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.
Mortgage read icon 1 min read
Finance • 10 Sep 2019
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 and investors.
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Peter Koulizos read icon 2 min read
Finance • 10 Sep 2019
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 dollars. 
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Ben Kingsley read icon 1 min read
Finance • 09 Sep 2019
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 on the cards in October, according to one...
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Shane Oliver read icon 3 min read
Finance • 06 Sep 2019
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 analyst, amid the growing possibility of a...
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Ken Morrison read icon 2 min read
Finance • 05 Sep 2019
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 read icon 1 min read
Finance • 04 Sep 2019
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 research.
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Tim Lawless read icon 2 min read
Finance • 04 Sep 2019
‘Resurging’ house values prompt RBA cash rate call
A resurgence in Sydney and Melbourne housing values was likely a key consideration for the Reserve Bank, who at yesterday’s board meeting kept the official cash rate...
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Finance • 03 Sep 2019
RBA makes September cash rate call
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced its decision on the official cash rate for September.
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Cameron Kusher read icon 1 min read
Finance • 02 Sep 2019
Why it’s harder than ever to save for a mortgage
An industry expert has offered insight into why so many are still struggling to get into the property market.
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Bill Marmion read icon 1 min read
Finance • 30 Aug 2019
‘House price decline was deliberate,’ Liberals say
Western Australia Liberal deputy leader Bill Marmion has declared that the three consecutive increases in land tax that led to housing price decreases were deliberate.
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