icon 2 min read
Finance • 15 Feb 2017
Building Wealth Through Self-Managed Superfund Property Investment
Promoted by esuperfund Australia is a property-loving nation – on average, 1 in 9 of us owns an investment property. One significant benefit of property investment...
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Aussies losing $8.3bn in savings every year read icon 1 min read
Finance • 14 Feb 2017
Aussies losing $8.3bn in savings every year
New research from CreditSimple.com.au reveals that Australians don’t know they can get better deals from banks, energy providers and telcos, and could collectively be...
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3 years' jail for former Westpac home loan manager read icon 1 min read
Finance • 13 Feb 2017
3 years’ jail for former Westpac home loan manager
A former Westpac home finance manager has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to dishonest use of his position.
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These Australian suburbs are paying too much on their mortgage read icon 2 min read
Finance • 10 Feb 2017
These Australian suburbs are paying too much on their mortgages
A mortgage marketplace has revealed which Australian suburbs are the most ripped off when it comes to their interest rates.
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Worrying number of home owners have no equity read icon 2 min read
Finance • 08 Feb 2017
Worrying number of home owners have no equity
According to data released by Roy Morgan Research, a concerning percentage of home owners have little to no equity in their home.
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RBA delivers cash rate announcement read icon 1 min read
Finance • 07 Feb 2017
RBA delivers cash rate announcement
The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed the decision of its first monthly board meeting of the year.
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Bank refunds $4.9m for overcharging interest on home loans read icon 1 min read
Finance • 06 Feb 2017
Bank refunds $4.9m for overcharging interest on home loans
A major bank-owned mortgage lender has refunded $4.9 million to approximately 10,800 customers after it failed to link some offset accounts to home loan accounts,...
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