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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Finance • 29 Apr 2024
Is the latest inflation data cause for investor concern?
A higher than expected rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the March quarter was not what Australians were hoping to see.
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Finance • 25 Apr 2024
Property investing with as little as $5k: New pooled mortgages fund launches
A Queensland-based unlisted managed investment firm is launching a new pooled mortgages fund, offering the chance to invest across Queensland and Victorian markets.
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Finance • 23 Apr 2024
FHB activity likely to ‘weaken further’: ANZ/CoreLogic
Challenges concerning mortgage serviceability, housing affordability, and hurdles to saving a deposit could dampen first home buyer (FHB) activity this year, according...
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Finance • 18 Apr 2024
New report shows financial woes among younger prospective buyers
Younger Gen Zs and Millennials lack confidence in their financial knowledge and are largely relying on family for advice and financial help.
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Finance • 08 Apr 2024
South Australians set to save on development applications
The new fee system will make it cheaper for the majority of South Australians to lodge development applications.
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Finance • 28 Mar 2024
Mortgage stress at record high: Roy Morgan
Mortgage stress rose to a new record high in February despite the central bank leaving the rates unchanged at its February meeting, according to fresh data.
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Finance • 27 Mar 2024
Nearly 7 in 10 consumers expect house prices to keep rising
New consumer sentiment data has shown a slight improvement in housing-related sentiment over the past month.
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Finance • 27 Mar 2024
‘Shrinkflation’ hits kitchen and bathrooms renovation market
The cost-of-living crisis and higher construction costs are leading to smaller kitchens and less bathrooms in new builds and renovations.
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Finance • 27 Mar 2024
Access to super won’t solve housing affordability, warns ASFA
Allowing access to super for housing will only benefit a minority of members with high super balances, ASFA analysis shows.
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Finance • 26 Mar 2024
FHB grants obsolete amid construction crunch
Western Australia’s First Home Owner Grant (FHOG) is irrelevant when there are no homes to be had, a buyer’s agent has warned.
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