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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.

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Keeping finances simple key when investing in property

An ex-banker turned property specialist has offered up his top tips for how investors can ensure their finances are in...
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Lenders begin to pass on RBA cut

The market has responded to the Reserve Bank’s latest cut to the cash rate, with lenders passing on savings to...
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Government commitment to stamp duty ‘baffling’

State governments have been urged to scrap stamp duty in light of new research, which has highlighted its impact on...
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RBA reveals October cash rate call

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced its decision on the official cash rate for October, following banks...
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Treasurer calls for ‘common sense’ in lending space

Commonwealth Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has stressed the need for home lending practices that don’t curb the...
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Creeping house price rises a non-issue for central bank

The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hinted at further cash rate cuts despite holding a belief that...
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APRA pushes for ‘more granular’ mortgage reporting

The prudential regulator has launched a consultation on a proposal that would expand its collection remit for home...
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Lender launches 95% LVR loan for FHBs

Better Choice Home Loans has launched a new 95 per cent LVR home loan product, which aims to help more first home...
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How much has your property fallen in the last quarter?

Residential property prices fell by 0.7 per cent in the June quarter, according to newly released national figures.
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Mutual banks’ lending growth outpaces majors

Customer-owned banking institutions wrote $6.6 billion in the 2019 financial year, up 7.8 per cent from the previous...
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The cost of housing in 2022

As Australian house prices stabilise, one capital city has been predicted to outstrip all other markets in value growth...
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Mortgagors move to pay down debt

New figures from AMP Bank have shown a “significant uptick” in the number of home loan customers switching from IO...
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APRA leaves door open to new lending curbs

The risks that prompted APRA’s initial crackdown on mortgage lending “have not gone away”, chair Wayne Byres has...
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What is the value of your regional property?

The May federal election hurt the property market, with larger regions outside of the Australian capitals having sales...
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ASIC bans short-term lending model

The corporate regulator has used its product intervention powers to prohibit a model of short-term lending, which, it...
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Analysts brush off return to ‘boom time conditions’

The rebound in housing market conditions will be “far more constrained” than recent data has suggested, according...
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APRA reports rise in share of high-LVR mortgages

The overall share of new home loans approved with an LVR of over 80 per cent has increased, according to the latest...
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Supply and demand ‘imbalance’ to trigger nationwide price boost

A misalignment of supply and demand is set to spur property price growth of up to 20 per cent in the coming years,...
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Federal government to waive Tasmania’s housing debt

The federal government has agreed to waive Tasmania’s $157.6-million housing debt to address continuing housing...
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Major bank slashes mortgage rates by up to 130 bps

A big four bank has cut interest rates across its variable and fixed rate home loan offerings for both owner-occupiers...
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Investors missing out when trying to ‘time’ the market

New analysis has found that attempting to time the market has the potential to cost investors hundreds of thousands of...
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Third cut ‘locked in’ for October despite fear of ‘spooking’ market

The Reserve Bank held the cash rate in September in fear that it would “spook” a nervous market, but a third cut is...
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Credit curbs in sight as housing rebound accelerates

Regulators could consider a fresh round of macro-prudential measures to keep debt levels at bay, according to one...
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Housing downturn stunts GDP growth

The downturn in the residential property market has served as a drag on GDP growth, according to the latest ABS data.
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Sydney no longer belle of the property ball

Sydney has lost the crown as the most attractive capital city to invest property dollars in, according to new...
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