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 • 04 Sep 2012
Budget should stimulate building, say Master Builders
Queensland’s 2012-2013 budget will need to include measures that stimulate building activity, according to Queensland’s peak body for housing and construction.
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Finance • 29 Aug 2012
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Finance • 27 Aug 2012
Fixed interest rates hit three year low
A wave of rate reductions has forced fixed rate home loans to their lowest level in over three years.
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Finance • 22 Aug 2012
Huge savings ahead as stamp duty to be halved
Stamp duty in Victoria is set to be halved for some buyers, according to the state government.
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Finance • 21 Aug 2012
LMI, helping hand not a hinderance
While investors mainly attempt to avoid Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI), it may actually be worthwhile reconsidering, according to one mortgage advisory group.
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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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