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 • 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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Finance • 18 Jul 2012
Auction clearance rates subdued
The winter chills are hurting auction clearance rates and results in south east Queensland, a local independent auctioneer has said.
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Finance • 12 Jul 2012
Vacancy rates edge higher
Residential vacancy rates all the major metropolitan centres across NSW rose in June, according to the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales (REINSW).
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Finance • 12 Jul 2012
Rate cuts stimulate consumer sentiment
Recent rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia look to have boosted consumer confidence, an economist has said, pointing to the release of data which showed an...
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Finance • 11 Jul 2012
Investors should opt to fix mortgage rate
The time to fix is now, according to one mortgage broker.
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Finance • 11 Jul 2012
Banks launch discounted mortgages
Competition between Australia’s banks continues to heat up, with a number of lenders cutting their mortgage interest rates on both variable and fixed rate products.
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