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.
Housing finance read icon 1 min read
Finance • 18 Dec 2019
Housing finance sees month-on-month increase
New statistics have shown that housing finance commitments continued to climb in October.
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Finance • 17 Dec 2019
ASIC issues guidance for lending to ‘mortgage prisoners’
The regulator has outlined the “reasonable steps” that lenders and brokers should take when assisting “mortgage prisoners” looking to refinance.
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Finance • 21 Nov 2019
RBA still open to more cuts despite growing scrutiny
The central bank remains prepared to cut rates further, despite growing concerns that monetary policy has “lost its potency”.
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Finance • 14 Nov 2019
Housing costs drop to 10-year low
Home owners and renters are spending the lowest proportion of their income on housing in more than a decade, according to new research.
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Finance • 14 Nov 2019
Where rents are going somewhere versus nowhere
New analysis by Propertyology has identified the capital cities where changing rental markets are prospering – and where they aren’t.
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Kevin Young read icon 1 min read
Finance • 14 Nov 2019
High unemployment rate ‘undermining’ confidence for Qld investors
New figures showing Queensland has the highest unemployment rate will undermine property investment confidence in the sunshine state, according to the president of...
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Finance • 13 Nov 2019
Concern raised as lending commitments continue to rise
The total value of home loan commitments continues to rise month-on-month, largely driven by owner-occupiers. However, increasing loan sizes flag concern for a country...
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Angela Lillicrap read icon 1 min read
Finance • 12 Nov 2019
Home lending continues to climb
The property market continued to see improvement in home lending over the September quarter, but stats remain lower than they were at the same time last year, according...
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Finance • 08 Nov 2019
Where are most getting a mortgage from?
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has identified how banks performed in the mortgage market over the September quarter, with the non-majors coming...
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Shane Oliver read icon 2 min read
Finance • 07 Nov 2019
Rates heading to 0.25% despite ‘upbeat’ RBA
The Reserve Bank remains on track to cut the cash rate twice in the coming months, despite singing a “more upbeat” tune in its statement on monetary policy,...
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