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.
Property spruikers lurk in popular holiday spot, investors risk $16k penalty read icon 1 min read
Finance • 04 Jan 2019
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 property investment.
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Finance • 04 Jan 2019
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, particularly if they are heavily leveraged to secure a...
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1% cash rate tipped as markets move in buyers’ favour read icon 1 min read
Finance • 02 Jan 2019
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 (RBA) will respond by slashing the official cash...
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Finance • 28 Dec 2018
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 dynamics in the residential property market. 
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Finance • 27 Dec 2018
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 bank’s assessment of loan serviceability.
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Finance • 20 Dec 2018
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 see what the financing market will look like for...
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Finance • 20 Dec 2018
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 policies property experts are pushing the...
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Finance • 19 Dec 2018
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 spoke to property experts across the country to...
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Finance • 19 Dec 2018
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 investors to more choice of financing options in 2019.
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Finance • 17 Dec 2018
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 investors should it come into power next year. 
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