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.
Pandemic puts stopper in big spending read icon 2 min read
Finance • 02 Oct 2020
Pandemic puts stopper in big spending
Two-thirds of Australians have seen their finances impacted by COVID-19, according to new research – and it’s affecting everything from holidays to houses and...
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What is Division 40 read icon 3 min read
Finance • 29 Sep 2020
What is Division 40?
There are two categories when it comes to tax depreciation, and every component of your investment property will fall into one or the other.
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Lending changes to see home ownership boost read icon 1 min read
Finance • 25 Sep 2020
Lending changes to see home ownership boost
Master Builders Australia has said that recent lending changes are set to provide a big boost for home ownership and bolster economic recovery in the process.
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Virtual inspection trap triggers warning read icon 2 min read
Finance • 22 Sep 2020
Virtual inspection trap triggers warning
The consumer watchdog is warning of an increase in rental and accommodation scams, with more than $300,000 lost to fraudulent activities this year alone.
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How will falling Chinese foreign investment affect the Australian property market read icon 2 min read
Finance • 21 Sep 2020
How will falling Chinese foreign investment affect the Australian property market?
Foreign investment from China in Australian real estate has been quietly on the decline for several years. It peaked in 2015-16 at $31.9 billion and dropped...
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Real estate lockdown read icon 1 min read
Finance • 18 Sep 2020
Real estate lockdown: How Victoria’s restrictions are impacting landlords and tenants
A real estate body has launched a public campaign targeting the Andrews government’s continued real estate restrictions, noting the immense financial hardship this is...
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Premier Daniel Andrews read icon 1 min read
Finance • 16 Sep 2020
Andrews challenged over ‘nonsensical’ approach to real estate restart
The Real Estate Institute of Australia has spoken out about the restrictions to real estate in Victoria, dubbing the approach as “nonsensical” when compared with...
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Value of housing stock falls read icon 2 min read
Finance • 16 Sep 2020
Value of housing stock falls by $98bn
COVID-induced housing market weakness across Australia’s capital cities triggered a $98-billion slide in the total value of residential dwellings, new ABS data has...
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Almost half of investors want to bolster portfolio in 6-12 months read icon 1 min read
Finance • 16 Sep 2020
Almost half of investors want to bolster portfolio in 6-12 months
A new survey has found that almost half of Australians with property in their pocket are actively looking to expand their investment portfolio in the next six to 12...
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Calls intensify for Victoria to be allowed one-on-one inspections read icon 1 min read
Finance • 16 Sep 2020
Calls intensify for Victoria to be allowed one-on-one inspections
Victoria's real estate professionals have pleaded with the Andrews government to allow one-on-one property inspections as the state continues to be locked down.
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