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.
Government to reissue unused first home buyer grants read icon 1 min read
Finance • 10 Dec 2021
Government to reissue unused first home buyer grants
The government will roll over more than 4,500 unused guarantees for first home buyers from the previous financial year, giving aspiring property owners a second chance.
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NAB read icon 1 min read
Finance • 08 Dec 2021
Goodbye 2% as last big four bank lifts fixed rates
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has become the final big lender to raise its fixed rate loans, effectively putting an end to big four rates below 2 per cent.
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RBA delivers December cash rate call read icon 2 min read
Finance • 07 Dec 2021
RBA delivers December cash rate call
For the last time in 2021, the Reserve Bank of Australia has handed down its decision on the cash rate.
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6 reasons negative gearing may not be a great investment idea read icon 4 min read
Finance • 02 Dec 2021
6 reasons negative gearing may not be a great investment idea
Are you thinking of buying a property that will cost you some money to hold every year, which is popularly used and promoted by some investors?
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Framing your finances for new opportunities read icon 1 min read
Finance • 29 Nov 2021
Framing your finances for new opportunities
Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant sits down with Paul Glossop, CEO of Finni Mortgages, to help first-time investors know how to make that first step and break...
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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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