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 • 17 Aug 2012
Lack of savings hindering investors
The majority of first time investors are saying that a lack of savings is their number one hindrance to jumping on the property ladder, according to a new survey.
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Finance • 10 Aug 2012
First time buyers unaware of finance options
With the cash rate on hold for another month, one brokerage group believes first home buyers will become more prevalent in the marketplace provided they recive good...
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Finance • 10 Aug 2012
Housing finance edges higher
Housing finance results released yesterday show stronger than expected growth in the lending sector.
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Finance • 10 Aug 2012
Rates to drop next month
The best approach from the Reserve Bank is to lower domestic rates further in the following months, according to one economist.
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Finance • 08 Aug 2012
Rates on Hold - August 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia has taken a “wait and see approach” to rates, leaving the official cash rate on hold for the second consecutive month.
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Finance • 07 Aug 2012
Investors' address now impacts loan eligibility
Where an investor lives is frequently being found to have a bearing on their ability to obtain a home loan, according to one mortgage advisory group.
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Finance • 06 Aug 2012
Rates on hold til October: AMP
With the Reserve Bank largely expected to hold rates when the Board meets again tomorrow, economists are starting to contemplate when the next potential rate cut could...
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Finance • 03 Aug 2012
August rate cut unlikely
While weak inflation figures have given the Reserve Bank room to cut the cash rate again this month, industry stakeholders believe the Board will opt to keep its powder...
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Finance • 26 Jul 2012
Property owners unhappy with banks
Roy Morgan Research shows overall satisfaction with the big four banks dropped for a fifth consecutive month in June.
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Finance • 20 Jul 2012
Investors choose banks over brokers
A majority of consumers feel more confident going direct to a bank than to brokers, new research has revealed.
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