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 • 02 Mar 2011
RBA urged to hold pause on rates
The Reserve Bank of Australia left the official cash rate on hold yesterday at 4.75 per cent, as was widely anticipated.
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Finance • 01 Mar 2011
Westpac offers larger loans
Westpac is gearing up to capture new business by increasing its maximum loan to valuation ratio (LVR).
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Finance • 01 Mar 2011
NAB wins fight for customers
National Australia Bank is winning the battle for home loan customers, with new data showing the major outpaced its competitors for market share in January.
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Finance • 01 Mar 2011
Housing affordability hit by rising rates
Last year’s spate of interest rate hikes has put a considerable dent in housing affordability.
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Finance • 28 Feb 2011
Rates on hold till mid-year: HSBC
Economists widely believe the Reserve Bank will keep rates on hold again when the Board meets later this week.
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Finance • 28 Feb 2011
CBA increases max LVR
The Commonwealth Bank has become the latest in a long line of lenders to increase its maximum LVR (loan to valuation ratio).
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Finance • 25 Feb 2011
CBA unveils ground breaking no fee loan
In what has been touted as an industry first, the Commonwealth Bank has launched a new no fee variable interest rate home loan.
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Finance • 25 Feb 2011
Buyers turn to brokers
Home buyers and investors are increasingly turning to mortgage brokers, the latest Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA)/Bankwest Home Finance Index has...
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Finance • 24 Feb 2011
Investors unfazed by interest rates
Stability in the cash rate has reduced investors’ concerns about borrowing costs with potential for capital growth now the biggest factor influencing investors’...
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Finance • 24 Feb 2011
More calls for stamp duty reform
First National Real Estate CEO Ray Ellis has joined the voices calling for a reform of state taxes, in particular stamp duty, saying it is excessive and placing too much...
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