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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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Fixed rate demand set to slump

Borrower interest in fixed rate products could wane as a handful of lenders raise the interest on their fixed rate...
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Borrowers look to smaller lenders

More Australians are considering a switch to a smaller lender, a new survey has revealed.
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Banks to hold firm on rates

The major banks should keep their interest rates on hold in March, a new survey has revealed.
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Rate decision slammed

The Reserve Bank’s decision to keep the official cash rate on hold at 4.25 per cent yesterday has been slammed by...
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Auction clearance rate tops 57 pc in SE Qld

South East Queensland's auction clearance rate hit 57 per cent last week, with an increasing number of vendors being...
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Rates on Hold - March 2012

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate on hold for the second consecutive month.
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RBA to hold rates

The Reserve Bank is expected to keep rates on hold when it meets later today as strong economic data continues to...
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Investors not showing interest in fixed rate loans

Investors are not necessarily returning to fixed rate loans, despite uncertainty about rates, according to new loan...
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Out of cycle movements to drive rate cut

The majors’ decision to lift rates independently of the Reserve Bank could encourage the Board to cut the official...
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Look for a lower rate

With continuing uncertainty around how the banks respond to RBA rate announcements, Shane Oliver suggests investors...
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Investors must look beyond rates

Investors should be looking beyond the interest rate and putting loan features, fees and their financial objectives...
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Strong clearance rate posted in South East Qld

Interest rate movements haven’t deterred buyers in South East Queensland, with an independent auctioneering company...
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Out of cycle rate hike to hurt investors

Australia’s major banks are putting profits before people, Debt Rescue operations manager Rachael Witton has...
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Mortgage arrears remain steady

Loans underlying Australian prime residential mortgage-backed securities rose slightly in October 2011, the latest...
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Recent first home buyers dominate refinancing

More than 45 per cent of first home buyers that entered the property market less than two years ago will look to...
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Interest rates can shift at any time

Borrowers finding that interest rate movements have come as a surprise should take this as a signal that interest rates...
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More out of cycle rate hikes to come

The majors' recent out of cycle rate movement could be the first of many, one industry stakeholder has claimed.
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Independent rate hikes could impact investor activity

The decision by Australia’s major banks to move rates independently of the Reserve Bank could have an adverse impact...
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Rocky relationship with debt

Losing financial assets, such as property, is not the only thing at risk from having an unhealthy relationship with...
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Westpac mirrors ANZ, lifts rates

Moments after ANZ announced it would raise its rates independently of the Reserve Bank, Westpac followed suit.
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ANZ ups interest rates

ANZ today announced it will increase interest rates for variable rate mortgages and small business lending by 0.06%pa.
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Gvt budget for affordable homes

A formal request for the government to provide over $2.5 billion in the 2012/2013 budget for new homes has been made by...
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Getting to know non-banks

They offer you home loans just like a bank and yet they are not a bank. Well, exactly what are they?
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RBA pauses on rates, but more to come

While the Reserve Bank decided it was prudent to keep the offical cash rate on hold at 4.25 per cent at its Board...
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No rate cut 'disappointing'

Yesterday’s decision by the Reserve Bank to keep the rates steady at 4.25 per cent has been called...
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