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 • 16 Feb 2012
Interest rates can shift at any time
Borrowers finding that interest rate movements have come as a surprise should take this as a signal that interest rates could shift at any time, according to a mortgage...
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Finance • 16 Feb 2012
More out of cycle rate hikes to come
The majors' recent out of cycle rate movement could be the first of many, one industry stakeholder has claimed.
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Finance • 14 Feb 2012
Independent rate hikes could impact investor activity
The decision by Australia’s major banks to move rates independently of the Reserve Bank could have an adverse impact on home lending, the Housing Industry...
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Finance • 14 Feb 2012
Rocky relationship with debt
Losing financial assets, such as property, is not the only thing at risk from having an unhealthy relationship with debt, according to a new survey.
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Finance • 13 Feb 2012
Westpac mirrors ANZ, lifts rates
Moments after ANZ announced it would raise its rates independently of the Reserve Bank, Westpac followed suit.
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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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