Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

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Finance • 05 Sep 2011

Starr Partners offers mortgage service

Starr Partners real estate group has joined forces with Rates Direct to offer investors and home buyers access to an online home loan comparison tool.

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Finance • 05 Sep 2011

Mortgage activity hits 18 month high

Home loan sales have surged to their highest volume in over eighteen months as investors and home buyers rush to take advantage of the most competitive financing offers...

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Finance • 01 Sep 2011

Borrowers show poor appetite for debt

Borrowers remain cautious about borrowing money, new data has revealed.

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Finance • 30 Aug 2011

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 Association (HIA).

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Finance • 29 Aug 2011

Rates on hold til mid 2012:NAB

Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s parliamentary testimony last week, National Australia Bank has adjusted its expectations for the timing of future movements...

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Finance • 25 Aug 2011

Investors enjoy tight vacancy rate

Investors looking to make a return on their purchase should have no problem finding a tenant, new research has revealed.

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Finance • 24 Aug 2011

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 confidence.

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Finance • 19 Aug 2011

Investors warned on split loans

Investors who use split loans that combine home and investment properties could be breaching the Australian Taxation Office ruling around tax avoidance.

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Finance • 19 Aug 2011

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 two mortgage providers opperating without a credit...

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Finance • 19 Aug 2011

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 beginning to turn.

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