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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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Above-market valuations surface, creating 'negative equity'

Above-market valuations give investors more access to finance, but are having a negative impact on the equity position...

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Property financing in 2019: Will it get easier for investors?

One of the major issues for property investors in 2018 was the tightening of the lending environment as a result of the...

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Govt’s latest call to banks could impact mortgages

The Morrison government is calling on the banks to free up credit in 2019, as some cities experience GFC-style price...

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Property spruikers lurk in popular holiday spot, investors risk $16k penalty

Holiday makers are being targeted by a group of spruikers, and being warned to watch out for unsolicited offers about...

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Mortgage default black spots revealed for 2018, big markets tipped to overtake in 2019

Softening values in key markets like NSW and Victoria are exposing investors and home owners to mortgage defaults,...

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1% cash rate tipped as markets move in buyers’ favour

Values in key markets of Sydney and Melbourne will drop up to 10 per cent this year and the Reserve Bank of Australia...

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Population slow-down one to watch for property investors

Australia's rates of population growth are continuing to soften, which has a knock-on impact to vital supply-and-demand...

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Investors’ Afterpay, PayWave spending creates headaches for new loans

Property investors should watch their discretionary spending in 2019, as popular new payment methods can impact a...

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Predictions for 2019’s mortgage market for property investors

With interest-only loan restrictions lifted from next year, we spoke to some of Australia’s top mortgage brokers to...

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Top housing picks for the 2019 federal budget

Housing affordability and property taxes will be big policy items for the 2019 federal budget, and there are some key...

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New interest-only loan changes and how they impact property investors

With the announcement that the banking regulator has removed the 30 per cent new lending cap on interest-only loans, we...

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Win for investors as interest-only loans cap scrapped

The banking regulator is set to remove its caps on interest-only lending, a move which is tipped to open property...

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Big incentives for property investors under new housing package

As part of its housing affordability plans, the federal opposition has announced its plans to incentivise property...

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Questions to ask your mortgage broker

Promoted by Mortgage House. When you’re investing in property, the market can be dynamic, and you have to be able to...

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Housing finance difficulties to continue to June 2019

Many property investors were impacted by a tighter lending environment during 2018 and one top economist expects that...

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3 Powerful Tips to Pay Down Your Mortgage Faster

Promoted by HashChing. Buying a home is not the same as ‘owning’ one! Yes, until you have paid off the last cent on...

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More than half of all loans go through a broker

With the knowledge that more than half of all loans go through a mortgage broker, what should property investors keep...

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Investors may soon be charged a fee for finding a mortgage

Recent comments made at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services...

Final 2018 cash rate call revealed

The Reserve Bank has today revealed the outcome of its monthly board meeting, following over two years of no movement.

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BLOG: Get smart and don’t worry about the market

The current state of the market might have you believe the market is going crap and the banks are going to cripple...

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Valuations catching out property investors at settlement

Property investors are increasingly finding bank valuations are coming in under purchase price, but there are a range...

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Interest-only loans divide property investors

A new study has revealed the nation is evenly split on interest-only loans; half of Australians think the loan type is...

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41% of mortgage holders ignore cash rates

A fresh report has claimed that, of Australia’s population, property investors are a part of the chosen few who are...

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Impossible lending environment is ‘rubbish’, investors told

The tightening lending environment is scaring off investors, but one property educator shares why this is “a whole...

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If house prices really do fall by 20%… what does that mean from a finance point of view?

Promoted by Blue Ink Finance. Does all the doom and gloom talk about property prices scare you? Are you worried about...

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