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Looking to Sell or Rent Your Home? Avoid These Mistakes
There’s potentially some bad news for those looking to sell or rent their home. The most off-putting factor for those looking for a new home is one outside of the buyer’s control — noisy neighbours. A new survey found that 55 percent of buyers, or 28 million Britons, would avoid buying or renting a new […]
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How to Fund Your Summer Wardrobe
The British summer is finally here! Regardless of the weather, it is nice to have some new things to reinvigorate your summer wardrobe. Often, just one or two nice new items can make all the difference, but how can you find the money for them? Well, it can be very refreshing to have a good […]
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Should You Sell Your House by Auction?
Auctioning your home is vastly different from auctioning a valuable piece of art or antique jewelry. While you might wish to believe that your home will land a much higher profit at auction than it would if it were sold in the traditional manner, you would be mistaken. What you may not realize about selling […]
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Trading Myths That Everyone Still Believes
Trading and investing is surrounded with myths and legends. You’ve probably heard of trading horror stories that have put you off the thought of trading for a living. However, there are so many myths floating around the internet that many of them seem to have been concocted by failed traders that want to steer others […]
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Buy, Rent, or Trade? What’s the Best Way to Move Into a New Home?
Everyone knows how tough it can be to find a new home. Perhaps you decide to buy a new home and sell your current one. Sadly, problems start to arise when your old home isn’t worth as much as you thought, or the final lump sum of money you get is lower than you expected. […]
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3 of the Best Budgeting Tips for Contractors
Contractors often find themselves falling a bit behind financially. In today’s economy, it would be surprising if they did not. Work is not guaranteed and there are times when demand is low, and rising prices are not making life any easier. There are things however that you can do as a contractor to help make […]
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The Benefits of Working with a Mortgage Banker
Frequently, the first lender a home buyer thinks of when purchasing a home is a bank or savings & loan institution. While these financial entities do control the majority of mortgage applications, they are not the only player in the real estate market who can help land a mortgage for a home purchase. Mortgage brokers […]
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Should The UK Introduce Rent Controls?
When you ask people about their main household expenditure, almost everyone except for the mortgage-free will mention housing. Whether you rent or have a mortgage, the cost of putting a roof over your head in the UK has shot up over the last decade. But one seemingly radical idea keeps raising its head: rent controls. […]
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Be a Money-Saving Hero of Online Shopping
Online shopping has been steadily growing in popularity over the past few years. In 2010, $186 billion was on e-commerce and 66% of Internet users purchased a product online. As a result of higher and higher demand, online retailers like Amazon are adding features like same-day shipping in an effort to make it even more […]
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Save Time and Money Learning Online
If your focus on frugality, you know that saving money can sometimes be as important is earning money. Many people spend astronomical sums on earning degrees and believing they are investing in the future. The result is that they may be pursuing a degree that will dramatically increase their earning power, but in the process, […]
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