If you’re looking to get a bit of vitamin D this spring, a last minute cruise holiday should definitely be on your list of options – and yes, it’s possible on a budget. Here are some handy tips for you to plan your trip. Budgeting Tips There may well be a charge for extra services […]

Moving house can be stressful. But it becomes even more stressful when you are ready to leave your current property and you cannot yet move into your new one. This is a common scenario, and it can sometimes lead to a short period where you are essentially homeless. So how can you avoid this? Here […]

Australian property investors want to build a property portfolio that will help them reach their goal of financial freedom. They do their best to make confident decisions when it comes to purchasing or selling property. However, many property vendors and buyers have been burned, following the slowdown of Australia’s ‘hot’ property market. This is due […]

Whether you want to be a successful financial advisor or you need to look for one to help you out, it is important to know what traits have to be there. The financial industry experts do have various traits in common. In most cases they are number crunchers, seem to love coffee and are morning […]

Moving high interest debt to a 0% balance transfer credit card gives you an interest free window to pay down the debt at no interest. Depending on the offer, these cards charge no interest for up to 21 months, at which point a higher interest rate kicks in. You can save a lot of money […]

One thing all young drivers know is that car insurance is not cheap. Sometimes it seems very unfair that insurers charge so much to younger drivers even when they are responsible drivers. But insurance works on statistics, and young drivers are statistically more dangerous. But all is not lost. There are a number of ways […]

Buying your first home in Australia is not easy. Houses are expensive, sometimes as much as six times the average household income, and purchasing your first property is tough. According to figures from the ABS Survey of Income and Housing that are quoted in LifeHacker, in 2011, 640,000 people, or 21 percent of the market, […]

You talk on the phone a lot, you love watching T.V., and when you’re not doing that, you’re on the Internet. So, why are you paying for all three separately? Here are just some of the benefits of combining services into one. You Save Money One of the biggest benefits of combining all of your […]

The long journey towards getting onto the property market can be painful and exhausting – and your wallet won’t thank you for it. But if you rearrange your finances and priorities a little, the path to getting your hands on the keys could be a lot shorter – here are seven easy steps to your […]

Our homes are our biggest investment in our lives. Buying them, decorating and furnishing them takes time, money and dedication, and we continue pouring hard-earned cash into them until the day we die. A home owner always has ideas for improvement and renovation, whether it be on a larger scale, or just rearranging some furniture […]

A buoyant housing market in some parts of the UK means that deposits have risen by 88% since 2007, according to a survey carried out by the Halifax Building a Society and published in the International Business Times. This means that for many potential first time buyers the average cost of a deposit is around […]