When you're trying to sell your home, keeping the kids' rooms clean can be a chore and a half! With some packing, de-cluttering and plenty of storage options, it can be a lot easier for your kids to keep their rooms clean(er) in preparations for home s...

They're called "landing strips", "destination stations" or simply "the-place-where-I-dump-my-stuff". Whatever you call it, it's a place in your home just inside your door where you can put coats, purses, scarves, keys and all the other bits and pieces ...

Google "homeowners association" and you'll find plenty of information on HOAs - and plenty of gripes as well. To prevent the problems you read about from becoming your own, carefully determine what your home ownership style is before investing in a HOA...

Even the words "pets", "dog" and "cat" can send cold chills down the spine of any landlord who has had a bad experience with tenants who thought that cleaning the litter box once a month was enough or let their dog tear up the living room carpet for ...

Many homes that are still on the market can be bought for discount prices if you work with a real estate agent that is astute in short sales and foreclosures. There are two fundamental problems with this type of purchase, the first being that it s...

The term 'buyer's market' is tossed around indiscriminately these days, but what does it mean to the average buyer out there? Well, we all know that it means that now is the prime time for buyers to be looking for a home, the reason being that there ...

Many of us don't get the best value for our mortgage money. For most of us, mortgages take the majority of our wages; for this reason we need to shop around for the best deal and many of us don't. The usual scenario is that we go into a ba...

Tree roots can be a problem - even if the tree is not in your yard you may still experience the results of having the roots in your property. Tree roots can cause damage in more than one way: physical expansion of roots can shift paving sto...

With the news that mortgage interest rates are now on the increase, all potential first-time buyers should be on the alert. The dilemma of "should we buy now while the interest rates are low, or should we wait and see if house prices drop further?", is...

It has always been traditionally accepted that if you are looking for a starter home you can pick from either a strata property or an older home; these days however, things seem to be different. Many of the new homes are becoming affordabl...