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.
Determining a property portfolio’s growth read icon 3 min read
Finance • 14 Mar 2018
Determining a property portfolio’s growth: Metrics to use
Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant makes it a point to keep himself and his financial team updated about the different factors that contribute to the growth of...
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low interest rates, owner-occupiers read icon 3 min read
Finance • 13 Mar 2018
Should owner-occupiers worry about low interest rates?
The fluctuation of interest rates across Australia are presenting different opportunities to investors and owner-occupiers alike, but how will it actually impact the...
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Avoid this trap from the banks read icon 2 min read
Finance • 13 Mar 2018
LMI: How you can avoid this trap from the banks
Lender’s mortgage insurance (LMI) is a quicker way of getting your hands on a property but going along with it could spell bad news in the long run if you fall into a...
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fixed rate loans, piggy bank, investment, clock, savings, money read icon 1 min read
Finance • 13 Mar 2018
IO fixed rate loans predicted to come down ‘in the next few weeks’
Following APRA’s requirements to curb investor lending, one expert has claimed the big four banks have “overshot the mark”, and to rectify this short fall,...
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Steve Waters read icon 3 min read
Finance • 09 Mar 2018
Why arguing cash flow v capital growth is a mistake
More property magazine column inches have probably been devoted to this subject than just about any other – but I think those picking sides in the cash flow versus...
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Phil Tarrant read icon 2 min read
Finance • 08 Mar 2018
BLOG: Learn to prioritise your lenders
If you’re looking to shift your loans to a three-year fixed rate, knowing which of your loans to move is just a matter of prioritisation.
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RBA read icon 2 min read
Finance • 06 Mar 2018
RBA announces interest rate decision for March
The official cash rate decision for March has been announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia following its monthly board meeting.
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investment strategies, property portfolio read icon 1 min read
Finance • 28 Feb 2018
2 investment strategies to kickstart your portfolio
Shaving off the cost of an investment property is always an effective strategy to get your foot through the door earlier than usual. These are two strategies that can...
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Wake up Australia, we have a debt problem read icon 5 min read
Finance • 28 Feb 2018
Wake up Australia, we have a debt problem
Promoted by Confidence Finance. Ten years ago, the biggest financial crisis in decades rocked the global economy. At its roots, the GFC begun with American borrowers...
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A beginner’s guide to home loan repayments read icon 2 min read
Finance • 26 Feb 2018
A beginner’s guide to home loan repayments
Getting a home loan is one of the most important steps to take in property investment, but keeping up and getting ahead of the repayments takes a different brand of...
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