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 • 19 Nov 2025
Victoria surges ahead as fastest-growing investor market
Victoria has emerged as the fastest-growing investor segment, with double-digit loan growth, poised to reclaim its position as Australia’s second-largest landlord...
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Finance • 13 Nov 2025
Investor lending hits all-time high
The total value of new investor loans has jumped 18.7 per cent over the past year, ABS research has found.
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Finance • 10 Nov 2025
SA Liberals pledge to scrap stamp duty if elected
The opposition party has branded transfer duty as “inefficient” and pledged to phase it out by 2041.
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Finance • 04 Nov 2025
Racing ahead: RBA delivers latest cash rate update
The central bank has announced today’s cash rate target on Melbourne Cup day, concluding its seventh monetary policy meeting of the year.
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Finance • 31 Oct 2025
Big four bank declares end of rate-easing cycle
Australia's biggest bank is predicting that the RBA has reached the end of the current rate-easing cycle.
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Finance • 30 Oct 2025
Macquarie freezes new trust and company lending
From tomorrow, investors will face a freeze on trust and company lending from Macquarie Bank, complicating financing for developments and commercial projects.
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Finance • 30 Oct 2025
Inflation rise hurts hopes for rate cut
The market is widely tipping interest rates to remain on hold when the RBA meets next week, after quarterly inflation came in higher than expected.
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Finance • 16 Oct 2025
SMSF Property Valuations: Ensure ATO Compliance and Accuracy
Accurate SMSF property valuations are vital for compliance and confident investing. Learn how independent valuations from Duo Tax help trustees meet ATO rules, avoid...
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Finance • 02 Oct 2025
Half of buyers still shrug off cyber security risks, even as scammers target property deposits
Half of Australians say they have little to no concern about sharing personal details when buying a property, even as cyber criminals increasingly target the real estate...
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Finance • 30 Sep 2025
No rate cut, no delay: Buyers get time to strategise their next move
The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate unchanged at 3.60 per cent following its sixth monetary policy meeting of the year.
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