(ARA) - When you're ready to sell your home in the current market, you need to take every step you can to ensure a timely sale at the price you want. A surplus of homes for sale means that yours needs to stand out in style, amenities and quality to…

(ARA) - Car keys. Mobile phones. Sunglasses. Not to mention backpacks, tote bags and the afternoon mail. Stuff. We all have it and most of us struggle with a convenient place to hide it. With our busy, come-and-go lifestyles, the kitchen tends to be the catch-all for everything that passes…

So high school maths was useful after all...The Victorian and federal governments recently made some big changes to the way that solar hot water rebates are calculated ... and they definitely weren't aiming to make the system simpler! While owners are now more fairly compensated for installing higher-capacity and more…

Almost every homeowner considers the possibility that they could go it alone and sell their own home, in order to save on real estate commissions. If you decode to sell your own home without professional help, it can be a quick path to significant savings, because paying commissions to real…

Many people who are in the real estate businesses invest their money by buying foreclosed properties. Foreclosed upper home properties can be purchased 10 to 15 percent less than its original selling price. You may even find foreclosed upper home properties that are 25 percent to 40 percent less on…