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.

Finance • 30 Mar 2023

How to cope with changes in your borrowing capacity

Nothing frustrates a client more than the goal posts moving, whether it’s a real estate agent amending the purchase price, a mortgage broker advising your borrowing...

Finance • 29 Mar 2023

Can Airbnb save Australians facing the ‘fixed rate cliff’?

With over 800,000 home owners expected to fall off their fixed rate mortgage in the coming months, one expert has suggested home owners offering their property as...

Finance • 28 Mar 2023

New Broker Academy 2023 to help you become a broker

Registrations have opened for the 2023 New Broker Academy, a free conference that arms you with tools to launch a broking career or partner with mortgage brokers.

Finance • 24 Mar 2023

How do you calculate cash flow for an investment property?

When investing in real estate, it’s important to track your cash flow as it helps you determine whether or not you are making a profit on an investment property.

Finance • 22 Mar 2023

10 of Australia's Growing Regions even after 10 Interest Rate Rises

Authored by Kev Tran - InvestorKit. As we enter into the second quarter of 2023, the good news is the national house price decline continues to ease, as the latest...

Finance • 17 Mar 2023

Can interest-only repayments breathe life into the Australian market?

Mark Bouris has called on the federal government to allow astute borrowers ahead of their repayments to switch to interest-only payments to stimulate the property...

Finance • 16 Mar 2023

How can investors improve their loan serviceability?

While the average borrower’s lending capacity has certainly dropped upwards of $100,000 in a mere matter of months, there are some simple ways to get the most from...

Finance • 16 Mar 2023

When will the market bottom out?

Despite CoreLogic reporting a consistent cooling of Australia’s housing market decline since the back end of last year, new research from the firm has warned that the...

Finance • 15 Mar 2023

Keeping the inflation target between 2–3% is ‘alarming’: Mark Bouris

It’s time to reposition the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) inflation target, according to the financial and business expert.

Finance • 07 Mar 2023

Property Finance Uncut: Don’t let RBA’s latest rate hike land you in mortgage prison

Amidst another RBA rate hike in March, Australians are not only facing the looming threat of falling off the mortgage cliff but are also finding themselves trapped in a...