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 • 25 Mar 2013
What is equity?
When searching for your next property investment and you wonder what is fuelling this insatiable demand for more growth and better performing property, the term to best...
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Finance • 21 Mar 2013
Should you request a holding deposit?
A holding deposit is an amount of money (usually the equivalent of one week's rent) that is paid by the applicant whilst their application is being assessed, or between...
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Finance • 20 Mar 2013
Rate cuts leaving investors well-placed
Since November 2011, the cash rate has been cut six times, leaving potential savings and portfolio growth for investors who act wisely on these changes.
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Finance • 12 Mar 2013
Split loans rising in popularity
More borrowers than ever before are choosing to split their home loan between fixed and variable rates, mortgage broker Loan Market has said.
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Finance • 07 Mar 2013
Lenders expected to lower rates
Lenders are expected to lower interest rates out of cycle despite the RBA keeping the official cash rate on hold this month, according to mortgage broker network...
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Finance • 05 Mar 2013
Rates on Hold - March 2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia failed to surprise industry pundits today, with the board opting to leave the official cash rate on hold.
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Finance • 04 Mar 2013
Home loans for investment house jumps by nearly $1b
The decision by the RBA to cut interest rates over the past year is having a positive impact on the property investment market in Australia.
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Finance • 28 Feb 2013
Investors Ask: Is it worth LMI?
Q. It has taken me three years to save up $30,000 for a 10 per cent deposit on a property worth $300,000. Should I save for a few more years to get a lower LVR or buy...
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Finance • 28 Feb 2013
Stamping out duties to spark activity
The ACT’s plans to phase out stamp duty over a 20-year-period, replacing it with an annual land tax, could spark increased activity in the property market.
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Finance • 26 Feb 2013
Buying Strategies from a Professional Buyer
Over the next five blogs I'm going to share my top five tips. My first is about negotiations. Everything is Negotiable - The more deals you do with property the more you...
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