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 • 24 Jan 2024
1 in 5 slash spending to pay down loan: NAB
A new survey has revealed that spending habits are rapidly changing amid growing consumer stress, with consumers using these savings to pay down their mortgages.
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Finance • 19 Jan 2024
Mortgage stress eases despite Cup Day rate rise
Mortgage stress decreased for the second straight month in November 2023 despite the central bank raising rates by 25 basis points, according to new research.
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Finance • 11 Jan 2024
Cash rate reduction could be on the cards in 2024
Home buyers and mortgage holders may be able to expect a drop in the cash rate over the coming year, if the latest inflationary indicators are anything to go by.
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Finance • 10 Jan 2024
Interest-free loans set to get stalled WA homes completed
The Western Australian government will offer interest-free loans to help residential builders complete projects that have been delayed due to lack of funds.
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Finance • 08 Dec 2023
Home hunters would take even higher mortgage rates to buy sooner
Surprising new research found that one in two Australians would choose take on a steeper interest rate if it meant owning their home more quickly.
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Finance • 07 Dec 2023
1 in 2 strata buildings have serious defects in NSW
A new report has found more than half (53 per cent) of strata buildings across the state had serious defects between 2016 and 2022.
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Finance • 05 Dec 2023
RBA delivers final rate call for 2023
After much anticipation, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has finally revealed whether this year will close with a cash rate hike or hold.
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Finance • 28 Nov 2023
1 in 3 Australian homes are cheaper to buy than rent
More than one-third (or 36.3 per cent) of homes across the country are cheaper to buy than they are to rent at current prices.
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Finance • 27 Nov 2023
Another rate raise ‘to put a further 75k mortgages at risk’
If the Reserve Bank increases rates next month, almost one-third of mortgage holders will be stressed by repayments, Roy Morgan says.
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Finance • 22 Nov 2023
NSW home building 'pattern book' to speed development approvals
The state is looking to the past for inspiration in addressing its present housing issues by announcing the development of a “pattern book” for home designs that...
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