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 • 09 Aug 2011
CBA slashes fixed rates
The Commonwealth Bank now leads the major banks in fixed rate home loans following a decision to slice up to 60bps off its fixed rate products.
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Finance • 09 Aug 2011
Economist warns RBA: leave rates alone
A series of rate hikes could cause Australian property prices to collapse, AMP’s chief economist Shane Oliver has claimed.
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Finance • 05 Aug 2011
Mortgage demand softens
The threat of further rate hikes has cooled buyer demand.
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Finance • 05 Aug 2011
Rates on hold til 2012
Despite ongoing concern that the RBA will look to raise rates in the near future, one economist believes the Board will now keep the cash rate on hold until 2012.
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Finance • 04 Aug 2011
Mortgage pain worse than during GFC: survey
More than a quarter of Australians will have problems meeting their mortgage repayments over the coming months, new research has revealed.
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Finance • 03 Aug 2011
Australians flock to fixed rates, special deals
Uncertainty surrounding the outlook for interest rates is driving increasing demand for fixed rate home loans.
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Finance • 03 Aug 2011
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 finance industry figures.
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Finance • 03 Aug 2011
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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Finance • 02 Aug 2011
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 maintain interest rates at current levels, a leading...
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Finance • 01 Aug 2011
Auction clearance rates stagnate
Home buyers in Sydney and Melbourne remained on the sidelines over the weekend, with auction clearance rates failing to reach 60 per cent in either city.
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