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 • 26 Sep 2011
Global turmoil increases homebuyer savings
Financial turmoil abroad is encouraging 60 per cent of Australians to create a bigger savings buffer for “unforeseen circumstances”, new research has revealed.
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Finance • 20 Sep 2011
Property stamp duties hurting productivity
Real estate stamp duties should be removed as they inhibit the movement of mining workers and undermine productivity, the head of the Treasury told a forum, according to...
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Finance • 12 Sep 2011
CBA to undercut rivals' rates
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has vowed to beat any hot mortgage offers advertised by the other majors over the next month.
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Finance • 09 Sep 2011
Home loan commitments on the rise
Australia’s home loan market is finally starting to show signs of life, despite an 8 per cent fall in annual housing finance commitments.
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Finance • 08 Sep 2011
Australians eager to pay down mortgage
One in two Australians would pay down more of their mortgage if the Reserve Bank was to signal a rate cut, new research has found.
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Finance • 07 Sep 2011
Stamp duty changes to hurt investors
Aspiring first time buyers as well as investors have been dealt a blow following the NSW government’s decision to remove stamp duty exemptions for first home buyers.
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Finance • 07 Sep 2011
Rate cut will help consumers save: survey
While it now seems unlikely that the RBA will cut rates this year, a majority of home owners have made it clear that any rate reductions would only encourage them to pay...
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Finance • 07 Sep 2011
RBA leaves cash rate unchanged - September 2011
The Reserve Bank (RBA) has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent.
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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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