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.
Home loan demand continues to soar read icon 1 min read
Finance • 30 Apr 2021
Home loan demand continues to soar
Record-low interest rates and strong house price growth is leading to surging mortgage applications, new research has revealed.
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Why you need to exercise caution in a low-rate environment read icon 2 min read
Finance • 29 Apr 2021
Why you need to exercise caution in a low-rate environment
Investors are returning to the market following a nine-month-long hiatus, a mortgage broker has hinted.
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Rate of inflation read icon 2 min read
Finance • 28 Apr 2021
Rate of inflation disappoints, silencing interest rate doomsayers
Speculation that the likelihood of rising March quarter inflation data would signal the prospect of interest rate rises has predictably once again fallen well wide of...
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Australia to become a hermit nation read icon 1 min read
Finance • 22 Apr 2021
Australia to become a ‘hermit nation’ in the absence of innovative policy
As Australia’s population declines for the first time in more than a century, Property Council chief Ken Morrison has warned Australia needs to avoid “the economic...
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The RBA has restated its intention to monitor trends in housing borrowing and the maintenance of lending standards “carefully”. read icon 1 min read
Finance • 20 Apr 2021
RBA confirms focus on lending standards as prices soar
The RBA has restated its intention to monitor trends in housing borrowing and the maintenance of lending standards “carefully”.
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ANZ read icon 1 min read
Finance • 19 Apr 2021
ANZ far more optimistic about property growth than banking peers
ANZ has far greater expectations of the property market than its banking peers, sticking to its property price growth prediction of 17 per cent this year alone.
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CBA - Westpac read icon 1 min read
Finance • 15 Apr 2021
CBA ups house price growth expectations but fails to meet Westpac’s optimism
The Commonwealth Bank has revised its property price forecast for 2021 on the back of strong growth in February and March, but its modelling suggests softer growth...
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Banks offer cyclone relief packages read icon 4 min read
Finance • 14 Apr 2021
Banks offer cyclone relief packages
Lenders have begun offering disaster relief packages for customers impacted by Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Western Australia.
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House prices read icon 2 min read
Finance • 09 Apr 2021
House prices to add another 20% if banks don’t slam the brakes
Chatter about the possible introduction of macro-prudential controls to slow house price growth is increasing, while reports suggest that restriction in neighbouring New...
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RBA read icon 1 min read
Finance • 09 Apr 2021
RBA admits ‘optimistic borrowers’ could boost risk in housing market
The Reserve Bank of Australia has issued a caution, noting that optimistic borrowers could lead to a deterioration in the quality of lending, increasing the risk in the...
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