Borrowing To Invest

Using Your SMSF to Invest in Your Retirement

If you are looking for a way to bolster your retirement savings, then investing in business premises through your self-managed super fund may well be the answer.Since 2007, SMSFs have been able to borrow money to fund the purchase of assets including property, shares and managed funds through limited recourse loans.i

Limited Recourse Loans
Limited recourse […]

How Can Property Investment Make Me Better Off?

If you’ve built up some equity over the years, it may be time to look at the options your property investment may give you.

Here are four possibilities that could help you:

You could buy an investment sooner.
Borrowing against the value of your home—which is one way you can access your equity—may enable you to buy […]

House Price Growth Could Fade in 2015 After Solid Spring

Domain Group Senior Economist Dr Andrew Wilson says capital city house prices are set to grow by an average of 5% over the 2014/15 financial year, with Sydney and Brisbane leading the way.

Australia’s capital city housing markets have performed solidly through the winter of 2014 with the prospect of a generally robust spring selling […]

Growing Your Wealth

What is gearing?
In simple terms, gearing is borrowing money to invest. The investment could be in direct shares or managed investments, such as an equity trust, balanced fund or property. Gearing is, in essence, directed towards producing a larger investment return by using borrowed funds, often in addition to your own funds, so that […]