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.
David Shih read icon 2 min read
Finance • 26 Feb 2018
Demystifying equity and how you can use it towards your next purchase
In the property investing world, equity is the magic word that everyone is chasing! But what exactly is equity, and why is it so magical?
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Property owners, mortgage stress, property investors, mortgage stress in investing read icon 1 min read
Finance • 23 Feb 2018
Owner-occupiers feeling mortgage stress, while investors are "very healthy"
According to a new report, the majority of Australians are feeling the weight of their mortgage, yet one expert claims to include investors in this category would be...
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Phil Tarrant read icon 2 min read
Finance • 22 Feb 2018
BLOG: Why getting the best rate for your loan is complicated
If you’re currently a customer for a lender, you should always be asking your lender whether they’ve got the right rate for you, but in the end, it’s never easy.
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Negative gearing negativity on the nose read icon 4 min read
Finance • 21 Feb 2018
Negative gearing negativity on the nose
Promoted by Propertyology It appears that negative gearing negativity is here to stay.
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lending and cash flow, property growth, property market, property investment, property portfolio read icon 2 min read
Finance • 20 Feb 2018
How lending and cash flow affects the growth of a property portfolio
After a decade of exploring Australian property markets and successfully building a nine-property portfolio, investor Eric Wu is now looking into more sophisticated...
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housing growth, wage growth, property market, property investment, finance, RBA read icon 1 min read
Finance • 20 Feb 2018
Wage growth needs to surpass housing growth, claims RBA
The Reserve Bank of Australia has stated that although it does not focus on the property market, it “would be a good outcome” if the housing growth did not surpass...
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Smart Property Investment's Berkley Vale property read icon 1 min read
Finance • 19 Feb 2018
How recent changes in the finance industry will impact you
We’ve touched on the finance industry in the past, so we decided to dig deeper and give you the best insight on home loans, mortgage brokers and the royal commission...
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portfolio’s cash position, property investment, property investing read icon 4 min read
Finance • 14 Feb 2018
How you can improve your portfolio’s cash position
After acquiring 17 investment properties with 19 loans, Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant aims to improve his portfolio’s cash flow position by reviewing his...
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APRA chairman sets sights higher on ‘improvements’ to lending read icon 1 min read
Finance • 13 Feb 2018
APRA chairman sets sights higher on ‘improvements’ to lending
The prudential regulator has claimed while its curbs on investor and interest-only lending have been successful, there is still more work to be done...
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Calculator read icon 2 min read
Finance • 10 Feb 2018
Investment tip: Is it a good time to refinance your principal place of residence?
Following the recent changes in lending regulations made by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), mortgage broker Ross Le Quesne believes that it’s a...
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