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 • 14 Jul 2010
Interest rates to remain on hold…for now
Interest rates are expected to remain on hold for the foreseeable future.
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Finance • 13 Jul 2010
Brokerage achieves record settlements
Despite a slowing market, one brokerage has bucked the trend, achieving a record number of home loan approvals and settlements.
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Finance • 13 Jul 2010
Housing finance tumbles further
The RBA is being urged to keep rates on hold when they meet again in August, after housing commitments fell for the fourth time this year.
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Finance • 13 Jul 2010
Specialist lender steps into prime market
In a bid to improve its competitive position in the mortgage industry, Provident Capital has broadened its suite of products to include prime and lite doc products.
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Finance • 12 Jul 2010
Macquarie re-enters mortgage market
Macquarie Bank has today unveiled a new range of home loan products aimed at investment borrowers.
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Finance • 09 Jul 2010
Buyers wary of more rate hikes
The fear of future rate increases is stopping home buyers from jumping into the property market.
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Finance • 08 Jul 2010
First home buyers responsible for rental rate ease
Rents have shown little growth over the June quarter with the median weekly advertised rents for houses recording no change, and median rents for units increasing by...
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Finance • 07 Jul 2010
Banks may move out of step with RBA
Making headlines today, The Australian Financial Review has reported that wholesale funding costs could force Australia’s major banks to move above and beyond any...
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Finance • 07 Jul 2010
Rate hold was expected: RP Data
Volatility in the global market forced the RBA to keep rates on hold yesterday.
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Finance • 06 Jul 2010
RBA keeps rates on hold
Volatile financial markets caused by problems in European economies forced the RBA to keep the cash rate steady at 4.5 per cent for the second month in a row.
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