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 • 15 Dec 2010
Rates on hold until May
The official cash rate is not expected to climb any higher until May 2011.
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Finance • 15 Dec 2010
Industry veteran attacks bank reforms
Criticism of the Federal Government’s proposed banking reforms continues to flow in from all angles.
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Finance • 15 Dec 2010
Bank reforms “no silver bullet”
Treasurer Wayne Swan’s banking reforms have been all over the news but just how much they will benefit borrowers still remains unclear.
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Finance • 13 Dec 2010
Swan’s banking reforms under fire
This weekend federal treasurer Wayne Swan outlined his banking package to the Senate which included measures to allow banks to tap into the $1.2 trillion superannuation...
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Finance • 10 Dec 2010
Gosford's Aussie wins best brokerage
Aussie’s Gosford franchise has claimed the brokerage’s annual retail store award for National Excellence.
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Finance • 09 Dec 2010
Rates won’t stop Christmas spending
The Reserve Bank’s decision to lift rates in November will have little impact on consumers' Christmas spending, a new poll has found.
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Finance • 09 Dec 2010
89 lenders lift rates
Only ten lenders out of 99 remain silent on home loan rate increases after the Reserve Bank’s November rate rise.
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Finance • 08 Dec 2010
Banks will toe RBA line: AMP
The Reserve Bank's decision to leave rates on hold for the remainder of 2010 is unlikely to be undermined by out of cycle bank rate hikes.
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Finance • 08 Dec 2010
Borrowers defy rate rises
Sales of home loans increased by 12.4 per cent in November, despite the Reserve Bank lifting the official cash rate 25 basis points - and the big banks increasing their...
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Finance • 08 Dec 2010
Rates on Hold - December 2010
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to leave the official cash rate on hold in December.
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