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.
Federal Treasurer backs economic recovery as NSW emerges from lockdown read icon 2 min read
Finance • 11 Oct 2021
Federal Treasurer backs economic recovery as NSW emerges from lockdown
EXCLUSIVE: As New South Wales today transitions out of lockdown, and with Victoria soon to follow, the federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has told Momentum Media he’s...
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Victoria launches $500m home buyer fund read icon 2 min read
Finance • 09 Oct 2021
Victoria launches $500m home buyer fund
In a bid to get more residents into their own homes, the Victorian government has announced its launch of a broad-based shared equity arrangement scheme for home...
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Finance • 07 Oct 2021
How might APRA’s intervention affect the property market?
First home buyers and investors have both been pegged as the biggest losers of APRA’s recent lending announcement – here’s what could play out in the coming...
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APRA boosts lending buffer to cool home loan risks read icon 2 min read
Finance • 06 Oct 2021
APRA boosts lending buffer to cool home loan risks
APRA hopes changing the rules around how banks assess the serviceability of home loans will cool rising household debt levels.
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Finance • 30 Sep 2021
New findings reveal investors want fast flexible rental payments
Landlords are looking for more control over when they receive rental income, with only one in 20 investors being satisfied with receiving their payment two weeks after...
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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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