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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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Cheaper and easier mortgages: A wrap of the big lending changes this month

In response to the cash rate cut and adjustments from the banking regulator, there has been a spate of changes to the...
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Investors win as major bank undercuts competitors with loan changes

NAB has undercut some of its competitors with changes to its mortgage serviceability terms, making it easier for buyers...
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Major bank joins spate of lenders changing mortgage terms

One of the nation’s biggest lenders has adjusted its loan serviceability conditions in response to guidance from the...
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New bank hits the market, set to offer home loans

One lender has been granted a full banking licence in Australia, and is eyeing the home loan market. 
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Lenders undercut the big four banks with new loan terms

In response to APRA easing its guidelines on loan serviceability, two non-major banks have changed their mortgage...
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How to save $47k in interest payments on your mortgage

A non-major lender has revealed new modelling that shows how Australians with a moderate mortgage can save up to...
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Property investors tipped to win as banks under pressure with mortgage conditions

Australia’s banks and lenders are under pressure from lobbyists to ease their access to finance for Australian...
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Another major bank changes loan conditions

In response to new guidance from the banking regulator, another one of the big four banks has adjusted its loan...
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Now is the time to review your loan arrangement, investors told

Those property investors with property in their superannuation should review their arrangements in light of current...
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Must-knows about keeping your credit score healthy

A healthy credit score can be the difference between securing a loan and being rejected, but many property investors...
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Big name lenders begin to loosen loan buffers

One of the major banks has updated its assessment policy for loan serviceability in response to the banking...
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Lenders cop it for ‘consistently failing’ consumers

Consumer credit insurance, which is often sold by lenders to borrowers when they take out a mortgage, has copped a...
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Claiming big on rental deductions? Here's what you need to know

With 2019 tax time well underway, property investors are reminded of what they can and cannot claim – and what could...
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Major bank set to refund 40,000 mortgage-holders

About 40,000 customers could be eligible for refunds from one major bank, after being over-charged on interest for...
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‘We are a bit surprised’: Popular lender speaks on cash rates now and what’s to come

Following the Reserve Bank’s historic cash rate call earlier this month, one popular lender has given its take on if...
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Historic favourites with property investors lose ground in 2019

The decision by some of the major banks not to pass on the full interest rate cut to their home loans may be having a...
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Investors record mortgage wins, non-major lenders surge in popularity

Investors are benefiting from the relaxation in regulatory constraints, according to mortgage broking group AFG, and...
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PM under pressure to stop messing with popular loan structure

The federal government is under pressure to stop tinkering with borrowing in superannuation, as many investors and...
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How retirees have tipped $1bn into superannuation from their properties

New figures show that older Australians are taking advantage of government allowances to boost their retirement income...
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‘Fragility’ of housing market exposed in new figures

While there have been green shoots of positive price growth since the federal election, the latest building approvals...
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Secret, bad debt habits hamper Aussie investors

Against a backdrop of housing affordability constraints and rising costs of living, Australian investors are...
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Big changes are coming to mortgage applications

The banking regulator has finalised its guidance for lenders on how they should assess loan serviceability, in a move...
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The lenders that cut their interest rates this week

Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s lowering of the official cash rate to a record low of 1 per cent, a number...
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How to save money with a new repayment strategy

With interest rates at new record lows, one mortgage broker explains why now is a great time to re-think their...
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Cash rate call for July 2019 revealed

The Reserve Bank has released the outcome of its monthly board meeting for July, following widespread expectation of...
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