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.
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Finance • 23 Jul 2019
The $8 billion tax cash splash and what it means for property values
Australians are cashing in on the federal government’s tax cuts and handouts. Here’s what it means for local markets. 
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Finance • 23 Jul 2019
Cheaper and easier mortgages: A wrap of the big lending changes this month
In response to the cash rate cut and adjustments from the banking regulator, there has been a spate of changes to the cost and serviceability terms of a mortgage in...
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Finance • 23 Jul 2019
Investors win as major bank undercuts competitors with loan changes
NAB has undercut some of its competitors with changes to its mortgage serviceability terms, making it easier for buyers to secure finance from this month onwards.
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Finance • 19 Jul 2019
Major bank joins spate of lenders changing mortgage terms
One of the nation’s biggest lenders has adjusted its loan serviceability conditions in response to guidance from the banking regulator. 
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Finance • 18 Jul 2019
New bank hits the market, set to offer home loans
One lender has been granted a full banking licence in Australia, and is eyeing the home loan market. 
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Finance • 17 Jul 2019
Lenders undercut the big four banks with new loan terms
In response to APRA easing its guidelines on loan serviceability, two non-major banks have changed their mortgage serviceability assessment terms.
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Finance • 15 Jul 2019
How to save $47k in interest payments on your mortgage
A non-major lender has revealed new modelling that shows how Australians with a moderate mortgage can save up to $47,000 in interest payments.
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Finance • 15 Jul 2019
Property investors tipped to win as banks under pressure with mortgage conditions
Australia’s banks and lenders are under pressure from lobbyists to ease their access to finance for Australian property buyers, following a tough couple of years for...
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Finance • 15 Jul 2019
Another major bank changes loan conditions
In response to new guidance from the banking regulator, another one of the big four banks has adjusted its loan serviceability terms. 
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Finance • 12 Jul 2019
Now is the time to review your loan arrangement, investors told
Those property investors with property in their superannuation should review their arrangements in light of current market conditions, according to one specialist...
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