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Last week, I wrote a post about a man in Australia who was putting his whole 'life' for sale on eBay. Well, now the auction has closed, I thought I'd write an update :-) In case you're not familiar with the story, Ian Usher (who was actually from the UK) was selling his Australian house, everythi...

Real estate agents are the most sleep deprived workers. According to a new survey, the average British estate agent doesn’t even get six hours of shut-eye each night, even lorry drivers and taxi drivers do better than that. Read more at theRatandMouse. And clink virtual coffee cups with stressed...

Are people selling themselves on eBay quite a lot these days? Check. Is the housing market in a bit of a pickle? Check. Are agents turning to incentives to sell houses? Check. Then why not sell yourself and your house as a lovely package? It’s one step up from Ian Usher, who is just selling his h...

According to a new survey, over 40% of Brits believe there will be 'carbon police' by 2050. And not only that, a quarter of Brits believe ‘offenders’ will have to go to ‘energy rehab’ and take ‘energy addiction classes’. Imagine, you’re reading National Enquirer in 2050 and instead of a headline ...

First-time buyers trapped by rent rises. Young Brits can’t afford to buy a house, but soaring rents are making it hard to even rent a house. According to buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon, monthly rent bills have risen by an average 11.7% across the UK this past year, although tenants in South ...

In recent years ‘buying a lifestyle’ has become a key phrase in sales patter. You’re not buying a gym membership, you’re buying a lifestyle. You’re not buying an espresso machine, you’re buying a lifestyle. You get the point. But is it actually possible to ever buy a lifestyle? According to Ian ...

Search engines are lovely aren’t they? They’ve pretty much made everything a hell of a lot easier and for that we thank them. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a Google Whore, everything they do, I love. Be it Gmail, Google Docs, Google Trends, Google Suggest or even plain old regular Google. ...

Until this past weekend, I’d never entered a blog carnival before. I’ve seen the ‘Carnival of Real Estate’ pop up in my reader when it’s hosted by blogs I subscribe to, but I’ve never really understood what it was/how it works/why I should get overexcited by it. Not all carnivals are born equal,...

Homeowners have had to cut their asking prices by 1.2% during May. And Londoners had to cut their prices by 1.4%, that’s according to the latest figures from Rightmove. Read more pretty much everywhere this morning, including ThisIsMoney. Public purse ‘faces £5bn shortfall’ from stamp duty. Acco...

Monthly outgoings soar 26%. According to Combined Insurance, the amount people spend on bills and living costs has risen from a monthly average of £945 in June 2006 to £1,281 today. Higher energy and housing costs take the brunt of the blame, personally I’m finding increasingly expensive Starbuc...