A $700,000 home sounds like a major luxury, but what you can buy for that can vary significantly around the world. From a studio apartment in New York City, to a large family home here in Wagga Wagga, the one thing they all have in common is their price tag is under $700,000. You can pick up this one bedroom, one bathroom apartment in North Sydney …
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Here are some easy ways to save money on your mortgage: Look outside the big four banks for your loan. Negotiate fees, rates and conditions. If you can’t do it yourself, consider hiring an expert. Try to pay associated loan costs such as application fees, legal costs or home loan insurance costs from your own cash savings rather than adding them to your loan balance and incurring added …
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Winter has well and truly hit here in Wagga Wagga and boy is it cold! We tend to spend more time rugged up indoors over winter and often feel a little unmotivated and flat. So now is the perfect time to brighten up your home. It is important to let as much natural light into your home as possible. As the days get shorter, we …
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Good agents have practices in place that ensure that they make fair estimates of a selling price and will be able to demonstrate what information they relied on to make their estimate. Common considerations when estimating selling price include: Features of the property Future use of the property (eg zoning, historic preservation orders, covenants or restrictions) Likely level of demand for the property Recent valuations …
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