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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Finance • 12 Nov 2013
How to get a low rate with a 95% loan
Banks don’t normally give big discounts for high LVR loans. So how can you get a sharp rate discount without a big deposit?  
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Finance • 08 Nov 2013
Be wary of the banks
The banks are once again actively courting potential home buyers with offers of very attractive low deposit loan packages. Almost three-quarters of home loan products...
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Finance • 08 Nov 2013
LMI toolkit launched
A free resource to help investors understand lender's mortgage insurance (LMI) has been made available online by Genworth.
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Finance • 07 Nov 2013
ASIC reiterates SMSF property warning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a letter to the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) and the Real Estate...
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Finance • 05 Nov 2013
RBA Rate Announcement - November 2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the outcome of its monthly board meeting.
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Otto Dargan read icon 2 min read
Finance • 04 Nov 2013
Why construction loans just don't work
Why is it that everything seems to go wrong when you build a property? What can you do to prevent the headaches?
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Finance • 01 Nov 2013
REINSW calls for stamp duty cuts
The REINSW has urged the New South Wales government to cut stamp duty rates in the wake of a budget surplus announced on Tuesday.
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Finance • 30 Oct 2013
How to give yourself a rate cut
Why wait for the RBA when you can cut your own rate?
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Finance • 28 Oct 2013
Investors urged to rethink rates
With rate hikes on the horizon, investors should reconsider their current loan facilities, a mortgage adviser company has urged.
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Finance • 24 Oct 2013
Rates to hold steady: economist
A surge in inflation in the September quarter has further reduced the chance of another interest rate cut, according to a leading economist.
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