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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Finance • 07 Apr 2020
How can my tenant request a rent review?
Wondering how your tenant might request a change to their rental agreement? Or what kind of information such correspondence should contain?
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Finance • 07 Apr 2020
RBA reveals April cash rate call - April 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced its decision on the official cash rate for April following a rare out of cycle cash rate reduction in March.
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Finance • 07 Apr 2020
Government approves of rent relief mandatory code
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed that the national cabinet has reached agreement on a mandatory code for the provision of rent relief by commercial landlords...
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Philip Lowe read icon 2 min read
Finance • 02 Apr 2020
Negative interest rates out of the question: RBA
The Reserve Bank has “no appetite” for negative interest rates, with the current cash rate locked in for an “extended period”, the central bank has confirmed.
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Finance • 27 Mar 2020
6 arguments against relaxing rental payments
An industry body has hit back at the “fundamentally flawed” notion that the NSW government could legislate to remove the obligation of tenants to pay their rent.
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Kevin Young read icon 2 min read
Finance • 25 Mar 2020
‘Crazy APRA-imposed’ interest-only loan policy must stop
There’s a new call for banks to urgently allow home loan borrowers to roll over their interest-only loans indefinitely.
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Finance • 19 Mar 2020
COVID-19 and the case for a further cash rate cut
Amid a slide towards a global recession, the Reserve Bank of Australia has held an out-of-cycle emergency meeting, where it grappled with a decision on whether to drop...
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The booming business of the bank of mum and dad read icon 1 min read
Finance • 13 Mar 2020
The booming business of the bank of mum and dad
New research has revealed a surprising source of loans is trailing only the big four banks when it comes to property assistance and mortgages in Australia — and...
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Finance • 03 Mar 2020
RBA reveals March cash rate call
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced its decision on the official cash rate for March amid speculation the fallout from COVID-19 would force the bank to...
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Finance • 24 Feb 2020
Victorians urged to consider loans to combat combustible cladding
Victorian property owners are being prompted to immediately begin fixing potential issues with combustible cladding repairs with the offer of a strata loan.
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