Buying Your First Home After Marriage
If you are doing some family planning and need to buy a house or just looking for something new, buying your first home can be exciting but there is a lot to know. Buying a home will depend on real estate laws and customs where you are located but there are basic steps that every first homebuyer ... more...

Look at Me [completion of Chapter Two]
John Nobel [On down to New Orleans1925]Niggers singing and dancing on the wooded raft, must had drifted down the Ohio to the Mississippi, must be at least twenty of them, said John to himself, out loud. There were also some Negro babies he observed, women, and a few half breads, on the raft.It was ... more...

Mortgage Costs and How to Reduce Them
Few people will ever pay more for anything than they do for their home. The prices of housing are continually escalating; the median price of a house in the United States is now more than $215,000. Adding to the expense is the mortgage interest. Over the life of the loan, most homeowners will ... more...

How to Decrease the Value of Your Own House
Owning a house is part of the American Dream. Depending on where you live in the US - home ownership can be around 70%. That means that 70% of people own their own home. That is very high compared to other countries. Owning a home is usually a nice piece of independence and also part of building a ... more...

Before Selling Your Home
Here are some important steps you should take before you put your house on the market:1. Home Loan Approval for your next HomeYou dont want to be signing a contract to sell your house before knowing if you are qualified to buy another. Your financial circumstances may have changed since your last ... more...

How To Find A Good Realtor To Help You Through the Home Buying Process
This will be one of the most important decisions you make in the house buying process. Its almost as important as selecting the right house. The right realtor can make buying a house seem simple. The wrong realtor...well, take my word, and find the right realtor.Youll be making LOTS of contacts and ... more...

Finding Houses For Your New Property Business
Last time we looked at Market research and one of the topics to be researched was properties that are currently available to rent in your locality. You can find these on your competitors web sites and listed in the local press. Make a list of ALL the property available near you. Its an excellent ... more...

Is Your Financial Wealth Relying too much on the Value of Your House?
Is your familys financial well-being and net worth relying too much on the value of your house? Are you feeling wealthier because the value of your home has increased significantly in the last few years or decade? Have you taken out a home equity loan recently? If your homes value declined by 20% ... more...

Growing Palms
Palms Everybody recognises palm trees, they are the universal symbol for the tropics but many are hardy enough for our temperate climate gardens. Until recently New Zealand gardeners have had only a very limited range of palms to choose from. In the last five years the range has grown enormously as ... more...