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 Mar 2012
Rates on Hold - March 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate on hold for the second consecutive month.
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Finance • 06 Mar 2012
RBA to hold rates
The Reserve Bank is expected to keep rates on hold when it meets later today as strong economic data continues to emerge.
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Finance • 05 Mar 2012
Investors not showing interest in fixed rate loans
Investors are not necessarily returning to fixed rate loans, despite uncertainty about rates, according to new loan approval data.
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Finance • 02 Mar 2012
Out of cycle movements to drive rate cut
The majors’ decision to lift rates independently of the Reserve Bank could encourage the Board to cut the official cash rate next week, a new survey has found.
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Finance • 01 Mar 2012
Look for a lower rate
With continuing uncertainty around how the banks respond to RBA rate announcements, Shane Oliver suggests investors find opportunity in lenders that go against the...
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Finance • 29 Feb 2012
Investors must look beyond rates
Investors should be looking beyond the interest rate and putting loan features, fees and their financial objectives higher up the priority list, according to a...
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Finance • 28 Feb 2012
Strong clearance rate posted in South East Qld
Interest rate movements haven’t deterred buyers in South East Queensland, with an independent auctioneering company reporting a 61 per cent finalised clearance rate...
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Finance • 28 Feb 2012
Out of cycle rate hike to hurt investors
Australia’s major banks are putting profits before people, Debt Rescue operations manager Rachael Witton has claimed.
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Finance • 23 Feb 2012
Mortgage arrears remain steady
Loans underlying Australian prime residential mortgage-backed securities rose slightly in October 2011, the latest report by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has...
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Finance • 22 Feb 2012
Recent first home buyers dominate refinancing
More than 45 per cent of first home buyers that entered the property market less than two years ago will look to refinance this year, new research has revealed.
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