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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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Weak new home sales could spark buyer interest

Investors that have the means to buy or build a new home should do so now, according to the Housing Industry...
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Rates on hold til mid 2012:NAB

Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s parliamentary testimony last week, National Australia Bank has adjusted its...
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Investors enjoy tight vacancy rate

Investors looking to make a return on their purchase should have no problem finding a tenant, new research has...
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RBA slams out of cycle rate hikes

A senior official at the Reserve Bank of Australia has blamed the nation’s big banks for destroying consumer...
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Investors warned on split loans

Investors who use split loans that combine home and investment properties could be breaching the Australian Taxation...
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Borrowers warned of dodgy home loans: ASIC

Borrowers are being warned to check the credentials of the business they seek home loans from, after ASIC discovered...
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Inflation outpaces property values

While capital city house values have greatly outpaced the rate of inflation for the last 15 years, it seems the tide is...
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Securing finance as a self-employed borrower

Obtaining a loan if you’re self-employed is rarely without its challenges, but it certainly can be done.
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Reality TV raises buyer interest in kitchens

The kitchen has always played a key role in the value of a home, however, with the rise in reality TV programs such as...
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First time buyers take longer to get deposit

First time buyers are being forced to save for more than four years in order to buy their first property, new research...
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Major banks dominate mortgage market

Australia’s banks continue to maintain the lion’s share of the mortgage market, with new research showing these...
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Modest improvement in clearance rates

The spring selling season may have started early in Sydney and Melbourne, with auction clearance rates improving in...
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More reductions to fixed rate loans

ANZ has become the fourth major lender to cut its fixed rate fees.
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Rising unemployment fuels rate cut case

Australia’s rising unemployment rate has furthered calls for a cut to the official cash rate.
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RBA, it’s time to cut rates: HIA

The Reserve Bank of Australia should cut interest rates now to avoid confidence and property market activity spiralling...
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Inflation forecasts revised

Interest rates could remain on hold for the foreseeable future if the latest inflation expectations are anything to go...
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Mortgagees find feet in hard market

The percentage of Australian mortgage holders in arrears has fallen in the last month, suggesting borrowers are finally...
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Escalating debt problems encourage RBA pause

Back in May 2011, Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens advised that “rates would need to rise at some point”.
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Banks move to cut rates

Just one day after the Commonwealth Bank announced it would cut the interest on some of its fixed rate products, a...
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CBA slashes fixed rates

The Commonwealth Bank now leads the major banks in fixed rate home loans following a decision to slice up to 60bps off...
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Economist warns RBA: leave rates alone

A series of rate hikes could cause Australian property prices to collapse, AMP’s chief economist Shane Oliver has...
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Mortgage demand softens

The threat of further rate hikes has cooled buyer demand.
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Rates on hold til 2012

Despite ongoing concern that the RBA will look to raise rates in the near future, one economist believes the Board will...
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Mortgage pain worse than during GFC: survey

More than a quarter of Australians will have problems meeting their mortgage repayments over the coming months, new...
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Australians flock to fixed rates, special deals

Uncertainty surrounding the outlook for interest rates is driving increasing demand for fixed rate home loans.
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