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.
Annie Kane read icon 4 min read
Finance • 30 Sep 2021
Should lending be limited to 6x income?
Debt-to-income ratio limits: do they help, or hinder? With the average property in Australian capital cities now over $700,000, limiting “high” DTI loans could put...
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rising house prices read icon 1 min read
Finance • 28 Sep 2021
IMF sounds alarm on Australia’s rising house prices
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is calling on Australian regulators to rein in the housing boom, citing risks to the country’s economic stability if growth...
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RBA rings alarm on high debt levels read icon 3 min read
Finance • 24 Sep 2021
RBA rings alarm on high debt levels
Risks to financial stability could be building as house prices and debt levels keep rising, the Reserve Bank has cautioned.
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THE PROPERTY NERDS: Busting the biggest property and finance myths read icon 1 min read
Finance • 10 Sep 2021
THE PROPERTY NERDS: Busting the biggest property and finance myths
On the latest episode of The Property Nerds podcast, self-proclaimed data nerds Arjun Paliwal and Leigh Paliwal deep-dive into property data and unpack what the biggest...
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Peter Rose read icon 2 min read
Finance • 09 Sep 2021
On the up: What will higher interest rates mean for real estate investors in New Zealand and further afield?
The Land of the Long White Cloud is shaping up to raise rates and the country may well be a bellwether for the Australian property market, observes Peter Rose.
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RBA reveals September cash rate read icon 1 min read
Finance • 07 Sep 2021
RBA reveals September cash rate - 2021
Spring may have arrived – but has the promise of warmer weather and a path out of lockdown swayed the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) away from its record low cash...
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investment property loan with a bad credit read icon 6 min read
Finance • 06 Sep 2021
Can you get an investment property loan with a bad credit?
Can you get an investment property loan with bad credit? The answer is 'yes' and here’s how you can do it.
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Calls for stamp duty reform intensify ahead of housing affordability inquiry read icon 2 min read
Finance • 18 Aug 2021
Calls for stamp duty reform intensify ahead of housing affordability inquiry
A new inquiry on housing affordability has the property sector talking about the possibility of stamp duty reform again.
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Minister for Finance Simon Birmingham read icon 1 min read
Finance • 17 Aug 2021
Government unveils new lands acquisition reforms
The federal government has updated the legislation around how it acquires land for public use, following a formal review.
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home proptech read icon 2 min read
Finance • 12 Aug 2021
Meet the company bringing a buy now, pay later attitude to bridging loans
Realty Assist promises to help property buyers get what they want when they want it. 
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