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.
default image read icon 1 min read
Finance • 09 May 2012
Federal Budget missed the boat on property, HIA
The Federal Budget has missed an opportunity to reinvigorate home building activity and help relieve housing affordability difficulties, according to the Housing...
READ NOW
default image read icon 1 min read
Finance • 07 May 2012
RBA urged to cut cash rate to 2pc
The Reserve Bank of Australia should continue to cut the official cash rate til it hits 2 per cent, one stakeholder has claimed.
READ NOW
default image read icon 1 min read
Finance • 04 May 2012
Banks will likely reduce rates, survey
Property investors might not see the entire 50 basis point cut passed onto them by the major banks, but still may see significant reductions, according to a leading...
READ NOW
default image read icon 2 min read
Finance • 02 May 2012
Buyers poised to return following rate cut
The Reserve Bank’s 50 basis point cut to interest rates yesterday was long overdue and should spur prospective property buyers into action, various industry...
READ NOW
default image read icon 1 min read
Finance • 02 May 2012
RBA cuts rates by 50bp
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut the official cash rate in its May board meeting today, following weaker than expected inflation data.
READ NOW
default image read icon 2 min read
Finance • 01 May 2012
Investors eye Qld as vacancy rates tighten
Investors are edging back into the Queensland market as vacancy rates continue to fall across the state, new data shows.
READ NOW
default image read icon 1 min read
Finance • 26 Apr 2012
Rate cut expected
The Reserve Bank of Australia is all but certain to cut rates in May, with new CPI data weaker than expected.
READ NOW
default image read icon 2 min read
Finance • 24 Apr 2012
Clearance rates edge towards 60%
Auction clearance rates edged closer to 60 per cent in both Sydney and Melbourne last weekend.
READ NOW
default image read icon 1 min read
Finance • 23 Apr 2012
Vacancy rates remain "excessively tight"
Residential vacancy rates remain “excessively tight” across most capitals at a national average of 1.7 per cent for March, with Perth continuing to be the hardest...
READ NOW
default image read icon 1 min read
Finance • 20 Apr 2012
Developers struggle to obtain finance
The rising cost of funds and a lack of stamp duty concessions are hampering new unit construction in Hobart.
READ NOW