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.
Morrison targets FHB voters with higher property price caps read icon 2 min read
Finance • 20 Apr 2022
Morrison targets FHB voters with higher property price caps
Higher property price caps for the New Home Guarantee scheme could come into play on 1 July, 2022, if the coalition is re-elected at the upcoming Federal Election.
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property investors pushing prices higher read icon 1 min read
Finance • 20 Apr 2022
Are property investors pushing prices higher?
The average price for investment properties was found to be nearly $170,000 below the mean national property price.
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Major banks revise cash rate forecasts read icon 4 min read
Finance • 13 Apr 2022
Major banks revise cash rate forecasts
Economists from all four major banks have revised their cash rate forecasts following the RBA’s meeting last week, suggesting that the cash rate will start rising from...
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What’s the likely outcome of a cash rate hike for investors? read icon 2 min read
Finance • 07 Apr 2022
What’s the likely outcome of a cash rate hike for investors?
With speculation mounting for a future rate hike, new data suggests that three out of four borrowers will have to cut back on their expenditure should forecasts for...
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Budget to boost home ownership, adds targeted regional scheme read icon 1 min read
Finance • 28 Mar 2022
Budget to boost home ownership, adds targeted regional scheme
The 2022‑23 budget, due out tomorrow (29 March), will more than double the scope of the government’s Home Guarantee Scheme in an attempt to woo voters ahead of the...
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Tassie boosts stamp duty relief read icon 1 min read
Finance • 26 Mar 2022
Tassie boosts stamp duty relief
The state government has passed a raft of measures designed to continue easing the challenges of entering the housing market.
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debt read icon 2 min read
Finance • 17 Mar 2022
APRA: Risky debt still on the rise
Nearly one in every four new mortgages is risky, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
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Sydney’s best-performing areas at various price points read icon 1 min read
Finance • 15 Mar 2022
Sydney’s best-performing areas at various price points
The past year has been a phenomenal one for Sydney’s property market, with prices in most suburbs skyrocketing. So what suburbs should you keep an eye on in 2022?
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house prices drop read icon 1 min read
Finance • 10 Mar 2022
What happens if house prices drop?
Property prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall by 3 per cent in 2022 and 9 per cent in 2023, according to RateCity’s analysis of Commonwealth Bank’s latest...
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Capital growth v cash flow read icon 2 min read
Finance • 04 Mar 2022
Capital growth v cash flow: How to grow your portfolio
There’s so much noise about property investment hacks. Some say go for capital growth; others say cash flow is king. Which one actually works?
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