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.

Rate hikes 'demolish' property boom

Finance • 29 Jan 2016

Rate hikes 'demolish' property boom

A leading economist has spoken out about the catastrophic effect APRA’s mortgage lending curbs have had on home buyer demand and property price growth.

How much do you really care about cash rates?

Finance • 28 Jan 2016

How much do you really care about cash rates?

It’s that time again – the first rate announcement of 2016 is looming. The banks might not pay attention any more, but do you? Put your economic credentials to the...

Investors divided on fixing loans

Finance • 28 Jan 2016

Investors divided on fixing loans

Australian property investors are split over whether now is a good time to fix their loans, new research has revealed.

Cam McLellan

Finance • 25 Jan 2016

Is capital growth the key to financial freedom?

Having savings in the bank simply isn't enough to build wealth. So how can investing in property get you on the road to financial freedom, and how much is enough?

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Finance • 18 Jan 2016

Investment tip: Controlling your capacity to pay

Before making a career out of helping property investors make smarter decisions, Todd Hunter spent years building his own property portfolio—an experience that gave...

Kate Cull

Finance • 07 Jan 2016

Should you pay off your home loan before you invest?

There are plenty of options available to homeowners when it comes to managing your own mortgage.

Philippe Brach

Finance • 22 Dec 2015

Interest rate predictions for 2016

Property owners are encouraged to consider interest rate conditions for the New Year to sufficiently manage their mortgages.

Antony Bucello

Finance • 21 Dec 2015

What does a lower clearance rate mean for buyers?

Stock levels have gone through the roof over the last month. The REIV released its December Research Bulletin last week and the numbers are something to behold.

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Finance • 18 Dec 2015

Investors to cash in on desperate sellers before Christmas

Property investors who are waiting to see how the market performs in 2016 are missing out on serious bargains as vendors look to offload their properties before...

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Finance • 16 Dec 2015

Bank issues dire warning to investors for 2016

Investors have been told to brace for rising vacancies, reduced rents, falling property values and greater settlement risks in two of the country’s hottest property...