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.
Cate Bakos read icon 3 min read
Finance • 20 Jun 2016
Understanding loan-to-value ratios
Many investors know what LVR stands for, but how many understand what loan-to-value ratio means and how it can impact many facets of investing?
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Investors to face rate hikes read icon 1 min read
Finance • 08 Jun 2016
Investors to face rate hikes
Despite predictions of further RBA rate cuts after the federal election next month, home owners could be stung with a rise in mortgage costs.
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RBA reveals cash rate decision - June 2016 read icon 1 min read
Finance • 07 Jun 2016
RBA reveals cash rate decision - June 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the decision of its monthly board meeting.
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Finance • 27 May 2016
Cash rate to fall to 1.25%
Two more cuts to the official cash rate are on the cards for 2016.
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Finance • 24 May 2016
Market Drivers: Understanding What Shapes the Bitcoin Price Today
The Bitcoin price today is influenced by a wide range of factors, including real-time market sentiment and geopolitical shifts. For an investor to stay ahead of these...
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Abolishing stamp duty ‘ultimate goal’ read icon 1 min read
Finance • 23 May 2016
Abolishing stamp duty ‘ultimate goal’
Labelling stamp duty “unjust and inefficient”, the president of the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales has called for a major tax reform.
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The Smart Property Investment Show read icon 27 min read
Finance • 16 May 2016
‘How I bought six properties even though the banks don’t want to lend to me and I’m self-employed’
“Everything in my life is for sale except my husband and my kids”, says Jo Vadillo, a time-poor property investor who believes “it is all about the numbers”.
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Helen Collier-Kogtevs read icon 3 min read
Finance • 13 May 2016
7 things you didn’t know about your mortgage
You may have done your due diligence before you signed on the dotted line, but there are some secrets that could have you laughing all the way to the bank.
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Are you a cash rate king/queen? read icon 1 min read
Finance • 06 May 2016
Are you a cash rate king/queen?
With the cash rate reaching a record low this week, it’s time to test your knowledge on its history.
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Finance • 05 May 2016
The ‘light-bulb moment’ that helped these property investors shift strategies
When they began their property investment journey together seven years ago, Lena Lindley and Lauren Curren focused on flipping properties and generating quick cash from...
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