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HOW TO SAVE YOUR HOME
05 March 2008
The word 'mortgage' is French in origin. It means to make a pledge upon which your life depends - or, literally, an agreement until death. In today's debt heavy world a mortgage really has one of two meanings. Either you destroy (kill) it or it destroys (kills) you. Around one million Australians are now suffering the most talked-about 'material disease' of today - mortgage str... read news item »
How Advertising Gets Lower Prices
14 February 2008
Protect yourself from one of real estate's greatest traps. Thousands of home-sellers fall into the advertising trap . They do not realise that advertising does not sell their homes or that agents use advertising to promote themselves. They do not realise that many agents earn thousands of dollars from kickbacks, or that advertising is one of the agents' best weapons to convince sellers to lowe... read news item »
Beware the selling machine
05 November 2007
BEWARE THE SELLING MACHINES Sucking-in thousands of naive investors. by Neil Jenman Over the past decade - and the new century in particular - an entire industry has sprung up with the sole purpose of convincing wanna-be property investors that certain companies, clubs or groups can show us all how to get-rich in property. Many (no, make that 'most') of these outfits have... read news item »
How Auctions get lower prices
30 August 2007
HOW AUCTIONS GET LOWER PRICES Homesellers tempted to auction their homes should remember four words: AUCTIONS GET LOWER PRICES . Never mind what agents tell you, never mind what you read in the papers, auctions are a financial minefield for consumers. Despite the booms in many areas, thousands of homesellers are turning their backs on auction an... read news item »