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.
Sean Hughes read icon 2 min read
Finance • 13 Sep 2019
ASIC bans short-term lending model
The corporate regulator has used its product intervention powers to prohibit a model of short-term lending, which, it has found, causes “significant consumer...
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Shane Oliver read icon 1 min read
Finance • 12 Sep 2019
Analysts brush off return to ‘boom time conditions’
The rebound in housing market conditions will be “far more constrained” than recent data has suggested, according to analysts.
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APRA read icon 1 min read
Finance • 12 Sep 2019
APRA reports rise in share of high-LVR mortgages
The overall share of new home loans approved with an LVR of over 80 per cent has increased, according to the latest APRA data.  
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Phil White read icon 1 min read
Finance • 11 Sep 2019
Supply and demand ‘imbalance’ to trigger nationwide price boost
A misalignment of supply and demand is set to spur property price growth of up to 20 per cent in the coming years, according to new research from QBE.
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Tasmania read icon 1 min read
Finance • 11 Sep 2019
Federal government to waive Tasmania’s housing debt
The federal government has agreed to waive Tasmania’s $157.6-million housing debt to address continuing housing affordability issues within the state.
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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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