Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

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Finance • 05 Jan 2011

Construction finance – realising your property dreams

Owning your own slice of Australia has long been the dream of would-be buyers and with the beefed-up government incentives for first home owners soon to end, now could...

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Finance • 04 Jan 2011

Mortgage payments to last retirement

Almost half of all Australian households will be paying off their mortgage in retirement.

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Finance • 30 Dec 2010

Brokerage recommends mortgage health checks

Loan Market Group is urging all borrowers to use the festive season to conduct a mortgage health check.

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Finance • 30 Dec 2010

One million Aussies look to switch banks

Making headlines today, The Herald Sun has reported that more than one million Australians are looking to switch their mortgage to another financial institution.

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Finance • 29 Dec 2010

Borrowers slam banking reforms

More than 80 per cent of Australians believe the federal government’s latest banking reforms do not go far enough to help home borrowers.

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Finance • 23 Dec 2010

Rent considered genuine savings

St George will now accept rental payments as evidence of genuine savings.

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Finance • 21 Dec 2010

Higher rates dampen housing activity

Home finance activity is waning on the back of higher interest rates and living expenses.

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Finance • 21 Dec 2010

More borrowers behind on loan repayments

More Australians are falling behind on their mortgage repayments, new research has found.

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Finance • 21 Dec 2010

RBA to keep rates on hold - 2010

Rates will not go up until at least April 2011, AMP chief economist Shane Oliver has said.

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Finance • 17 Dec 2010

Non-bank heavyweight backs bank reforms

Mark Bouris has come to the defence of the federal government’s recent banking reforms.

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