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 • 12 Oct 2010
Rates hikes to hurt first home buyers: Loan Market
First home buyers will be the major casualties if the RBA lifts interest rates, a national survey has found.
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Finance • 12 Oct 2010
Rates to hike before Christmas: NAB
After a false start in October, NAB still expects the RBA to lift rates before Christmas.
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Finance • 08 Oct 2010
CBA may raise rates out of cycle
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) could be forced to raise its mortgage lending rates by 30 basis points above the RBA, according to a new report.
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Finance • 08 Oct 2010
Non-bank lender offers rebate to borrowers
Non-bank lender Opportune Home Loans is offering a $600 rebate to borrowers who seek approval for a home loan before the end of the year.
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Finance • 06 Oct 2010
Reserve Bank holds but mortgage rates to rise
Interest rates have remained on hold for another month – phew – but the prospect of further rate rises, eventually, remains strong.
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Finance • 05 Oct 2010
Borrowers swing towards fixed rates
Demand for fixed rate mortgages has risen to its highest level in one year, as borrowers look to 'lock in' ahead of another predicted rate rise.
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Finance • 05 Oct 2010
No more rate hikes: AFG
Mortgage Aggregation Group (AFG) is calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to leave rates on hold when it meets later today after the traditional uplift in...
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Finance • 01 Oct 2010
Uncertainty over whether rates will hike next week
Weak housing data has decreased the likelihood of an interest rate rise when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets next week, but the cost of financing property is...
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Finance • 28 Sep 2010
Brokerage calls for rate pause
Mortgage brokerage the Loan Market Group has urged the RBA to leave rates on hold when it meets next week.
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Finance • 24 Sep 2010
Big four banks predict October rate rise
CBA has joined NAB, ANZ and Westpac in predicting an October rate rise.
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