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.
Josh Frydenberg read icon 2 min read
Finance • 27 Sep 2019
Treasurer calls for ‘common sense’ in lending space
Commonwealth Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has stressed the need for home lending practices that don’t curb the “aspirations of hard-working families” by further...
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Philip Lowe read icon 1 min read
Finance • 26 Sep 2019
Creeping house price rises a non-issue for central bank
The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hinted at further cash rate cuts despite holding a belief that the economy has reached a slow turning point...
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APRA CEO Wayne Byres read icon 1 min read
Finance • 23 Sep 2019
APRA pushes for ‘more granular’ mortgage reporting
The prudential regulator has launched a consultation on a proposal that would expand its collection remit for home lending data.  
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Lender launches 95% LVR loan for FHBs read icon 1 min read
Finance • 20 Sep 2019
Lender launches 95% LVR loan for FHBs
Better Choice Home Loans has launched a new 95 per cent LVR home loan product, which aims to help more first home buyers enter the property market.
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Property price fall read icon 1 min read
Finance • 17 Sep 2019
How much has your property fallen in the last quarter?
Residential property prices fell by 0.7 per cent in the June quarter, according to newly released national figures.
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Michael Lawrence read icon 2 min read
Finance • 17 Sep 2019
Mutual banks’ lending growth outpaces majors
Customer-owned banking institutions wrote $6.6 billion in the 2019 financial year, up 7.8 per cent from the previous year and outpacing growth from the major banks.
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QBE’s CEO Phil White read icon 2 min read
Finance • 17 Sep 2019
The cost of housing in 2022
As Australian house prices stabilise, one capital city has been predicted to outstrip all other markets in value growth over the next three years, with a whopping 20 per...
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Mortgagors move to pay down debt read icon 2 min read
Finance • 17 Sep 2019
Mortgagors move to pay down debt
New figures from AMP Bank have shown a “significant uptick” in the number of home loan customers switching from IO to P&I loans ahead of expiry in light of...
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Wayne Byres read icon 2 min read
Finance • 16 Sep 2019
APRA leaves door open to new lending curbs
The risks that prompted APRA’s initial crackdown on mortgage lending “have not gone away”, chair Wayne Byres has said, warning against a “resurgence in...
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Newcastle NSW read icon 3 min read
Finance • 16 Sep 2019
What is the value of your regional property?
The May federal election hurt the property market, with larger regions outside of the Australian capitals having sales volumes fall by nearly 20 per cent.
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