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 • 11 Feb 2012
ANZ ups interest rates
ANZ today announced it will increase interest rates for variable rate mortgages and small business lending by 0.06%pa.
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Finance • 11 Feb 2012
Gvt budget for affordable homes
A formal request for the government to provide over $2.5 billion in the 2012/2013 budget for new homes has been made by leading lobby groups.
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Finance • 10 Feb 2012
Getting to know non-banks
They offer you home loans just like a bank and yet they are not a bank. Well, exactly what are they?
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Finance • 08 Feb 2012
RBA pauses on rates, but more to come
While the Reserve Bank decided it was prudent to keep the offical cash rate on hold at 4.25 per cent at its Board meeting in Sydney yesterday, economists are still...
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Finance • 08 Feb 2012
No rate cut 'disappointing'
Yesterday’s decision by the Reserve Bank to keep the rates steady at 4.25 per cent has been called ‘disappointing’ for property buyers by industry experts.
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Finance • 07 Feb 2012
Gvt should ensure banks follow RBA
One industry stakeholder is calling on the government to introduce a national surveillance regime to ensure Australia's majors follow any rate changes announced by the...
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Finance • 07 Feb 2012
Each way bet for rate cut
The case for a rate cut today may have eased, with the latest data showing steady growth in the number of job advertisements.
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Finance • 06 Feb 2012
Mortgage sales surge in January
Mortgage sales soared 40 per cent in January 2012 in comparison to this time last year, new data shows.
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Finance • 03 Feb 2012
Federal budget bid for affordable houses
A major federal budget bid will be launched next week for affordable dwellings, according to a coalition of 60 leading housing affordability and community welfare...
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Finance • 03 Feb 2012
Investors turn away from fixed rate loans
Investors and borrowers turned away from fixed rate home loans for the first time in eight months, according to Australia’s largest independent mortgage broker.
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