So you’ve bought a home but it’s not quite your dream home yet as it needs some work. Where do you start? There are two schools of thought here: The worst room that is either unliveable or unbearable. Or The room that you’ll be spending the most time in. Where ever you decide to start, make sure you have the whole house in mind [...]
This is a tricky thing to estimate at the moment with sale prices fluctuating as much as they are and so much uncertainty in the market. And this doesn’t help much if you’re about to go to auction or place an offer on a home that you’ve fallen in love with. The key, as always, is research! Find comparable properties in the same neighbourhood [...]
Now is a great time to really take control of your money. With the current inflation rate, Christmas and holidays almost on our doorstep, if you don’t manage your spending, it will be really easy to end up in a hole financially. So here is what has worked for me in the past: Gifts Write a list of all the people you want to [...]
If you have a mortgage, you're going to well and truly be feeling the impact of these interest rate rises that we're currently experiencing. But if you don't have a mortgage and you're hoping to buy soon or if you're planning to upgrade your home and increase your mortgage, the rising interest rate will have an impact on your borrowing capacity that you [...]
