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 • 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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Finance • 17 May 2019
How to avoid a ‘debt disaster’ at the end of an interest-only loan
With a bulk of interest-only loans set to run out, a Perth-based mortgage broker has offered his advice on how borrowers can get ready for transitioning their loans...
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Finance • 17 May 2019
5 tips to slash and burn your mortgage faster
Have you ever wondered how great it would feel to have your mortgage paid off? Most of us dream of the day we can say, “We’re debt-free!”, but very few of us can...
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Finance • 17 May 2019
Will Labor’s negative gearing policy redistribute wealth as intended?
One property expert believes that Labor’s negative gearing policy will lock everyday Australians out of opportunities to invest in their first or second property while...
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Finance • 14 May 2019
Housing lending figures continued to slip over March
Both the value and number of loans have declined over March, analysis of new lending figures showed.
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Finance • 13 May 2019
Major bank tips negative equity risk for investors
As property prices continue their freefall in some of the nation's capital cities, investors should be wary of the potential to dip into negative equity territory. 
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