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The new Labour-NZ First-Green government has promised to make large scale changes to the housing market. There is a long list of policies. Some will be put in place quickly, others will take years to...

You have a savings goal in mind but how on earth do you save the money without living like a hermit?

I grew up living with my parents and five siblings on a variety of lifestyle properties in the lower South Island. They were not called that then, the term ‘lifestyle property’ had not yet been...

Life is expensive, there is no getting away from it. Arguably the four biggest expenses we have each month are, power, food, accommodation and petrol.

With school holidays upon us and Christmas just around the corner it means that more of us will be going away on holidays, leaving our homes unattended. Here are some ways to keep your home safe both...

Decluttering is huge, many books and blogs have been dedicated to it but once you've decluttered, what do you do with all your 'clutter'. As they say, one persons trash is another persons treasure....

Here is a test for you. Without taking your eyes from the screen right now start thinking about a room in your house, maybe the living room or the kitchen. In your mind’s eye look over every surface,...

Fighting rising house prices is akin to fighting gravity. Gravity will always return you back to earth. It’s just the velocity of that return that determines the resulting mess. Curbing property...

Making financial decisions when single and then being in a relationship where you make financial decisions together is a bit like signing up for a three legged walking race with your partner....

I don’t know about you but the older I get the faster life seems to go! Where once retirement was something that would happen when I was really really old, now, well, it’s not as far away as I would...