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.
FHB read icon 1 min read
Finance • 28 Aug 2020
FHBs ‘pushed out’ to the fringe
The Property Club has slammed APRA over what it describes as a “crazy loan buffer test” forcing first home buyers to the fringe city areas in growing numbers.
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Lynette Manciameli read icon 3 min read
Finance • 27 Aug 2020
HomeBuilder scheme seriously under-utilised
The HomeBuilder scheme was sold as a $688 million stimulus initiative designed to support Australia’s struggling construction sector. But to date, only 247...
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Harness the downsizer contribution without selling your home read icon 2 min read
Finance • 26 Aug 2020
Harness the downsizer contribution without selling your home
There’s a new way for retirees to top up their super through the downsizer contribution without having to move out of their home – and it’s got the approval of the...
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Victorian commercial leasing relief welcomed read icon 1 min read
Finance • 25 Aug 2020
Victorian commercial leasing relief welcomed
The Franchise Council of Australia has backed the Victorian government’s extension of the state’s commercial leasing code of conduct.
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The discrepancy that’s paying dividends for smart investors read icon 1 min read
Finance • 18 Aug 2020
The discrepancy that’s paying dividends for smart investors
If you’ve got the capability to buy, you’re leaving a lot of money on the table by not actually being in the market at the moment, according to a real estate...
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CBA read icon 3 min read
Finance • 14 Aug 2020
CBA profits dip 11%, offset by home lending spike
Above-system home lending volumes and record-high deposit growth have cushioned the COVID-induced hit to the major bank’s bottom line.
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How to win the battle of control with the banks read icon 6 min read
Finance • 14 Aug 2020
How to win the battle of control with the banks
Of around 25 million Australians, 2.2 million own one investment property, 460,000 own two, and around 19,000 own more than six. From this, I figure that the top...
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Home buyers ‘tentatively’ return to market read icon 1 min read
Finance • 06 Aug 2020
Home buyers ‘tentatively’ return to market
New figures have shown a spike in buyer confidence, with more looking for a home loan in June than the month prior.
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David Hancock read icon 3 min read
Finance • 06 Aug 2020
Why concerns about the so-called economic ‘cliff’ are overblown
Many commentators have been pointing to the end of September as a danger zone for the economy, writes David Hancock.
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Why it pays to have a principal and interest loan read icon 1 min read
Finance • 05 Aug 2020
Why it pays to have a principal and interest loan
Owner-occupiers who are paying principal and interest on their mortgage are being rewarded by the financial institutions with a lower interest rate.
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