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May 26, 2016

Fixed rate home loans now from only 3.69%

Our lowest fixed rate home loan ever… The dust has settled following the RBA’s recent cash rate reduction and the result is we have some pretty amazing fixed and variable rate loan offers from our lender partners. […]
November 30, 2015

Smart financing tips for property investors

Property finance fundamentals… *Updated: [date] Smart property investors use $ millions of dollars of Other People’s Money [OPM] to build their investment portfolios! And the best source of OPM… the Banks of course. In fact, as a property […]
October 27, 2015

Banks continue interest rate rises…

Big four banks raise variable rates All the major banks have now announced increases to their home loans rates in response to the regulatory changes requiring them to hold more capital. [That’s the reason they’re giving us […]
October 22, 2015

Another major bank just hiked their variable rates…

The fallout from APRA’s new lending requirements continues… Following on from the Westpac .20% rate rise, CBA just announced an increase in its variable home loan rates by .15%, citing the rise will partially offset costs associated […]
October 21, 2015

13 reasons why you should invest in property…

What are your investment options? *Updated: [date] There are a lot of different ways you can invest your hard earned savings. But which one is best? With so many investment options to help you grow your wealth […]
October 15, 2015

Interest rates to rise even if the RBA cuts the cash rate!

The fallout from APRA’s new lending requirements continues… We recently wrote about the effects on lending due to APRA’s tough stance on high LVR loans, extensive investor lending and lenient loan servicing. As you’ve no doubt read, […]
September 17, 2015

Why you need to become a Real Investar

A call to arms… You may have noticed recently that we’ve been posting about property investing and our new Real Investor Program. This is a passion project of ours and I just want to give you some background […]
September 1, 2015

The RBA’s interest rate statement for September 2015

At its meeting today, the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. Statement by RBA’s Glenn Stevens: The global economy is expanding at a moderate pace, with some further softening in […]
August 26, 2015

How the APRA changes impact properrty investors

What do the APRA announcements mean for your property portfolio? In December 2014, APRA, the prudential regulator of the Australian financial services industry, announced an increase in the level of supervisory focus on residential mortgage lending.1 This announcement was directed at Authorised […]
August 21, 2015

Real Investar – Property Investment Coaching

Announcing a new way to build wealth through property investing… So what did you think of our Smarter Finance & Wealth Creation Guide? You know the latest version of our property investing eBook we recently launched… [If […]