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 • 01 May 2012
Investors eye Qld as vacancy rates tighten
Investors are edging back into the Queensland market as vacancy rates continue to fall across the state, new data shows.
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Finance • 26 Apr 2012
Rate cut expected
The Reserve Bank of Australia is all but certain to cut rates in May, with new CPI data weaker than expected.
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Finance • 24 Apr 2012
Clearance rates edge towards 60%
Auction clearance rates edged closer to 60 per cent in both Sydney and Melbourne last weekend.
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Finance • 23 Apr 2012
Vacancy rates remain "excessively tight"
Residential vacancy rates remain “excessively tight” across most capitals at a national average of 1.7 per cent for March, with Perth continuing to be the hardest...
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Finance • 20 Apr 2012
Developers struggle to obtain finance
The rising cost of funds and a lack of stamp duty concessions are hampering new unit construction in Hobart.
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Finance • 17 Apr 2012
Housing finance slumps in February
Owner occupied lending slumped by four per cent in February, which is the biggest drop since early 2010 according to new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.
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Finance • 16 Apr 2012
REINSW calls for 'pay as you go' stamp duty
The Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) is calling the state government to introduce a ‘pay as you go’ scheme for stamp duty to reduce cost for first homebuyers.
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Finance • 16 Apr 2012
ANZ lifts rates again
At its monthly rate meeting last Friday, ANZ announced it will increase the interest on its standard variable rate by 0.06 per cent.
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Finance • 16 Apr 2012
Gov't considers gradual stamp duty payment
Paying stamp duty off over a number of years in order to kick start the property market is one idea under consideration by the NSW government, according to a weekend...
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Finance • 11 Apr 2012
May rate cut on the cards
Pressure is mounting on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut the cash rate in May after unexpected hurdles slow the nation’s growth.
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