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 • 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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Finance • 30 Jun 2010
Competition heats up with more rate cuts
Competition in the mortgage industry is heating up as another lender slashes its fixed rate products.
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Finance • 29 Jun 2010
CBA voted best online bank
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been named as Australia’s best online bank by Canstar Cannex.
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Finance • 29 Jun 2010
RBA tipped to cut rates
The RBA’s slew of rate hikes may soon come to an end, with one brokerage even going so far as to say the next rate movement will be downwards.
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Finance • 28 Jun 2010
Govt cracks whip on mortgage exit fees
The newly appointed Prime Minister has already cracked down on unfair mortgage exit fees, announcing several key reforms.
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