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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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Aussie property surpasses $10tn in value

The total worth of the nation’s residential dwellings rose by $221.2 billion in the March 2022 quarter, bringing the...
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Economists predict back-to-back 50-bp rate hikes

Economists are widely predicting a back-to-back 50-basis point cash rate lift in July, with two of the big four banks...
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Government makes first update to Home Guarantee Scheme

Australia’s new government has announced the first changes to the Home Guarantee Scheme to come into effect under...
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How a bump of 50 bps could impact borrowers

What will be the impact of this week’s rate rise on Aussie households?
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Property investment firm loses licence

The corporate regulator has cancelled the licence of an Australian property investment company for failing to meet its...
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RBA reveals June cash rate decision

Amid much speculation, the Reserve Bank of Australia has handed down its last cash rate for the 2021-22 financial...
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How one demographics expert views Australia’s real estate future

The Australian property market is an extremely dynamic beast, constantly changing at the hands of the population’s...
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RBA considered 40-bp cash rate raise

The Reserve Bank has revealed that it weighed up three different options for the size of the first cash rate rise in...
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ATO set to scrutinise landlords’ tax returns

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned landlords to double-check their rental income declarations and...
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Liberals wave super as solution for housing affordability woes

With the federal election less than a week away, the Australian Liberal Party has promised two new superannuation...
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5 ways to finance your renovation

Renovating your investment property can boost its overall worth. Here are different ways to finance your latest...
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Queensland confirms review into HomeBuilder applicants

The state’s Treasurer has announced that Queensland will be re-examining applications that were rejected under the...
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Stamp duty adds 2 years of saving for some FHBs

Saving for a home takes years for the typical first-time buyer. In Australia’s largest cities, as much as two years...
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The big 4 banks react as RBA announces rate climb

At the end of its monthly meeting yesterday, Tuesday, 3 May, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced its first...
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RBA hands down much-awaited May cash rate

The Reserve Bank of Australia has released its cash rate for May amid wide speculation this would be the month to break...
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CommBank leads the charge for green lending

Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has broken new ground by announcing it will be implementing green...
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Inflation surge to further sour home ownership dreams – REIA

As the latest inflation data bolstered the case for a pre-election rate hike, the Real Estate Institute of Australia...
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Price drops set for 2023: NAB

The bank has doubled down on its prediction that house prices will decline by 10 per cent in 2023.
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Major bank says inflationary pressures on the way up

Westpac predicts core inflation will rise to 4 per cent in the second half of 2022.
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Morrison targets FHB voters with higher property price caps

Higher property price caps for the New Home Guarantee scheme could come into play on 1 July, 2022, if the coalition is...
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Are property investors pushing prices higher?

The average price for investment properties was found to be nearly $170,000 below the mean national property price.
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Major banks revise cash rate forecasts

Economists from all four major banks have revised their cash rate forecasts following the RBA’s meeting last week,...
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What’s the likely outcome of a cash rate hike for investors?

With speculation mounting for a future rate hike, new data suggests that three out of four borrowers will have to cut...
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Budget to boost home ownership, adds targeted regional scheme

The 2022‑23 budget, due out tomorrow (29 March), will more than double the scope of the government’s Home Guarantee...
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Tassie boosts stamp duty relief

The state government has passed a raft of measures designed to continue easing the challenges of entering the housing...
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