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In today’s increasingly online world, credit cards are becoming less of a luxury and more of a necessity for many people, whether it be doing your christmas shopping online, buying a book from amazon...

I'll be honest, I've never used a real estate agent to sell a home. I've used a wonderful buyers agent to buy two homes but have never had to go through the process of deciding who to use to sell my...

There are loads of articles on budgeting and how to write a budget but it seems to me that the hardest part about budgeting, much like dieting, is sticking to it!

I ran a competition recently over on Nested, asking people for their top power saving tips. There were some truly amazing ideas, many of which had never even occurred to me, so I thought I'd share...

This week was Money Week run by the Commission for Financial Capability (CFFC), and it's been great to see attention drawn in the media and community to important issues like Retirement Saving, ...

Book Review: Buy and Hold - Simple steps to successful real estate investment in New Zealand

The board of New Zealand Home Loans (NZHL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Julian Travaglia as the new Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Home Loans effective 12^th October. Julian...

A couple of months ago I had a whooper of a power bill which I have managed to make in-roads into this month . It got me thinking about what in our home actually uses the most power, and some of what...

So after freaking out last month when the power bill came in and resolving to save energy, I was excited to get this month’s power bill (that’s got to be a first, excited about a bill!).

I know that goal setting is something that normally happens at the beginning of the year, but given that I’ve just been to a mid-winter Christmas party and it’s the beginning of a new financial year...