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 • 31 Mar 2011
NAB wins customers
National Australia Bank’s aggressive stance on competition continues to pay dividends for the lender.
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Finance • 29 Mar 2011
Scepticism over banks reigns
The price war between Australia’s major banks has been met with scepticism by Australian investors and home buyers, a new survey has found.
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Finance • 28 Mar 2011
Rent prices exceed inflation
Rents are expected to grow faster than inflation, new data from SQM revealed.
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Finance • 25 Mar 2011
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 ultimately prompt Australians to explore their home...
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Finance • 24 Mar 2011
Portability could push LMI premiums up: Genworth
Making Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) fully portable could do more harm than good, Genworth Mortgage Insurance's chief executive Ellie Comerford has claimed.
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Finance • 24 Mar 2011
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 year, despite the product being terminated by most...
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Finance • 18 Mar 2011
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 found.
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Finance • 16 Mar 2011
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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Finance • 15 Mar 2011
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 lender, a new survey has showed.
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Finance • 15 Mar 2011
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 its two year fixed loans.
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