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2014 Through A Crystal Ball

Generally speaking, 2013 was a pretty good year for housing markets across the globe. The British property market saw rapidly rising prices in London while other areas saw stable growth. According to a report in The Telegraph ...

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Relocate Or Renovate?

As our families and needs grow so does the need for a bigger home. The million dollar question of course is whether to build on to an existing property or look for something new. Although finances may play a large role ...

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Decoding The Contract

Why was it taking so long? They had me checking my phone, my mailbox and even the lights on the router like a teenager on a Blackberry. Oh for some response. And just when I thought I could wait no longer, then there it was. A ...

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How To Upcycle Your Bathroom – Now!

While many go away for the holidays, there are those who use their free time to freshen up and improve their homes. In many instances, the bathroom is the point of focus. Revamping the entire bathroom can become a costly and ...

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How To See Carbon-neutral Living, At Your Leisure

Why not take some travelling time and observe the endless possibilities of conservation economies driving carbon neutral environments. South Africa’s nature reserves and eco sensitive resorts illustrate brilliant innovations of ...

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Research Before you Buy

It's so easy to get caught up in the joyful madness of the holidays and most of us dream of living in a beautiful place in which we can create treasured memories. However, anyone who is considering buying a property off the ...

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E-tolls Will Boost Moves To Central High-density Areas

The arguments against e-tolling and the strong opposition that they have engendered, surprising though it may seem, have failed to bring about any long-term changes in the newly imposed user tax arrangements and this being so, ...

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Buying In The Countryside? Beware Of Over-capitalisation

With the growth of rural outlying franchises in the Rawson Property Group, a very real danger has to be pointed out to those who, looking for a new lifestyle, investigate the possibility of buying in the countryside. Often, says ...

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Travel Items You Don’t Really Need

If ever there is an occasion that leads to the unnecessary purchasing of items that will be used once, it’s travel. From telescopic fishing rods that you hope will help land Moby Dick during your annual trip to the coast to a ...