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 • 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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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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Finance • 20 Sep 2018
The Housing Recession: How to Manage Your Risk
Promoted by Confidence Finance.MoneyBRAINS is leading new technology that helps Australians better understand their finances. Answer 20 simple questions about your...
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Finance • 19 Sep 2018
The 2 biggest lessons in real estate investment
When talking to first-time investors, there are multiple misconceptions to address and numerous lessons to teach. I’m about to reveal the two biggest concepts that...
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Finance • 18 Sep 2018
5 reasons a bank will reject your mortgage
To ensure you don't fall victim to an increasingly tough mortgage market, here are five key things you should avoid at all costs when applying for a loan. 
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Finance • 18 Sep 2018
Property resales in June quarter hit near 5-year low
With property sale profits reaching $15.683 billion this quarter and 10.2 per cent of properties reselling for under their previous purchase price, you might be...
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Finance • 17 Sep 2018
Getting finance approved in this tightening lending environment
Many investors who would have been successfully approved for finance last year are struggling now to either begin or continue their property investment journey because...
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Finance • 14 Sep 2018
How to survive an expiring interest-only loan
If you’re an investor, chances are you have an interest-only loan, but once the loan period ends, what happens? Here’s what you can expect.
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