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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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More reductions to fixed rate loans

ANZ has become the fourth major lender to cut its fixed rate fees.
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Rising unemployment fuels rate cut case

Australia’s rising unemployment rate has furthered calls for a cut to the official cash rate.
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RBA, it’s time to cut rates: HIA

The Reserve Bank of Australia should cut interest rates now to avoid confidence and property market activity spiralling...
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Inflation forecasts revised

Interest rates could remain on hold for the foreseeable future if the latest inflation expectations are anything to go...
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Mortgagees find feet in hard market

The percentage of Australian mortgage holders in arrears has fallen in the last month, suggesting borrowers are finally...
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Escalating debt problems encourage RBA pause

Back in May 2011, Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens advised that “rates would need to rise at some point”.
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Banks move to cut rates

Just one day after the Commonwealth Bank announced it would cut the interest on some of its fixed rate products, a...
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CBA slashes fixed rates

The Commonwealth Bank now leads the major banks in fixed rate home loans following a decision to slice up to 60bps off...
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Economist warns RBA: leave rates alone

A series of rate hikes could cause Australian property prices to collapse, AMP’s chief economist Shane Oliver has...
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Mortgage demand softens

The threat of further rate hikes has cooled buyer demand.
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Rates on hold til 2012

Despite ongoing concern that the RBA will look to raise rates in the near future, one economist believes the Board will...
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Mortgage pain worse than during GFC: survey

More than a quarter of Australians will have problems meeting their mortgage repayments over the coming months, new...
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Australians flock to fixed rates, special deals

Uncertainty surrounding the outlook for interest rates is driving increasing demand for fixed rate home loans.
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Rate hold gets a warm welcome

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to keep the official cash rate on hold has been welcomed by property and...
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RBA leaves rates alone

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate on hold for the ninth consecutive month.
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RBA must keep rates on hold: Laing+Simmons

A sharper than expected shift by consumers towards saving should encourage the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to...
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Auction clearance rates stagnate

Home buyers in Sydney and Melbourne remained on the sidelines over the weekend, with auction clearance rates failing to...
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Major cuts fixed rates

St George Bank has cut its two and three year fixed rate home loans due to strong buyer demand.
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Inflation spike sparks rate hike concerns

A strong and sustained rise in underlying inflation has reignited interest rate fears and forced economists to rethink...
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Home loans at the click of a button

Finding the right type of loan has been made simple for the nation’s property investors and home buyers with the...
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Interest rates, natural disasters hit borrowers

Mortgage arrears are expected to hover at historically high levels for the foreseeable future.
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Westpac predicts rate cut

Borrowing costs could be heading down, not up, if commentary from Westpac’s chief economist Bill Evans is anything to...
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No rate rise until Xmas: NAB

Soft consumer spending could see interest rates stay on hold until as late as Christmas, according to National...
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Borrowers behind on mortgage payments

Arrears on Australian home loans jumped 25 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest data from...
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Listings remain high, clearance rates improve: RP Data

Total listings remain 28.6 per cent higher than a year ago, while auction rates improved slightly on a weekly basis, RP...
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