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.

Finance • 30 Oct 2025

Macquarie freezes new trust and company lending

From tomorrow, investors will face a freeze on trust and company lending from Macquarie Bank, complicating financing for developments and commercial projects.

Finance • 30 Oct 2025

Inflation rise hurts hopes for rate cut

The market is widely tipping interest rates to remain on hold when the RBA meets next week, after quarterly inflation came in higher than expected.

Finance • 16 Oct 2025

SMSF Property Valuations: Ensure ATO Compliance and Accuracy

Accurate SMSF property valuations are vital for compliance and confident investing. Learn how independent valuations from Duo Tax help trustees meet ATO rules, avoid...

Finance • 02 Oct 2025

Half of buyers still shrug off cyber security risks, even as scammers target property deposits

Half of Australians say they have little to no concern about sharing personal details when buying a property, even as cyber criminals increasingly target the real estate...

Finance • 30 Sep 2025

No rate cut, no delay: Buyers get time to strategise their next move

The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate unchanged at 3.60 per cent following its sixth monetary policy meeting of the year.

Finance • 23 Sep 2025

From WA to Qld: Investor loans fuel market recovery

Across Australia, investor and owner-occupier loans remained below pre-COVID-19 levels, with larger loans rather than higher volumes driving the recovery, as Queensland...

Finance • 19 Sep 2025

Data breach: Hackers threaten to leak landlord, tenant and agent data

A Sydney real estate agency has allegedly fallen victim to hackers, who have posted snippets of sensitive data, including that of landlords, tenants, and agents, online...

Finance • 17 Sep 2025

Beyond loan approval: Why old lending models fail investors

Despite market changes, many investors remain stuck with outdated financing models focused solely on loan approval, missing the bigger picture of strategic wealth...

Finance • 12 Sep 2025

Cash out, move on: Network calls incentives for downsizers

Real estate network Raine & Horne has called for a CGT holiday and stamp duty relief to push older Australians to sell in a bid to unlock stock and free the market...

Finance • 02 Sep 2025

‘Think twice’: Expert slams new first home buyer scheme

A leading property expert has sounded the alarm on the Albanese government’s turbocharged plan to get more Australians into the market with just a 5 per cent deposit.