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 • 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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Finance • 06 Jul 2010
Non-banks push for market share
Non-bank lenders are stepping up their attack on Australia’s banks, with many of the lenders slashing the interest on their standard variable rate products.
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Finance • 06 Jul 2010
Fixed rate demand on the rise
Demand for fixed rates is on the rise, as lenders continue to slash interest rates.
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Finance • 06 Jul 2010
National LVRs hit record low
Loan-to-value ratios (LVRs) have hit an all-time low in June, as lenders enforce tighter credit restrictions.
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Finance • 05 Jul 2010
Still a place for high LVR loans: Genworth
Lender's mortgage insurer Genworth Financial’s acting chief executive officer Paul Caputo has dismissed claims that the role of LMIs has been marginalised on the back...
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Finance • 05 Jul 2010
Repeat business drives record month for brokerage
Despite a slowing market, one brokerage has bucked the trend, hitting a record month in June.
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Finance • 02 Jul 2010
MFAA weighs in on exit fee debate
The MFAA has welcomed the government’s intervention on early mortgage exit fees.
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Finance • 01 Jul 2010
Non-bank slashes variable rates
National Mortgage Company has welcomed the new financial year in style, slashing 10 basis points from its ING funded variable full doc loans.
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Finance • 01 Jul 2010
Westpac leads majors in loan volumes
Westpac has come out on top of the other majors, posting the highest value of home loan advances on its books in the month of May, according to latest figures from the...
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