Soaring house prices have meant that 39% of millennials have battled for as long as ten years to save up for their down payment. Therefore, when you finally have the savings, find the house of your dreams and complete on your purchase, the last thing you want is to make a big mistake that you’ll regret. So,…
Buying a home is an exciting time, whether it’s your first or your tenth! Approximately 12% of new housing finance is for first time buyers and these are the category that is most at risk for making serious and expensive blunders. Of course, anyone can make a mistake when looking to buy their next home,…
It’s well known that today many architects work solely in the development area of architecture. However, it’s also known that architecture is not a very big expense in terms of development expenses, so the architects are not coming very high on the totem pole of expenses put forth by developers. Architects are receiving proportionally low…
We are living longer than ever, which makes retirement a tricky business. Either you need to work longer than ever before in order to afford to live through until the rest of your life, or you need to prepare. You can prepare by investing in your pension early in life, so that by the time…
Garages – they’re booming in the USA. America is now building more three-car garages than one bedroom apartments according to Bloomberg, with 24 per cent of new homes now coming with a garage. While 85 per cent of households own a car, many don’t take full advantage of their garage, opting to leave their cars…
Your home is on the market, and you want to know how to make it the most appealing as possible to potential buyers. You spend some money on landscaping, you bake cookies to give it that homely feel. But are you staging your home? If not, you need to. Prospective buyers aren’t just looking…