Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

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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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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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