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 • 23 Dec 2011
Rates to fall in Feb: Index
Consumer confidence is at its lowest level since August, which could encourage the Reserve Bank to review its current stance on rates in February. According to the...
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Finance • 22 Dec 2011
Interest cut on fixed rate home loans: St George
Proving there is no end in sight to the price war between Australia's banks, St George has slashed the interest on its suite of fixed rate products once again.
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Finance • 20 Dec 2011
Concern about debt on the rise
 
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Finance • 16 Dec 2011
More rate cuts needed to encourage investors
The Reserve Bank’s rate cut this month was good news for investors but it may still take a few more drops before they jump back into the market, a leading analyst...
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Finance • 16 Dec 2011
Savings will be made in 2012
Most Australians expect to keep their savings belts firmly strapped on during the coming year due to the global economic uncertainty.
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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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