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 • 05 Aug 2013
How construction finance works
When entering into a building contract you should check that the contract has a condition that allows you to make every reasonable effort to get finance by a specific...
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Finance • 01 Aug 2013
Is your bank cheating you from a rate cut?
Interest rates are often given a lot of thought and attention by investors, and it's often hard to find out when to fix. Here's my perspective on negotiating this...
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Finance • 29 Jul 2013
Building up, rates to come down
A gain in June building approvals is expected to be seen in data that will be released tomorrow. However, we're still likely to see another rate cut, according to a...
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Finance • 26 Jul 2013
Should you always have interest-only loans?
Should I pay interest-only or principal and interest on my loan? This is an age old question that seems to be asked by every second person I speak to about their...
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Finance • 26 Jul 2013
HIA calls for another rate cut
A further reduction in the official cash rate would have a positive effect on residential building and the wider economy, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) has...
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Finance • 25 Jul 2013
Property values up 3.8pc last financial year
The question is, what does this mean for investing?
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Finance • 24 Jul 2013
Consumer sentiment stronger as housing finance increases
Gross spending on housing finance has increased by 17.1 per cent, according to the PRDnationwide Research Quarterly Economic Property Report.
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Finance • 19 Jul 2013
Infrastructure underpinning buyer interest
One Sydney suburb has seen increased property interest due to significant new infrastructure projects, according to PRDnationwide’s research department.
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Finance • 15 Jul 2013
No certainty of further rate cuts
The case for fixing your loan is becoming increasingly compelling, with figures at an attractive level and no certainty of further cuts according to Smartline Personal...
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Finance • 12 Jul 2013
Investors Ask: Equity investing
Q. My partner and I have paid off our family home and would like to purchase an investment property? Is it a wise idea to borrow on the family home or should we save a...
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