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.

Finance • 30 Apr 2025

Trimmed mean inflation below 3%, what’s next?

For the first time in four years, annual trimmed mean inflation has fallen within the central bank’s coveted target.

Finance • 30 Apr 2025

February rate cut prompts uptick in property settlements

Improved buyer sentiment from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s last cash rate cut led to an increase in mortgage refinancing and residential property settlement over...

Finance • 17 Apr 2025

Westpac rate change ‘among the lowest of the major banks’

The major announced changes to its variable home loans for new customers, spurring some competition.

Finance • 08 Apr 2025

New Broker Academy launches for 2025

Smart Property Investment is pleased to open registrations for the free conference, New Broker Academy.

Finance • 04 Apr 2025

US tariffs prompt cash rate forecast change

The United States’ tariffs have shifted expectations of rate cuts in Australia ahead of incoming global effects.

Finance • 01 Apr 2025

RBA delivers April cash rate: What it means for investors

After weeks of speculation, the Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered its second cash rate decision in 2025.

Finance • 28 Mar 2025

No fooling around – rate cuts off the table in April

Mortgage holders may have to wait a little longer for more relief as a hawkish central bank and a lack of crucial data dash any chance of a rate cut next week.

Finance • 19 Mar 2025

Australian resellers made a record $306k of profit in Q4 2024

While Australians notched a new record median profit for reselling property in the last quarter of 2024, houses recorded higher profits as resellers saw units in Sydney...

Finance • 27 Feb 2025

Mortgage stress soars off the back of affordability challenges: Domain

New research has found that rates of mortgage stress have increased across the capital cities, with repayments for an entry-priced home in Sydney now requiring 57.6 per...

Finance • 21 Feb 2025

Over 50 lenders to pass rate cut in full

More than 50 lenders, including the “big four”, have announced plans to cut variable home loan rates by 0.25 percentage points following the Reserve Bank of...