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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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New Bankwest loan rewards borrower loyalty

Bankwest has launched a new home loan which offers borrowers an increasing discount on their interest rate the longer...
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New home loan sidesteps genuine savings requirements

Yellow Brick Road has launched a new home loan for first home buyers that enables borrowers to sidestep genuine savings...
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More banks drop fixed rates

ANZ, NAB and Suncorp have dropped their fixed mortgage rates off the back of similar moves by other lenders this...
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Lenders urged to play fair

Major lenders have been urged not to take advantage of the current political “vacuum” and increase interest rates...
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Prepare yourself for 9pc interest rates: BIS

Interest rates on Westpac home loans might just sit stable – for now – if comments from the bank's chief today are...
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No rate rise: Westpac

Making headlines today, Westpac says it has no intention of lifting its lending rates out of sync with Reserve Bank...
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95pc loans no easy money

First home buyers received the news last week that several lenders are now willing to lend up to 95 per cent of a...
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National Mortgage Company cuts fixed rates again

National Mortgage Company has announced new reductions to its fixed home loan rates.
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Growth slowdown signals rate halt

A leading indicator of economic growth has reported a slowdown, adding weight to expectations of another RBA rate hold...
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Official rates stable, but potential bank-originated hikes loom

The September Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate meeting is now just two weeks away and it would appear that...
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Lenders drop fixed rates

Non-bank lenders and second tier banks are seeking to win greater consumer business with reductions to their fixed rate...
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Borrowers don’t want to be locked in

It would appear that today's property buyers prefer to keep their options open with almost all borrowers preferring...
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Fixed mortgage appeal slides

Demand for fixed rate home loans fell to just 2 per cent of all home loan approvals in July despite their increased...
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Borrowers turn to brokers to refinance

When it comes to refinancing, almost half of borrowers turn to a mortgage broker for advice, the latest research...
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Housing finance activity slides in June

Housing finance activity declined again in June, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of...
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First home buyer mortgages up in July

Despite a cooling property market in most sectors, there is a glimpse of a recovery in the first home buyer sector, the...
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Banks red flagged over aggressive credit marketing

Australian banks have landed themselves in hot water with a new report accusing them of recklessly encouraging...
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Australians’ savings dangerously low

A new index from ING DIRECT has revealed a worrying trend among Australians’ savings patterns – or, rather, lack of...
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Rate hold welcome news for property market

The housing industry has welcomed the RBA’s decision to keep rates on hold and called for the central bank to...
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Cash rate on hold but mortgage rates could still rise

The official cash rate remained on hold yesterday, but in today’s mortgage market that’s no guarantee that banks...
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Big banks fail to please consumers

An extensive study of consumer experience outcomes has found Australian consumers are largely unsatisfied with their...
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Weak property market signals need for rate hold

Weak sales figures in the property market have reinforced calls for a hold on interest rates, according to a leading...
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Aussies ignore high interest saving returns

A high interest savings account can certainly accelerate budding property buyers’ deposits yet new data shows...
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Rates on Hold, for Now - August 2010

Escalating debt problems in Europe will force the central bank to leave rates unchanged for the immediate future,...
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Fixed rates gain popularity

Despite widespread speculation that the RBA will keep interest rates on hold when it meets early next week, one...
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