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.
Tough, Australian property market, property investors, mortgage broker, investments read icon 3 min read
Finance • 14 Dec 2017
Has the Australian property market grown 'tougher'?
Seasoned property investors and property professionals alike agree that it continues to become harder to get finance and build a substantial portfolio in today’s...
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Finance • 13 Dec 2017
How pergolas can increase the value of a property
A well-maintained home is one that doesn’t decrease in value and there are ways to increase the overall value of your property with a few simple additions, one of...
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Finance • 12 Dec 2017
The key to portfolio growth in the coming low growth environment: Creating equity
Looking at the conditions, it’s obvious that 2018 is not going to be a year of massive property growth. Investors who are dependent on market growth for their equity...
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Property prices, countercyclical buffers, property management, property market, house prices read icon 2 min read
Finance • 11 Dec 2017
APRA claims property prices have signalled risk for ‘some time’
The regulator believes it can successfully cool house prices and contain risk without relying on countercyclical buffers.
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Different valuation techniques to help you unlock equity and grow your portfolio read icon 2 min read
Finance • 08 Dec 2017
Different valuation techniques to help you unlock equity and grow your portfolio
Curtis Stewart of Confidence Finance explores how using different deposit sizes and getting the best possible valuation result can help investors grow their portfolio...
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Finance • 08 Dec 2017
How property investors can enjoy dealing with the numbers
Even if he carries relevant background in finance and economics, 27-year-old investor Curtis Stewart knows that the secret to actually enjoying property investment is...
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Calculating changes to your borrowing power read icon 4 min read
Finance • 07 Dec 2017
Calculating changes to your borrowing power
Promoted by Confidence Finance. Finance experts are often asked questions about how different types of income/expenses change people's borrowing power.
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Finance • 05 Dec 2017
Interest-only loans fall a ‘slam dunk’ for APRA
New data from APRA shows a smaller number of people are taking interest-only loans, a move described by an expert as a “colossal turnaround” by the banks.
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Finance • 05 Dec 2017
RBA reveals cash rate decision - December 2017
The cash rate for December has been announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia following its regularly scheduled monthly board meeting.
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Finance • 04 Dec 2017
How using the right deposit size can open up your financing options and grow your portfolio
Curtis Stewart of Confidence Finance breaks down some of the pros and cons of using high LVR loans, and how investors can use some of the features available at lower...
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