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 • 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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Finance • 07 Dec 2011
Smaller banks pile pressure on big four
Yesterday, ME Bank and Bank of Queensland moved quickly on rates, passing on the full RBA rate cut - which now sees the official cash rate at 4.25 per cent - to their...
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Finance • 07 Dec 2011
More rate cuts to come: NAB
The Reserve Bank's decision to cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points yesterday may be just the start of things to come, with industry forecasters predicting...
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Finance • 07 Dec 2011
Prepare for risks despite rate cut
While yesterday’s rate cut will be good for investors they should still prepare for risks ahead, a leading property research and investment firm has warned.
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