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.
Tom Panos read icon 2 min read
Finance • 27 Apr 2020
‘Stamp duty affects a whole industry’
Real estate sales trainer Tom Panos has responded to pleas for the government to cut stamp duty in a bid to stimulate market activity.
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Reason for rate cut lag revealed read icon 1 min read
Finance • 27 Apr 2020
Reason for rate cut lag revealed
The consumer watchdog has revealed the reason central to the decisions of Australia's big four banks to not always pass on RBA rate cut savings to home loan customers in...
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regional Victoria read icon 1 min read
Finance • 24 Apr 2020
Regional housing boost ‘critical’
The Housing Industry Association has backed government plans that seek to provide greater support for first home buyers in regional Victoria.
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Tim McKibbin read icon 1 min read
Finance • 22 Apr 2020
‘Inefficient, unreasonable, unfair’: REINSW slams stamp duty
The Real Estate Institute of NSW has called on the government to press ahead with a reduction to stamp duty, calling it an unnecessary burden to Australians.
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rent relief table read icon 2 min read
Finance • 16 Apr 2020
Banks still required at rent relief table
While no reasonable landlord wants to evict a tenant, one industry professional has flagged that more needs to be done to protect the potential four-fifths of investors...
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Home loan arrears set to rise read icon 1 min read
Finance • 15 Apr 2020
Home loan arrears set to rise, RBA warns
As job losses continue, Aussies with only a small buffer between their savings and their mortgage repayments risk their mortgage going into arrears, the central bank has...
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property investor read icon 4 min read
Finance • 14 Apr 2020
Cause and effect
Cause and effect... If only the world was that simple. The economic response to COVID-19 has come hard and fast. Equity markets have nosedived, interest rates have been...
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Dominic Perrottet read icon 3 min read
Finance • 13 Apr 2020
State government unveils $440 million for rent relief
The NSW government has today indicated that it will be providing $440 million in rent relief, land tax waivers and rebates for landlords and tenants across both...
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financial impacts of coronavirus read icon 2 min read
Finance • 08 Apr 2020
I’m worried about the potential financial impacts of coronavirus, should I sell off some investments to free up cash...
With a recession seemingly imminent, many investors are understandably concerned as they’ve seen their share investments drop in value, writes David Hancock.
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state and territory rental read icon 1 min read
Finance • 08 Apr 2020
Disappointment at disjointed state and territory rental approach
Australian landlords and tenants could be treated differently during COVID-19 depending on their location in Australia, it’s been revealed, with an industry body now...
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