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 • 04 Jun 2019
Cash rate call for June 2019 revealed
The Reserve Bank has released the outcome of its monthly board meeting for June amid many experts expecting a cut.
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Finance • 04 Jun 2019
Is new market optimism a ‘dead-cat bounce’?
Buyers and sellers always apply a “self-confidence” factor when assessing markets, and it’s often based on recent good or bad announcements.
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Finance • 30 May 2019
Why your mortgage could get cheaper after next week
The Reserve Bank is meeting next week, and the nation's leading economists believe a cash rate cut could be on the cards. 
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Finance • 28 May 2019
Bottom of the price cycle tipped with 80% certainty
Economists and renowned research houses alike are now predicting, with a high degree of certainty, when key capital city markets will begin their price recovery.
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Finance • 24 May 2019
New lending changes predicted to boost WA market, investors
Proposed changes by the prudential regulator would have a great impact for Western Australia’s property market and investors in the market, according to experts.
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Finance • 22 May 2019
How investors should react to mortgage possessions coming soon
Analysis of data by a major bank shows that mortgage possession is looming around the corner, according to one property commentator.
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Finance • 22 May 2019
APRA report shines light on bank attitudes
A new report has been released by the prudential regulator that analyses how major banks view their own actions, and there’s certainly room for improvement.
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Finance • 21 May 2019
‘Absolute biggest news for finance in three years’ announced
The banking regulator intends to revise borrower assessment guidelines, but what does this mean for investors and their portfolio? According to the experts, the changes...
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Finance • 21 May 2019
Why the latest moves from APRA will be good news for property investors
With the election now behind us, confidence is set to return to property markets as well as the economy in general.
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Finance • 20 May 2019
The First Home Loan Deposit Scheme: More than just an election sweetener
The Coalition’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme is being viewed as controversial by some, even dangerous by others. From a mortgage broker’s perspective, I don’t...
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