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 • 23 Sep 2025

From WA to Qld: Investor loans fuel market recovery

Across Australia, investor and owner-occupier loans remained below pre-COVID-19 levels, with larger loans rather than higher volumes driving the recovery, as Queensland...

Finance • 19 Sep 2025

Data breach: Hackers threaten to leak landlord, tenant and agent data

A Sydney real estate agency has allegedly fallen victim to hackers, who have posted snippets of sensitive data, including that of landlords, tenants, and agents, online...

Finance • 17 Sep 2025

Beyond loan approval: Why old lending models fail investors

Despite market changes, many investors remain stuck with outdated financing models focused solely on loan approval, missing the bigger picture of strategic wealth...

Finance • 12 Sep 2025

Cash out, move on: Network calls incentives for downsizers

Real estate network Raine & Horne has called for a CGT holiday and stamp duty relief to push older Australians to sell in a bid to unlock stock and free the market...

Finance • 02 Sep 2025

‘Think twice’: Expert slams new first home buyer scheme

A leading property expert has sounded the alarm on the Albanese government’s turbocharged plan to get more Australians into the market with just a 5 per cent deposit.

Finance • 26 Aug 2025

10 Sydney suburbs expected to see biggest growth

Investors eye growth as Sydney suburbs are set to deliver strong returns over the next six months. Here are the top 10.

Finance • 26 Aug 2025

70k first home buyers set to flood the market from October

Property demand is set to soar with 70,000 first home buyers expected to hit the market from 1 October, under the accelerated government’s First Home Guarantee...

Why the best time to invest in property is always now – if you are finance ready

Finance • 16 Aug 2025

Why the best time to invest in property is always now – if you are finance ready

If you’re waiting for the “perfect time” to buy property, you could be waiting forever – and missing out on opportunities along the way.

Finance • 14 Aug 2025

Double rate cut: Non-bank lender supercharges investors’ borrowing power

Following the latest RBA rate cut, non-bank lender Bluestone has tacked on an extra 0.25 per cent discount, boosting investors’ borrowing power and ensuring they can...

Finance • 14 Aug 2025

Investor demand soars 4x faster than owner-occupiers

New data showed a significant surge in investor loans, with owner-occupier growth lagging behind.