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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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Interest rates, house prices and why we’re living through the greatest period in world history!

Each week I review numerous sources from housing reports to news coverage to uncover trends within Australia’s...
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Paying your mortgage fortnightly

Paying off a mortgage as quickly as possible is a goal for many Australians and making the switch to fortnightly...
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Low interest rates delivering new building boom in Australia

Low interest rates over the last eighteen months are now beginning to have a major impact on the residential building...
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How an equity guarantor can help with your deposit

Having trouble getting together a deposit for your first investment property? An equity guarantor may be the way to...
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Gold Coast vacancy rate plummets

The Gold Coast’s rental market is experiencing its lowest rate of vacancy in more than a decade, according to...
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Investor home loans top a record $9.3 billion

The growing confidence in the Australian property market is underlined by the latest ABS lending figures which show...
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RBA Rate Announcement - February 2014

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the outcome of its first board meeting of the year.
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NSW borrowers winners in rate war

New South Wales property buyers will be the biggest beneficiaries if rates continue to fall in 2014, according to one...
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Ensuring you're finance ready at auction

Stephanie Cook - Mortgage Choice
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Cash rate should remain steady until late 2014: AMP

Higher than expected inflation and a fall in the Australian dollar in 2013 has substantially reduced the possibility of...
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Redraw or offset account: What's the difference?

Both can save you money and pay off your home loan faster but which is the right choice for you?
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Housing finance lifts TAS economy: CommSec

Tasmania has the country’s worst ranked economy, but key housing indicators suggest the state may pick up in coming...
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Variable or fixed loan: What's best for you?

One of the most important decisions when acquiring a loan is whether you should go with a variable or fixed rate. Both...
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Investors cautioned about LMI misconceptions

Investors need to be aware that lender's mortgage insurance (LMI) offers them no protection if they default on the...
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Apps to help you stick with your financial New Year's resolutions

Although New Year’s resolutions can provide hope and motivation for those wanting to change, these promises don’t...
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Avoiding the Christmas credit card hangover

Tis’ the season to be jolly; however for many come 2014, it could be the season to be sorry.
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Next rate movement will be up: AMP

Despite budget deficits ‘as far as the eye can see’, the cash rate will likely remain on hold for most of 2014...
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What can jeopardise your home loan application?

Before a lender will approve you for a home loan, you need to prove that you can handle the commitment. There are...
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3 mistakes property investors make when interest rates are low

Interest rates are very low and real estate markets are on the move, which can only mean one thing – it’s a great...
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6 need-to-know tips to pay off your home loan faster

Typical Australian home loans have terms of 20 to 30 years. When you start to consider the amount of time you need to...
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Investors warned about wasting ‘rate cut savings’

Cuts to the official cash rate throughout 2012 and 2013 have reduced the ‘typical borrower’s' mortgage repayments...
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Fixed rates set to rise further as economic confidence returns

The low interest rate environment will continue into 2014. However, fixed rates will edge higher as economic confidence...
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Hamilton Island occupancy rates hit record high

Increased domestic demand, stronger repeat business and an additional direct flight have helped propel Hamilton...
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Investors ask: Struggling with repayments

I bought a ‘blue chip’ property as my first investment and pushed myself to the limit. I’m struggling to make...
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Strategy essential for investment success

Investors without a clear strategy could be losing out on millions of dollars, according to a leading industry expert.
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