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 • 03 Apr 2019
Victoria promised funding for fast-rail network spending
A key infrastructure project confirmed in the federal budget includes a fast rail network between Melbourne and Geelong, with a flow on impact to surrounding suburbs if...
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Finance • 03 Apr 2019
State-by-state breakdown: which suburbs and cities will get the biggest boosts?
The government has made a raft of promises about infrastructure spend which, if followed through, will have a knock on impact to property prices in surrounding suburbs....
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Finance • 02 Apr 2019
Cash rate call for April 2019 revealed
The Reserve Bank has today released the outcome of its monthly board meeting for April.
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Josh Frydenberg read icon 1 min read
Finance • 02 Apr 2019
Wins for property investors in the 2019 federal budget
The Morrison government’s federal budget was marked by a spate of tax cuts and cash handouts, and property investors will be impacted also if a major infrastructure...
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Finance • 29 Mar 2019
Banks kickstarted credit tightening, major bank CEO admits
The CEO of a big four bank has claimed that the fall in mortgage lending has been 'supply-driven'.
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Finance • 27 Mar 2019
Controversial policies are contributing to property downturn, new research suggests
New figures point to an exodus of foreign investors from the Australian property market as a cause of the current tightening of finance for investment properties, as...
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Finance • 27 Mar 2019
Proposed changes to mortgage brokers will hurt investors, experts fear
Warnings are mounting about controversial proposals to change the way mortgage brokers are paid, with experts fearing a detrimental impact on property investors. 
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Finance • 26 Mar 2019
Mortgage broker benefits for property investors post-royal commission revealed
Property investors are increasingly being drawn to mortgage products away from those offered by the big four banks post-royal commission. Here’s how you can get things...
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Finance • 22 Mar 2019
Quick tips for increasing borrowing power
Investors have no doubt found it difficult to navigate the lending landscape at the moment, so one broker shares a tip on how investors can expand their financing by a...
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Finance • 19 Mar 2019
Bad debt and breaking the 'shame' cycle
Bad debt is never good news for loan applicant, but in 2019 when financing is harder to secure, there are some strategies that investors with black marks in their track...
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