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.
Royal commission, mortgage industry, gavel, changes, finance read icon 1 min read
Finance • 28 Sep 2018
Latest from the royal commission: What it means for property investors
The interim report from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has been released. Here's how it could impact...
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Finance • 28 Sep 2018
2 major lending constraints today and how to overcome them
Several changes in the property investment landscape have significantly altered the lending environment, making it harder for some investors to grow their portfolio....
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Marissa Schulze read icon 1 min read
Finance • 27 Sep 2018
Securing finance in the current market: What you need to know
Marissa Schulze has been investing in property since the age of 18 and by 28 her portfolio was bringing in a six-figure passive income. She has helped thousands of...
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interest-only loans, finance, investment read icon 1 min read
Finance • 26 Sep 2018
When are interest-only loans going to be more viable again?
With the recent push away from interest-only loans by APRA and the RBA, this investor favourite is becoming more difficult to secure. We ask a mortgage broker when he...
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mortgage stress, rentvestors, full force read icon 1 min read
Finance • 25 Sep 2018
Rentvestors feeling the full force of mortgage stress
Rentvestors are currently undergoing high levels of mortgage stress, even more so than owner-occupiers, the results of a new study indicate.
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Finance • 25 Sep 2018
Borrowers are giving up on the major banks
APRA’s latest quarterly banking statistics show borrowers are not going to major banks due to lack of trust and are instead seeking out customer-owned banks, the CEO...
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Finance • 24 Sep 2018
How to navigate through the danger zone of interest-only loans
Chances are if you currently have an interest-only loan, it will be running out in the next few years, or what one mortgage broker calls the “danger zone”. If you...
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Finance • 24 Sep 2018
Making the Most from Interest Only Loans
Promoted by Blue Ink Finance The age-old debate of Interest Only (IO) V’s Principal and Interest (P&I) is being turned on its head by discussing when to use them...
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Why off-the-plan is on the money read icon 2 min read
Finance • 21 Sep 2018
Why off-the-plan is on the money
Promoted by St Dane Property Solutions. With many novice buyers preferring to wait until they can inspect a property, there’s opportunities for savvy investors to...
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Finance • 20 Sep 2018
A cheat sheet for what brokers and lenders love and hate to see
Securing finance is important now more than ever, so how do you make yourself as appealing to lenders to get that loan? Smart Property Investment speaks with a mortgage...
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