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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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Fixed rate borrowers finally get to switch

The loans of thousands of property buyers who locked into fixed mortgage rates before the Reserve Bank cut the cash...
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Rate hike will hurt

More than 10 per cent of Australians would not be able to meet their mortgage repayments if interest rates were to rise...
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Rate rise on the cards for August

While there has been talk of the Reserve Bank leaving the cash rate on hold for the remainder of the year, NAB is...
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Big banks may cut rates

Making headlines this week, The Daily Telegraph has reported that Australia’s major banks could soon cut their...
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Australians keen to avoid extra debt

Despite the RBA’s decision to keep interest rates on hold for another month, Australians are still cautious about...
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NSW gov to accelerate North-West rail

Sydney’s North-West is set to benefit from improved accessibility with the NSW government announcing plans to get the...
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New home loans fall

The number of loans approved for the purchase of properties has virtually collapsed as buyers continue to avoid the...
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New stamp duty concession for NSW

Investors in New South Wales aged over 55 years are set to benefit from an extension to the state’s ‘empty...
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Rates on hold - April 2011

The Reserve Bank left the official cash rate on hold at 4.75 per cent for the fifth consecutive month when it met...
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Buyers snub fixed rates

Strong competition between mortgage lenders and ongoing interest rate stability is enticing an increasing number of...
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NAB wins customers

National Australia Bank’s aggressive stance on competition continues to pay dividends for the lender.
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Scepticism over banks reigns

The price war between Australia’s major banks has been met with scepticism by Australian investors and home buyers, a...
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Rent prices exceed inflation

Rents are expected to grow faster than inflation, new data from SQM revealed.
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Lender welcomes exit fee ban

While only time will tell whether or not the government’s exit fee ban will hurt smaller lenders, the decision will...
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Portability could push LMI premiums up: Genworth

Making Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) fully portable could do more harm than good, Genworth Mortgage Insurance's...
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First home buyers seek no deposit loans

Searches for no deposit home loans by first time buyers have rocketed a massive 30 per cent since the start of the...
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Brokers beat banks on customer satisfaction

Borrowers who use mortgage brokers are more satisfied with their home loan than those who don’t, new research has...
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Self-employed struggle to secure home loans

Self-employed borrowers have been hardest hit by cautious lending policies, a new survey has found.
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Brokers top choice for rural buyers

Regional investors and home buyers prefer to source their finance from mortgage brokers rather than going directly to a...
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Fixed rate offerings heat up

Competition amongst the banks is gathering momentum in the fixed rate arena with ANZ the latest to announce changes to...
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Home loan take up increases in Feb

Home finance activity showed signs of recovery in February following a post-floods slump in January.
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Lender slashes fixed rates

ING DIRECT has reduced the interest on its three year fixed rate home loan by 0.14 per cent.
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ANZ named lender of the year

ANZ has been named Australia’s lender of the year at the inaugural The Adviser's Australian Lending Awards held at...
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Home finance activity slumps in January

Natural disasters worked to dampen property buying activity in January with new data revealing a plunge in new home...
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Buyers choose non-banks

Increasing numbers of investors and home buyers are choosing non-bank lenders to finance their property purchases,...
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