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 • 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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Finance • 17 Aug 2010
Lenders drop fixed rates
Non-bank lenders and second tier banks are seeking to win greater consumer business with reductions to their fixed rate home loans.
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Finance • 12 Aug 2010
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 variable interest rate home loans over fixed.
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Finance • 12 Aug 2010
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 parity to standard variable rates, recently released...
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Finance • 11 Aug 2010
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 shows.
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