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 • 03 Feb 2012
Rate cut now essential: HIA
Building approvals fell for the third time in four months at the end of 2011, adding further weight to the need for another rate cut.
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Finance • 01 Feb 2012
Banks likely to withhold rate cut
Investors should not necessarily expect their bank to pass on any drops in the official cash rate from the Reserve Bank of Australia, according to industry...
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Finance • 31 Jan 2012
RBA to take 'wait and see approach' with rates
In an announcement that is likely to shock the industry, one economist has predicted that the Reserve Bank will leave the cash rate on hold in February.
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Finance • 27 Jan 2012
Big rate cut needed
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will need to reduce the official interest rate by at least half a percentage point next month to pressure the major banks into...
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Finance • 20 Jan 2012
HIA calls for rate cut
The Housing Industry Association is urging the Reserve Bank to cut the official cash rate again in February, after new data confirmed weak quarter growth for new housing...
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Finance • 18 Jan 2012
Owning property sooner is simple: Broker
There are many strategies available to help investors own their properties more than six years earlier, according to Australia’s largest independently-owned mortgage...
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Finance • 17 Jan 2012
Home finance sector rebounds
Increased demand from first home buyers and improved consumer sentiment has generated growth in the home finance sector, new research has revealed.
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Finance • 10 Jan 2012
Getting a loan across the line
There is a myriad of factors that lenders consider when assessing a would-be borrower’s eligibility for a loan.
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Finance • 09 Jan 2012
RBA eyes another rate cut
It now seems all but certain that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut the official cash rate again in February.
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Finance • 06 Jan 2012
Home finance set to rebound in 2012
Falling interest rates should pave the way for greater activity in the home finance sector, Loan Market group has claimed.
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