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 • 21 Mar 2024
WA continues reign as cheapest state 
The state has remained Australia’s most affordable state despite a measurable increase in the portion of income required to meet loan repayments and rental payments...
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Finance • 19 Mar 2024
RBA delivers March cash rate decision
It’s the first rate decision to be handed down outside of the previous first-Tuesday-of-the-month announcement pattern.
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Finance • 13 Mar 2024
Want to raid retirement savings for a home deposit? Think again
Alarming new modelling shows that property prices could drastically rise across Australia if first home owners are granted access to their super for house deposits.
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Finance • 07 Mar 2024
Home-buying plans reignite for all bar first home buyers
Australians are feeling more confident about their home-buying plans but it’s a different story for first home buyers, according to new Westpac research.
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Finance • 15 Feb 2024
New loan values plunged, refinancing surged in CY23: PEXA
Rising interest rates dampened new loan values in 2023 but led to a surge in refinancing activity as borrowers shopped for better mortgage rates, according to new...
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Finance • 15 Feb 2024
Spate of insolvencies spur SA to rethink building insurance scheme
With three major South Australian construction companies going bust in 2023, the state is looking to make sure its insurance scheme is adequately protecting consumers.
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Finance • 06 Feb 2024
RBA delivers first rate call of 2024
After two months of anticipation, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has revealed whether February will see a cash rate hold or a 14th rate rise.
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Finance • 02 Feb 2024
‘Now is not the time to let the purse strings go’ despite waning inflation
A research director has called the latest inflationary data “fantastic news”, while hinting that it’s not yet cause for celebration.
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Finance • 01 Feb 2024
How reservicing your loan could be key in this climate
Mortgage prison doesn’t have to be a financial sentence, according to one mortgage broker.
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Finance • 31 Jan 2024
Latest on inflation – is a rate cut in the works?
The latest inflationary figures are painting a promising picture for the likelihood of a lower cash rate coming sooner rather than later in 2024.
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