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 • 06 Jun 2011
All eyes on the Reserve Bank
The Reserve Bank of Australia is being urged to keep the official cash rate on hold when it meets for its next monetary policy meeting tomorrow.
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Finance • 02 Jun 2011
Aussies use rate hold to pay down debts
The majority of Australians have taken advantage of the recent pause in interest rate rises to get on top of debt commitments, a national survey has found.
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Finance • 02 Jun 2011
Online discounts promise substantial savings
Borrowing options for property investors and home buyers are heating up with lenders now rallying for borrowers’ business online.
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Finance • 02 Jun 2011
Calls for rate reprieve as economy slumps
Pressure is mounting on the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep the cash rate firmly where it is when it meets next week following the worst result in economic growth in...
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Finance • 30 May 2011
Rate rise draws nearer
The RBA could be forced to lift rates in June, according to the Melbourne Institute.
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Finance • 24 May 2011
No demand for fixed rates
The threat of rising rates is doing nothing to encourage home buyers to refinance into a fixed rate mortgage, according to new research.
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Finance • 23 May 2011
Auction clearance rates tick upwards
Auction activity picked up slightly at the weekend led by Sydney where the clearance rate topped 60 per cent, according to Australian Property Monitors.
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Finance • 20 May 2011
Stamp duty puts buyers off
Real estate commentators are calling on the federal government to reduce stamp duty costs in a bid to drum up investor activity.
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Finance • 18 May 2011
Rate rise: A matter of time
The Reserve Bank has made it clear that it’s not a matter of if but when it will tighten the reins on its existing monetary policy.
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Finance • 18 May 2011
Banks' hold on mortgage market tightens
Australia’s big banks are dominating the home lending space, sparking renewed concerns about the competitiveness of the mortgage market.
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