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.
Top finance tips for property success in a low rate environment read icon 1 min read
Finance • 28 Nov 2014
Top finance tips for property success in a low rate environment
Paul Myliotis, general manager, Oasis Property
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Gavin Smith read icon 2 min read
Finance • 24 Nov 2014
7 home loan tips for self-employed borrowers
How can self-employed borrowers prepare themselves financially to give themselves the best chance of successfully obtaining a home loan? Here are a few tips.
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Current debt levels ‘no cause for concern’ read icon 1 min read
Finance • 21 Nov 2014
Current debt levels ‘no cause for concern’
Consumers and lenders are not concerned by current levels of consumer debt, despite ongoing speculation that regulators may jump in to curb property price growth and...
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Anton Hamer read icon 1 min read
Finance • 19 Nov 2014
5 simple tips to save on your home loan
With interest rates and the cost of living set to rise next year, it may be time to re-examine your budget and identify a few areas where you can save money.
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Steady interest rates boost investor activity read icon 1 min read
Finance • 14 Nov 2014
Steady interest rates boost investor activity
Data released earlier this week said that a record-high proportion of investors are now seeking returns that are difficult to attain outside of the property market.
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Rates to rise on investor loans read icon 3 min read
Finance • 13 Nov 2014
Rates to rise on investor loans
Property investors are likely to be charged a higher interest rate than other borrowers as the prudential regulator looks to curb investor lending and rebalance the...
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How to earn more money from your investment property without raising the rent read icon 1 min read
Finance • 10 Nov 2014
How to earn more money from your investment property without raising the rent
Helen Collier-Kogtevs, director, Real Wealth Australia
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Nick Burke read icon 2 min read
Finance • 10 Nov 2014
7 killer strategies for manufacturing your own equity: part 2
Investors need equity to keep growing their property portfolios – but how can you speed up the process? Here are some more tips for manufacturing your own equity. 
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Interest rate cut likely in 2015: economist read icon 1 min read
Finance • 06 Nov 2014
Interest rate cut likely in 2015: economist
A property market expert and economist believes interest rates may be cut even further in 2015, despite numerous commentators saying the next rate movement will be...
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RBA Cash Rate Announcement - November 2014 read icon 1 min read
Finance • 04 Nov 2014
RBA Cash Rate Announcement - November 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced the outcome of its second-last monthly board meeting of the year.
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