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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.
Philippe Brach read icon 3 min read
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.
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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...
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Finance • 15 Dec 2015
The costs of building a property portfolio
Beginning a property investment journey entails not only education and mentorship but also enough savings to jumpstart the acquisition phase of your journey. How much do...
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Finance • 08 Dec 2015
End of days for land banking company
Liquidators have been appointed to a failed land banking company, amidst allegations that investor funds had been siphoned off in "shadowy circumstances". 
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Finance • 07 Dec 2015
Should landlords automatically increase rent price when bank rates go up?
Many property investors automatically consider an increase their rent prices when bank rates go up, but mortgage broker Ross Le Quesne and Smart Property Investment’s...
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Finance • 07 Dec 2015
Buying a bargain from the bank
Mortgagee sales can be a prime opportunity for investors to buy into high-growth markets at a steep discount, but there are also dangers associated with targeting these...
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Finance • 07 Dec 2015
$5m in 10 years part 3: finance
In the midst of investors discussing hotspots and growth rates, finance can appear slightly less glamorous and exciting. But getting the banking and taxes right is...
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Finance • 07 Dec 2015
Investors should brace for further rate rises
A top economist has claimed that APRA has “opened the door” for banks to hike rates out-of-cycle for their own commercial interests under the guise of complying...
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