Gone are the days where you worked for a certain number of years and had nothing to worry about when it was time for you to retire. Now, for you to have a nice-size nest egg, you need to start saving for your retirement as soon as you start working your first job. The average...
Millennials are always in the media these days. Most of the time, it’s because they are finding it incredibly difficult to get their foot onto the housing ladder. Is it really that difficult, though? If millennials took the following steps, they might find that buying their first property isn’t quite as out of reach as...
Many of us follow traditional career paths. We go through the educational system, eventually concluding by jumping into the world of work. It’s during this period of transition that we start considering where we’re going to live. It’s time to leave the nest, but is renting or buying a home the best option? It all...
You guys know that I am always keen to find new ways that I can help my readers save money. One of the most expensive situations that you’ll go through in life is selling a home. I’m not just talking about buying the new property either. The process of selling can get incredibly expensive if...
Selling your home can be just as overwhelming and daunting as buying one. They do say that house purchases are one of the most stressful things you can do. Unless you are a first-time buyer, your house buying process begins the minute you place a for sale sign outside your existing home. This is where...
South Florida is prospering; it is currently experiencing a dramatic increase in the real estate market. I’ve been watching this market for many years, and South Florida consistently receives top honors in livability, desirable lifestyle, and economic growth. The New York Times rated 30 cities in Broward County from the worst to the best: Ft....
In 2015, months after the military coup in Thailand, the country—or at least its property market—seems to be getting back on its feet. Despite the political unrest that rocked the nation, the price for single-detached homes in the Thai property market surged by about 4.9 percent for the 4th quarter of 2014, the Global Property...
Finding the right rental isn’t always a ton of fun and easy. If you’re new to the Singapore rental market, it can get pretty confusing, not to mention eye-popping, especially when you see how much a rental could go for in the city proper. If you don’t want to shell out too much for a...
Rising rental rates and low mortgage rates are driving people down the real estate ownership road much sooner than they had originally planned. Other individuals prefer to settle back and wait until the Malaysian real estate market makes a full recovery, despite incentives, before they buy in. Truth be told, there is no definitive or...
Right now the market in real estate is what you might call buoyant. Prices all over the world are rising – and rising fast. What’s more, there’s good reason to expect these trends to continue. Most international investors say that they’re going to continue buying real estate in 2016. And the market looks set to...