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 • 30 Aug 2010
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 they stay with the loan.
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Finance • 30 Aug 2010
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 requirements.
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Finance • 27 Aug 2010
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 month.
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Finance • 25 Aug 2010
Lenders urged to play fair
Major lenders have been urged not to take advantage of the current political “vacuum” and increase interest rates on home loan products.
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Finance • 24 Aug 2010
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 anything to go by.
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Finance • 24 Aug 2010
No rate rise: Westpac
Making headlines today, Westpac says it has no intention of lifting its lending rates out of sync with Reserve Bank movements, news that will be welcomed by borrowers...
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Finance • 23 Aug 2010
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 property’s purchase price – but getting such loans...
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Finance • 20 Aug 2010
National Mortgage Company cuts fixed rates again
National Mortgage Company has announced new reductions to its fixed home loan rates.
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Finance • 19 Aug 2010
Growth slowdown signals rate halt
A leading indicator of economic growth has reported a slowdown, adding weight to expectations of another RBA rate hold in September.
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Finance • 18 Aug 2010
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 borrowers could be in for a sustained period of...
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