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 • 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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Finance • 23 Oct 2013
Perth records highest rental growth rate
Perth is now a property hot spot for investors throughout Australia because of surging rents, with the latest figures produced by Australian Property Monitors for the...
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Finance • 22 Oct 2013
Homebuyers warned again about fixed loans
The latest housing finance figures show a further surge in the number of fixed loans in New South Wales, prompting a property group to reiterate their caution to...
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Finance • 21 Oct 2013
Can you buy an investment property with no deposit? How?
Property investors are often assisted by First Home Buyers Loan and other benefits for when they purchase their first investment property, but can you still buy a second...
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Finance • 21 Oct 2013
Home finance commitments on the rise
 Although housing finance commitments remain below the decade average, the rate is gradually rising according to a new report from CommSec.
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Finance • 17 Oct 2013
US debt ceiling to impact Aussie rates
The financial situation in the United States could prompt a rate hike in Australia, a major loan comparison site has warned.
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Finance • 16 Oct 2013
National vacancy rates drop
The national residential vacancy rate decreased slightly in September, according to the latest data from SQM Research.
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