Tracey’s Property News

  • Consider these aspects before buying a fixer upper

    Real estate investors have become thoroughly busy and this has grossly affected the position of first home buyers. In the context, mooting over the idea of purchasing a fixer upper appears extremely attractive. Hold your bus, however, for there are certain considerations you cannot venture to overlook while making your decision; whether or not to…

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  • What It Takes To Manicure A Lawn Perfectly

    In an article for the website Smart Property Investment, the troika of Paul Eslick, Justin Eslick and Geoff Doidge (Renovation kings) talk about how a well-laid lawn increases the sale value of a home and makes it easy for appraisers to accord it a higher price tag. Further in the article, they talk about the…

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  • Moving House? You Will Do Well To Remember These Tips

    We have a tendency to get attached to our homes, as if they were living beings. Whenever we have to move to a different location, we get emotional, thus ignoring certain important to-do stuffs. Here is a functional checklist of the things you need to mind while moving house –

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  • Agents Conspire With Sellers To Inflate Prices

    No game is short of its share of villains and the great game called the property market also has its fair share of real estate agents who ply their trade dubiously. In an article for the website Smart Property Investment, Stefanie Garber talks about how they conspire along with the sellers to inflate prices of…

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  • LMI Insures Lenders, Not Borrowers

    Lender’s Mortgage Insurance (LMI) is there to cushion the lenders and not the borrowers, says Stefanie Garber in an article for the website Smart Property Investment. It is well known that borrowers availing more than 80% succour (of property value) from banks need to get an LMI cover. This cover, however, aims to indemnify the…

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  • Hike In Dwelling Approvals Is Welcome News

    Consider Michael Yardney an optimist when it comes to predicting about the property market in the year 2014. In an article for the Property Update, Yardney takes us through the welcome hike in dwelling approvals. The private sector has recorded an 18% increase in approvals and it just goes to prove that the government’s move…

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