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.
housing affordability woes read icon 5 min read
Finance • 17 May 2022
Liberals wave super as solution for housing affordability woes
With the federal election less than a week away, the Australian Liberal Party has promised two new superannuation schemes in a bid to improve housing affordability.
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finance your renovation read icon 6 min read
Finance • 14 May 2022
5 ways to finance your renovation
Renovating your investment property can boost its overall worth. Here are different ways to finance your latest property improvement project.
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Queensland confirms review into HomeBuilder applicants read icon 2 min read
Finance • 13 May 2022
Queensland confirms review into HomeBuilder applicants
The state’s Treasurer has announced that Queensland will be re-examining applications that were rejected under the HomeBuilder scheme.
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Stamp duty adds 2 years of saving for some FHBs read icon 2 min read
Finance • 07 May 2022
Stamp duty adds 2 years of saving for some FHBs
Saving for a home takes years for the typical first-time buyer. In Australia’s largest cities, as much as two years are spent simply building up the funds to pay the...
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rate climb read icon 4 min read
Finance • 05 May 2022
The big 4 banks react as RBA announces rate climb
At the end of its monthly meeting yesterday, Tuesday, 3 May, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced its first increase to the cash rate in 18 months. 
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Finance • 03 May 2022
RBA hands down much-awaited May cash rate
The Reserve Bank of Australia has released its cash rate for May amid wide speculation this would be the month to break the record low that has been held since November...
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green lending read icon 2 min read
Finance • 29 Apr 2022
CommBank leads the charge for green lending
Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has broken new ground by announcing it will be implementing green home loans.
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Inflation surge read icon 2 min read
Finance • 29 Apr 2022
Inflation surge to further sour home ownership dreams – REIA
As the latest inflation data bolstered the case for a pre-election rate hike, the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) rang the alarm over a looming housing...
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NAB read icon 1 min read
Finance • 27 Apr 2022
Price drops set for 2023: NAB
The bank has doubled down on its prediction that house prices will decline by 10 per cent in 2023.
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Westpac read icon 1 min read
Finance • 23 Apr 2022
Major bank says inflationary pressures on the way up
Westpac predicts core inflation will rise to 4 per cent in the second half of 2022.
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