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.
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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rent review read icon 2 min read
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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RBA reveals April cash rate call read icon 1 min read
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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Government approves of rent relief mandatory code read icon 2 min read
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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rental payments read icon 1 min read
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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