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It seems that we are AGAIN fast approaching the "Silly Season" and, as usual, a lot of people have already come up with a travel itinerary for the holidays or have started buying Christmas presents.

How about you? Have you already thought of putting a TREE up in your living area? Well, this is perfectly fine if you have no intention of selling your home, but otherwise put those "Ball Balls" DOWN and think about the BIGGER benefits you will get if you managed to sell your house before the Silly Season.

You may not know it, but selling a property during this time of the year will actually give you more opportunities to make your house stand out from the crowd. For now, you just need to forget about stuffing the turkey and learn where your advantages lie:

Less Competition

As soon as you put up the Christmas tree in your current property, it would mean that you have committed to staying there until the following year. We all know how much of a chore it is to drag the tree out of the shed and set it up, so you wouldn't want to be doing that twice, right? If you are planning to sell your house, use the optimal marketplace this SPRING and ensure you know exactly where you will be unwrapping the gifts and kissing under the mistletoe.

It's common knowledge that when Spring has sprung, the Real Estate Market goes in to overdrive; to put it simply, it's the best time of the year to sell, as you see homeowners achieving prices above and beyond their expectations. But what about a few weeks before Christmas? Well, what several homeowners do is that they delay getting their house on the market until next spring. Some of those with unsold properties even tend to withdraw their house from the market once spring season is almost over.

If you really want to maximise your odds of spending Christmas in your next new HOME, then act quickly and ride the current wave of high numbers and great figures this Spring. You may also want to imagine the LARGE number of buyers that will go check out your home during this time, maximising volume, feedback and offers - getting you the best price attainable for your property.

If you're convinced, then do not wait for next year to come! Grab this opportunity NOW while there is potential to achieve your dream result in selling your property. Keep the buyers' attention and make sure that your property is always available for home inspection.

Creating a Sense of Urgency for Buyers

While you are busy making plans on how you can sell your property, hundreds of prospective buyers are also working very hard to find a home where they can move in and put a tree up in preparation for the Christmas Day.

Most businesses also focus on winding things down before the holiday break, which is why buyers are having much more time and energy to scout and check out properties that appeal to their taste. Take advantage of this and consider the fact that there will be a high volume of buyers flooding the market around this time.

PRO TIPS: Start decluttering your home and make a good first impression. Sure, you may put out those snowflakes, wreaths and garlands if you want to. It's Christmas anyway. BUT at least keep the decor to a MINIMUM. You don't want to just replace the things you have decluttered with a whole bunch of new ones, do you? Remember, it would be nice if you let the prospective buyers feel that they already OWN your house so try not to overwhelm them with those enchanting decorations.

Make sure to also have a balance between highlighting the homely nature and presenting a layout that optimises space. For example, instead of putting up a huge christmas tree in your living room, you could just buy a small, yet divine tabletop Christmas tree that would serve as your room's cheerful centerpiece. Most importantly, get everything done before the Christmas festivities! OR ELSE your House for Sale will just end up neglected due to the so-called "Holiday Pressure"... Hmm, what are you waiting for?

A Semi "Hassle Free" Holiday Decorating

As mentioned above, getting a favorable first impression from your prospective buyers is indeed CRUCIAL. But unlike in spring, you don't need to do an "overkill" when it comes to boosting your home's curb appeal during the Christmas season. Just take this opportunity to make the buyers feel warm and cozy when they visit your home. Provide them with an ambience that is reflective of a calm and pleasant living environment.

Earlier Submission of Paperwork

In addition to the "sense of urgency", another thing you will enjoy when selling a property prior to the Silly Season is the faster and smoother process of paperwork. Expect that almost all buyers during this time of the year are already submitting whatever paperwork they would need for the entire home buying and selling process. Who would want to push themselves at work doing all these admin and tax requirements during the holidays, right?

Cheerful Customers

As the Silly Season approaches, we also often find ourselves feeling happier and more calm due to Christmas cheerful spirits. This is essentially a great time for you to ACT, especially that buyers are most likely to be in a better mood for all those negotiations, and when it comes to the wallet, potentially more generous.

Take note as well that this is the time where most people are being self-reflective and ALWAYS wanting to start a fresh chapter of life. AND what does it mean? Right. It's moving to a new home.

Having an Appealing Neighborhood

If you happen to be selling your property and you can't put up those Christmas lanterns, don't forget that your neighborhood still CAN. Don't fret, because this just means that you don't have to worry about getting the attention of the buyers anymore. Seeing all those festive lights and decorations, buyers will certainly be attracted that they might want to visit your area.

Higher than Your Expected Price

Motivated buyers understand the real estate market well and make sure to explore the streets regardless of any circumstantial business. They know that only a few houses are available on the market that are right for them and they just want to be the first one to find the BEST.

So, if you are selling your house in an area where there are motivated buyers, the chances of you having a QUICK SALE are also high. You might even receive an offer that's HIGHER than your original asking price if you just consider the advantage of this season.

Availability of the Real Estate Agents

Regardless of what season you are in, real estate agents would always say YES when it comes to listing your home. They know the market better than anyone, and make it their pride to know exactly the right approach to find you the best sale price of your property.

Come to think of it. Real estate agents wouldn't engage you in a "sales talk" if they know that you won't be getting any good from it. They are PROFESSIONALS and they have their own ways on getting your house on the market no matter how bad the season or the weather is. You can also depend on them "anytime, anywhere", and even during the holidays.

Aside from that, real estate agents will also be more focused on your property. Remember, there will only be a few sellers during this time compared to spring. So, have your home listed NOW and be in a much stronger position with regards to negotiating the purchase of another house.

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The Silly Season will sneak up on you especially if you have plans on selling and settling your property PRIOR to Christmas. DO NOT fall into the trap of putting up your Christmas tree too early. You may not want to be disturbed during the holidays, but aren't you just letting your chances slip by? Think about it. If you're not going to be ready to have your home listed before Christmas, you will just probably have to wait again until January...

Reval Estate Agents are highly qualified local agents and definitely the ones you can depend on during this hectic period of time. List down all your real estate "holiday" inquiries and we will be more than willing to answer them despite the Silly Season.

At Reval, we assure you that we can have your current home SOLD for a price Beyond Compare ™ If you're looking to sell your property in Carindale, Sunnybank and Upper Mount Gravatt, then quickly put the tinsel down and find out THE best strategies on how we can have you putting your TREE up in your new home this year.

Contact us at 1300 427 247 or info@reval.com.au and let's get SERIOUS about selling your property as early as possible!

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Scientists say cooking the rice this way can cut the calories by up to 60%

The method increases the amount of resistant starch (RS) in the rice

RS is indigestible to the human body and so is not turned into sugar or fat

However, doctors have warned reheating rice can cause food poisoning

Do you love rice but are worried about your weight?

The good news is scientists have now discovered a way to reduce the calorie content by 60 per cent - simply by the way it is cooked.

Cooking the rice with coconut oil, and then cooling it for 12 hours in the fridge, more than halved the number of calories in the rice when it was eaten.

However, doctors have previously warned that eating reheated rice can cause food poisoning, and so advise making sure the rice is steaming hot all the way through before eating it.

They also advise leaving the rice in the fridge no more than a day before reheating.

The Sri Lankan researchers experimented with 38 kinds of rice from the country.

Their recommended method of preparing the rice increases the amount of resistant starch inside it, which is indigestible to the human body.

Therefore this resistant starch is not absorbed and turned into energy or fat, and has no calories.

The scientists found a two-step process that was able to increase the amount of resistant starch in rice by 10 times.

First, they added a teaspoon of coconut oil to boiling water, adding half a cup (105g) of rice, and then either simmering it for 40 minutes, or boiling it for 20 to 25 minutes.

Then, they put the rice in the fridge for 12 hours to cool.

Lead researcher Sudhair James, of The College of Chemical Sciences, Sri Lanka, said if the best variety of rice is prepared using this method, 'it might reduce the calories by about 50-60 per cent.'

He said the team wanted to find food-based solutions to the problem of obesity in developing countries, where rice is often a staple food.

'We discovered that increasing rice resistant starch (RS) concentrations was a novel way to approach the problem,' he said.

A cup, or 210g of rice, contains around 240 calories.

Mr James explained that starch can be digestible or indigestible. Rice is made of both of these types of starch.

Unlike digestible types of starch, RS is not broken down in the small intestine, where carbohydrates are normally metabolized into glucose and other simple sugars and absorbed into the bloodstream.

So, the researchers reasoned that if they could transform digestible starch into RS, then that could lower the number of calories of the rice.

This method might reduce the calories in rice by about 50-60 per cent

This is because the coconut oil enters the starch granules during cooking, changing its architecture so that it becomes resistant to the action of digestive enzymes, Mr James explained.

This means that fewer calories ultimately get absorbed into the body.

The cooling for 12 hours is essential, but reheating the rice for consumption does not affect the RS levels, he said.

He added that the next step will be to complete studies with humans to learn which varieties of rice might be best suited to the calorie-reduction process.

The team also will also experiment to see if other oils besides coconut have this effect.

The research was presented at the 249th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.

COOKING RICE SAFELY: REHEATING RICE CAUSE FOOD POISONING

Doctors warn that reheated rice can cause food poisoning.

However, it's not the reheating that causes the problem but the way the rice has been stored before it was reheated.

Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning.

When the rice is cooked, the spores can survive.

If the rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores can grow into bacteria.

These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins that cause vomiting or diarrhoea.

The longer cooked rice is left at room temperature, the more likely it is that the bacteria or toxins could make the rice unsafe to eat.

How to serve rice safely:

· ideally, serve rice as soon as it has been cooked

· if that isn't possible, cool the rice as quickly as possible (ideally within one hour)

· keep rice in the fridge for no more than one day until reheating

· when you reheat any rice, always check that the dish is steaming hot all the way through

· do not reheat rice more than once

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