When Should You Refinance a Home?

Refinancing your home means finding a bank or lender that will pay off your existing loan and replace it with theirs. Owners can refinance for many different reasons. They may feel like they are paying too much in interest if the rate is high, they want to pay it off faster and want a shorter term, or they may be on an adjustable-rate mortgage and want to switch to a fixed-rate or the reverse. Use a house payment calculator to estimate what your new monthly mortgage payments might be by switching to a different bank or lender.

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Ellie Dickinson
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens + Mrs Macquarie's Chair + Australian Museum, Australia

Slightly less jetlagged than before, we planned our next day around visiting both the Australian Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens.

There's something about a lush garden that lures my family in, so the infamous Royal Botanic Gardens was high on our list - and we're very glad we did!

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5 Tips to Boost Confidence This Spring Summer*

Spring Summer is supposedly fast approaching (ignoring the weather forecast for snow, that is), and along with a change in temperature often comes a change in the clothing one might wear - and along with this can come confidence issues. It's this time of year where the dreaded "summer body" adverts seem to be almost inescapable. But I'm absolutely an advocate for reaching a point with both body positivity and self-love where confidence is the most important thing, not whether you can lose a stone in weight with a couple of magic pills.

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10 facts about car accidents you might not know

For most motorists, the idea of being involved in a car accident is incredibly frightening. However, it doesn’t stop us from getting behind the wheel and driving. Car accidents happen for a lot of reasons, and they can happen at any time. So, how can we protect ourselves from them?

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Ellie Dickinson