Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

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Finance • 20 Dec 2011

Concern about debt on the rise

 

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Finance • 16 Dec 2011

More rate cuts needed to encourage investors

The Reserve Bank’s rate cut this month was good news for investors but it may still take a few more drops before they jump back into the market, a leading analyst...

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Finance • 16 Dec 2011

Savings will be made in 2012

Most Australians expect to keep their savings belts firmly strapped on during the coming year due to the global economic uncertainty.

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Finance • 13 Dec 2011

End called for stamp duty: senior citizens

A new report has called for the end of stamp duty for senior citizens in order to allow older Australians to relocate to more appropriate housing. In order to prepare...

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Finance • 13 Dec 2011

Buyer activity to edge higher on rate cut: RP Data

The majors' decision to pass on the Reserve Bank's rate cut in full is likely to stimulate buyer activity, RP Data's Cameron Kusher has claimed, although it won't send...

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Finance • 12 Dec 2011

XMAS may stimulate clearance rates

Auction clearance rates, which have remained steady in the last few months, may improve in the next two weeks on the back of a pre-Christmas rush to offload and buy...

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Finance • 12 Dec 2011

Rates tipped to fall again in February

Continued uncertainty abroad could force the Reserve Bank to cut rates again early in 2012.

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Finance • 12 Dec 2011

Vacancy rates expected to tighten

Vacancy rates are expected to tighten further in inner Sydney and university towns across NSW following the abolition of the stamp duty concessions for first home buyers...

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Finance • 08 Dec 2011

Majors still silent on rates

More than 24 hours after the RBA announced it would cut the official cash rate from 4.5 per cent to 4.25 per cent, the majors have remained quiet.

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Finance • 07 Dec 2011

Borrowers remain loyal to lenders

A significant number of borrowers have chosen to stay with their current lender despite knowing there are better deals elsewhere, according to new research from online...

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