Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

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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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Finance • 17 Dec 2018

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 move quickly. That’s where a good mortgage...

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Finance • 13 Dec 2018

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 the situation will not ease until after June 2019.

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Finance • 11 Dec 2018

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 your mortgage, you home, technically, is not...

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Finance • 07 Dec 2018

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 in mind?

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Finance • 06 Dec 2018

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 Industry by CBA Chief Executive Matt Comyn have major...

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Finance • 04 Dec 2018

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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