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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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Rate hold gets a warm welcome

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to keep the official cash rate on hold has been welcomed by property and...
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RBA leaves rates alone

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate on hold for the ninth consecutive month.
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RBA must keep rates on hold: Laing+Simmons

A sharper than expected shift by consumers towards saving should encourage the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to...
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Auction clearance rates stagnate

Home buyers in Sydney and Melbourne remained on the sidelines over the weekend, with auction clearance rates failing to...
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Major cuts fixed rates

St George Bank has cut its two and three year fixed rate home loans due to strong buyer demand.
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Inflation spike sparks rate hike concerns

A strong and sustained rise in underlying inflation has reignited interest rate fears and forced economists to rethink...
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Home loans at the click of a button

Finding the right type of loan has been made simple for the nation’s property investors and home buyers with the...
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Interest rates, natural disasters hit borrowers

Mortgage arrears are expected to hover at historically high levels for the foreseeable future.
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Westpac predicts rate cut

Borrowing costs could be heading down, not up, if commentary from Westpac’s chief economist Bill Evans is anything to...
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No rate rise until Xmas: NAB

Soft consumer spending could see interest rates stay on hold until as late as Christmas, according to National...
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Borrowers behind on mortgage payments

Arrears on Australian home loans jumped 25 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest data from...
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Listings remain high, clearance rates improve: RP Data

Total listings remain 28.6 per cent higher than a year ago, while auction rates improved slightly on a weekly basis, RP...
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Rate hold only sensible option

The Reserve Bank’s decision to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent has been labelled as the...
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Rates on hold 2 - July 2011

The current mildly restrictive stance of monetary policy remains "appropriate", the Reserve Bank has claimed.
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Buyers swing to fixed rates

Despite widespread speculation to suggest the Reserve Bank will keep rates on hold when the board meets tomorrow, it...
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LMI costs not on the radar

Aspiring property buyers continue to be confused by Lenders Mortgage Insurance and are often failing to account for it...
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No rate rise next week necessary

Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond has called on the Reserve Bank to refrain from increasing interest rates at its...
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Better buying with a pre-approved loan

Pre-approved finance gives you an advantage over other buyers who are yet to secure a loan as well as giving you a cast...
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Rate hike off the cards for now

Minutes released by the Reserve Bank from its monetary policy meeting earlier this month reveal that the central bank...
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Additional costs of home purchasing

There’s more to the cost of buying a home than just the purchase price – and these extra expenses need to be...
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Auction clearance rates still sluggish

Buyers’ lack of confidence was reflected in the weekend’s auction clearance rates, which remained flat in most of...
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Sustained rate hold needed: Laing & Simmons

The Reserve Bank’s decision to keep rates on hold this month has been welcomed by the property industry but talk of...
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Aussies embrace discount home loans

Discounted home loans are fast becoming the top choice for Australian investors and home buyers.
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Australians spared from rate rise pain

The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to keep the official cash rate on hold at 4.75 per cent for the seventh...
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Weak jobs data adds to case for rate hold

New data highlighting weakness in the jobs market could help to keep the cash rate on hold when the Reserve Bank meets...
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