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.
How to save $50K on your mortgage: ASIC read icon 1 min read
Finance • 20 Jan 2015
How to save $50K on your mortgage: ASIC
Borrowers have been urged to pay off their mortgage early, get their debts under control and broaden their knowledge of investment options.
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More economists predict rate cut read icon 1 min read
Finance • 19 Jan 2015
More economists predict rate cut
ANZ has become the latest bank to predict interest rate cuts are just around the corner.
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RBA urged to consider rate cut at next meeting read icon 1 min read
Finance • 15 Jan 2015
RBA urged to consider rate cut at next meeting
Recent figures show there is “moderating activity” in the housing market, causing one real estate body to call on the Reserve Bank to drop rates again in...
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Vacancy rates recovering read icon 1 min read
Finance • 14 Jan 2015
Vacancy rates recovering
New data shows rental vacancy rates across one state are stable or falling, while some regional markets are offering healthy yields of up to 5.4 per cent.
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Helen Collier-Kogtevs read icon 1 min read
Finance • 14 Jan 2015
5 smart property finance tips for savvy investors
Before you even think about researching your next property deal, you need to have all of your finance 'ducks in a row'.
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Rate cut hopes rest on 'weak foundations' read icon 1 min read
Finance • 12 Jan 2015
Rate cut hopes rest on 'weak foundations'
The Commonwealth Bank has bucked the trend by forecasting that the Reserve Bank of Australia is unlikely to cut interest rates in 2015.
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Helen Collier-Kogtevs read icon 1 min read
Finance • 08 Jan 2015
Rocket your rental income by $1,000 instantly - here's how
In just a few simple steps, you can significantly increase your rental income and grow your wealth.
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Act early to stop debt spiral, says broker read icon 2 min read
Finance • 05 Jan 2015
Act early to stop debt spiral, says broker
As investors review their financial fitness for the New Year, one mortgage broker has some top tips on what to do if the worst happens.
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‘Dead certainty’ rates will be cut by April read icon 1 min read
Finance • 02 Jan 2015
‘Dead certainty’ rates will be cut by April
Commentators are increasingly speculating about multiple interest rate adjustments occurring this year, with one going so far as to say “the markets think it’s a...
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Finance • 29 Dec 2014
Borrowers banking on interest rate cuts
Homebuyers are increasingly favouring variable or split loans over fixed rates in the hope that rates will continue to fall, according to data from Aussie.
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