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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.

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Navigating the pain: How property investors can tackle a challenging market

In the ever-evolving landscape of property investment, there is an undeniable truth that many investors are currently...

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Property Finance Uncut: A slowing economy and its impacts on property

With its latest cash rate call, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has set the scene for spring – sparking...

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Home insurance ‘discounts’ under fire in class action investigation

Hundreds of thousands of home and contents insurance policyholders could be covered by a potential class action lawsuit...

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Overcoming the finance hurdle facing Australian expat investors

In this episode of the Smart Property Investment Show, Phil Tarrant talks to Eva Loisance of Finni Mortgages about the...

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16 years of savings needed for house deposit: Finder

First home buyers are required to save for over a decade on average to afford a deposit on a home, new research has...

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Refinancing struggles doubled over 6 months

A personal finance marketplace has said the number of home owners struggling to refinance due to serviceability issues...

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Buying a property with 2 loans isn’t as simple as it sounds

Using two loans to acquire a property for an SMSF can be done, but there are layers of documentation and regulations...

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5 ways home insurers must change, or answer to the corporate watchdog

Not only is home insurance more expensive than ever, but a review has found that the claims handling process needs...

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Fixed-rate cliff passes the peak: CoreLogic

While the majority of fixed-rate loans created through COVID-19 have expired, arrears remain low, new data has...

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Aussies in over their heads as insurance premiums rise 28%

Australians just experienced the biggest rise in their home insurance premiums than at any point over the past two...

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Refinancing opportunities for investors: Taking advantage of lower assessment rates

In recent times, there have been significant shifts in the lending landscape, especially for investors looking to...

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Property Finance Uncut: The potential for future rate changes

In this episode, Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant and Finni Mortgages’ chief executive, Paul Glossop,...

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RBA hands down August cash rate call

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has released its final winter cash rate call for 2023.

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Explained: Why rate calls risk upsetting Australia’s residential building industry

With the latest figures from Australia’s Consumer Price Index indicating that inflation is easing, eyes are now on...

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‘Accidental investing’: Behind the strategy of getting your home paid off faster

A lot of Australians have the goal of amassing a small property investment portfolio. Yet many do not, instead focusing...

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RBA restructuring takes shape

Following the release of a wide-ranging review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in April, after which the central...

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Property Finance Uncut: Is this the game-changing rate pause borrowers are waiting for?

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announcing its monetary policy decision for July, borrowers are now left to...

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Are government grants hurting housing affordability?

An economist with RMIT has urged the government to stop “pumping money into the housing market”.

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Reminder: NSW’s new stamp duty scheme kicks off on 1 July

They were promised during Chris Minns’ election campaign and now the state’s updated stamp duty provisions have...

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Government finalises HomeBuilder extension

The Albanese government has announced the deadline for existing HomeBuilder applicants has been officially extended.

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Which postcodes are most at risk from higher interest rates?

A new report showed the weight of higher interest rates may potentially fall disproportionately on regions already...

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THE PROPERTY NERDS: Finding your feet in the refinance boom

You may be waiting to see how mortgage rates shake out to make any big portfolio changes, but that doesn’t mean you...

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Property Finance Uncut: Don't be caught in RBA's rate hike crossfire

With the Reserve Bank (RBA) announcing its policy decision for June, borrowers are bracing for another rocky month...

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Circumnavigating visa restrictions for property finance

Unlocking property ownership may be challenging for couples with a partner with visa restrictions, but according to...

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New home lending rises for the first time in 16 months: ABS

The value of new housing loan commitments grew for the first time in March 2023 since the beginning of 2022 while first...

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