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.
interest rate rises read icon 2 min read
Finance • 23 Nov 2021
What’s your tolerance for interest rate rises?
Low-interest rates may present an opportune moment to add further properties to your portfolio, but a mortgage expert wants investors to make sure they’re making...
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Perth read icon 1 min read
Finance • 18 Nov 2021
Strong Perth market helps property investors expand their portfolio
Property owners in Perth are taking advantage of the rising market to jump start their investment portfolios. 
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Are Aussies growing complacent around interest rates read icon 1 min read
Finance • 17 Nov 2021
Are Aussies growing complacent around interest rates?
A majority of Australian borrowers and renters could not meet a mortgage or rent increase equivalent to a rate rise of just 1 per cent, according to a new survey.
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Adrian Kelly read icon 2 min read
Finance • 10 Nov 2021
‘We take no comfort in the current record prices’: REIA
The standing committee on taxation and revenue has heard that Australia’s current housing affordability issues are “categorically the most significant on record”.
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Why anticipated property price cuts may not materialise read icon 2 min read
Finance • 06 Nov 2021
Why anticipated property price cuts may not materialise
In response to the red flag raised by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), property brokers’ groups think the interest rate risk warning is over the top.
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mortgage rate read icon 1 min read
Finance • 03 Nov 2021
All big four banks raised mortgage rate in October
NAB, Australia’s third-largest bank, has changed its home loan rates dramatically, the majority of which have increased.
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RBA hands down November cash rate decision read icon 1 min read
Finance • 02 Nov 2021
RBA hands down November cash rate decision
It’s the rate that stops the nation. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has revealed its cash rate decision for November 2021.
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New home loan rules are here read icon 2 min read
Finance • 02 Nov 2021
New home loan rules are here: What you need to know
From 1 November, banks must ensure that new home loan applicants would be able to repay their mortgage at a new rate – so what will this actually mean for would-be...
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Victorian landlords eligible for air conditioning rebate read icon 1 min read
Finance • 02 Nov 2021
Victorian landlords eligible for air conditioning rebate
Victoria has opened up an existing rebate for energy-efficient heating and cooling units to give landlords of residential properties access.
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Home ownership read icon 2 min read
Finance • 02 Nov 2021
Home ownership dream shattered over the generations as deposit hurdle grows for first home buyers
The evidence continues to mount, proving that it is much harder for the younger generations to get a foot into the property market. The harsh statistics presented by...
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