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 • 06 Feb 2018

Investment tip: How diversification can lead to greater serviceability

While many budding property investors often opt to invest in areas familiar to them, 26-year-old investor Eddie Dilleen—who has successfully built an 11-property...

Finance • 06 Feb 2018

RBA announces cash rate decision - February 2018

The official cash rate has been announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia following its monthly board meeting.

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Finance • 04 Feb 2018

The process of selling a property, according to a real-life investor

After accumulating nine real estate assets over the years, property investor Kevin Sum decided to sell two of his investment properties which, he believes, have reached...

Cost of living costing Australians their financial progress

Finance • 02 Feb 2018

Cost of living costing Australians their financial progress

The financial comfort of Australia is being impacted by the cost of living increasing, regardless of improving job conditions and income security, a new report...

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Finance • 02 Feb 2018

Knowing when it’s time to sell a property

Adding to your portfolio is one thing, maintaining it is another, but knowing when it’s time to let go and sell off a property is a separate thing altogether. Investor...

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Finance • 31 Jan 2018

The changing face of development trends: Townhouses, small spaces, design and finances

If you’re looking to buy into or build a development, it’s important to learn from the mistakes of the past in order to make your decision as sound as possible. The...

The biggest challenge in property investment right now

Finance • 30 Jan 2018

The biggest challenge in property investment right now

Property investor Eric Wu planned to double his asset base in 10 years but, along the way, he decided to alter the speed of his accumulation in order to manage the risks...

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Finance • 25 Jan 2018

Baby Boomer real estate spending to be overtaken by Millennials

A real estate group has predicted over the next five years, Millennial spending on real estate will overtake the spending by Baby Boomers, with statistics showing 66.1...

Mortgage loans hit historic high

Finance • 24 Jan 2018

Mortgage loans hit historic high

The average Australian mortgage size has grown past $500,000 for the first time in history, new data indicates.

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Finance • 16 Jan 2018

The top financial goal and burden for 2018 revealed: paying off mortgages

Over one quarter of all Australians have said their first financial priority this year is to pay off their mortgage, but it is also seen by most as a big problem...