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 • 17 Aug 2011
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 has revealed.
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Finance • 17 Aug 2011
Major banks dominate mortgage market
Australia’s banks continue to maintain the lion’s share of the mortgage market, with new research showing these lenders now account for more than 90 per cent of the...
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Finance • 15 Aug 2011
Modest improvement in clearance rates
The spring selling season may have started early in Sydney and Melbourne, with auction clearance rates improving in both cities.
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Finance • 15 Aug 2011
More reductions to fixed rate loans
ANZ has become the fourth major lender to cut its fixed rate fees.
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Finance • 15 Aug 2011
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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Finance • 12 Aug 2011
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 any lower, according to the Housing Industry...
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Finance • 12 Aug 2011
Inflation forecasts revised
Interest rates could remain on hold for the foreseeable future if the latest inflation expectations are anything to go by.
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Finance • 11 Aug 2011
Mortgagees find feet in hard market
The percentage of Australian mortgage holders in arrears has fallen in the last month, suggesting borrowers are finally starting to cope with the higher cost of living.
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Finance • 11 Aug 2011
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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Finance • 10 Aug 2011
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 number of other lenders have decided to jump on the...
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