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 • 16 Jun 2025
10 Costly Mistakes Property Investors Make (and How to Avoid Them)
Even experienced investors make simple mistakes that cost time and money. Here’s how to avoid 10 of the most common traps and build a stronger property portfolio.
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Finance • 16 Jun 2025
CBA pushes investor lending costs to new low
The Commonwealth Bank has cut its variable investor rate, leading the charge with the lowest rate available among the big four.
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Finance • 27 May 2025
NAB and Urbanise partner to streamline strata payments
Strata managers and property owners will soon enjoy faster, simpler payments with a new integration between NAB and Urbanise.
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Finance • 21 May 2025
How the RBA’s May rate cut may shape Australia’s property market
In May 2025, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered a widely anticipated 0.25 per cent interest rate cut, aimed at stimulating economic growth and improving...
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Finance • 20 May 2025
RBA delivers May cash rate: What it means for the market
After weeks of speculation, the Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate, lifting buyer confidence, borrowing power, and fuelling demand, while property price...
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Finance • 20 May 2025
Moderate uptick in property sales expected as RBA lowers cash rate
Property experts anticipate the upcoming rate cut will ease borrowing costs and gently lift property market activity without triggering a sharp rise in home prices due...
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Finance • 30 Apr 2025
Trimmed mean inflation below 3%, what’s next?
For the first time in four years, annual trimmed mean inflation has fallen within the central bank’s coveted target.
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Finance • 30 Apr 2025
February rate cut prompts uptick in property settlements
Improved buyer sentiment from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s last cash rate cut led to an increase in mortgage refinancing and residential property settlement over...
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Finance • 17 Apr 2025
Westpac rate change ‘among the lowest of the major banks’
The major announced changes to its variable home loans for new customers, spurring some competition.
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Finance • 08 Apr 2025
New Broker Academy launches for 2025
Smart Property Investment is pleased to open registrations for the free conference, New Broker Academy.
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