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 • 02 Jul 2019
Cash rate call for July 2019 revealed
The Reserve Bank has released the outcome of its monthly board meeting for July, following widespread expectation of more rate cuts.
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Finance • 28 Jun 2019
Banks must support APRA response to assessment rates
Let’s be honest, the word “bank” has been a dirty word to the general public since the royal commission. But in reality, our banks in Australia, for the most part,...
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Finance • 28 Jun 2019
Why there could be a mini surge in house prices
There are various market forces at play when predicting when the market will bottom out, and some of them point to a spike in home values.
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Finance • 28 Jun 2019
'The winners are borrowers': predictions roll in for cash rate cuts
With June’s cash rate decision, the first movement in nearly three years, July could see the historically low rate fall even further. But in this current state of...
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Finance • 27 Jun 2019
Why interest rates no longer affect property values
Interest rates have always been seen as the big influencer of property values in Australia. But not any longer. Here’s why.
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Finance • 25 Jun 2019
Property investors missing out on big tax cuts, analysis shows
Analysis has found Australian property investors are, potentially, not claiming a collective of nearly $3 billion in tax deductions.
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Finance • 25 Jun 2019
Good news for property investors in spate of cash rate cuts
A predicted hat trick of cash rate cuts could create favourable conditions for property investors, according to one expert. 
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Finance • 24 Jun 2019
Last-minute tax-time tips for the time-poor investor
End of financial year falls on Sunday, 30 June, and there is still time to make sure you are maximising tax strategies for your investment properties before the week is...
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Finance • 21 Jun 2019
The state of investor lending revealed in recent analysis
Analysis of recent data has pointed to distinct trends in lending across the board which are surfacing so far this year.
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Finance • 17 Jun 2019
How self-funded retirees have control
There is a group who rarely get the recognition they deserve. In fact, they’ve become a demographic football that’s been kicked around politically far too often.
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