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 • 01 Apr 2023
ATO warns SMSF on sole purpose test for property investment
Property investment by an SMSF will fail the sole purpose test if it provides pre-retirement benefit to someone such as personal use of a fund asset, warned the ATO...
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Finance • 30 Mar 2023
Property investors are seeking safe havens in response to the slowing economy
Rising interest rates, high construction costs, and continued levels of inflation are placing significant pressure on Australian property investors. In response, many...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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