New York City has more than eight million residents. More than 65 percent of them are renters, one of the highest percentages in the country.
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I learned the hard way: How you can avoid my credit card mistakes
Getting my first credit card was an exciting milestone, and one I took very seriously. I knew from the start that I would absolutely need to pay my bills on time and in full every month to avoid racking up interest charges and damaging my credit. And thankfully, I’ve managed to uphold that rule consistently throughout the years.
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Want to sell your home? Think like a buyer and follow these home-staging rules
For Joe Hayden, a real estate agent in Louisville, Kentucky, staging is on his must-do list for sellers.
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Landlords sell up as new compliance rules bite in Nelson
Nelson investors are selling older rental properties as new rules bite, and the region’s “five-minute lifestyle” is attracting more out-of-town buyers, estate agents say.
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Flavour Maker list warehouse as agri-logistics boom
The directors of major food products developer and manufacturer Flavour Makers are hoping for a $30 million pay day after listing two Melbourne warehouses for sale amid a boom in demand for agri-logistics assets.
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Canada Can’t Get Its Pipeline Problem Under Control
Alberta’s oil and gas industry has had a very, very rough year. With a major pipeline infrastructure deficit and major delays and setbacks for all new pipeline projects, with no end in sight in the near future, Canada’s once-prosperous oil sands are hurting. Canada has the reserves and they have the demand–they just have no way to get their oil to market, with their limited amount of pipelines already running at full capacity and storage tanks filled to bursting.
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Victoria Ranked Third Most Expensive Real Estate Market in BC
The BC Real Estate Association is reporting that Victoria is the third most expensive real estate market in BC.
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Abu Dhabi is Middle East’s most ‘resilient’ city for real estate
Abu Dhabi is the most resilient city in the Middle East for investors, with real estate research firm Savills saying the UAE capital topped its Resilient Cities Index, which ranks cities that can withstand or embrace technological, demographic, and leadership disruption facing the real estate sector around the world.
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Don’t raid your pension savings to buy a property
Should you be able to raid your pension savings to fund the purchase of your first home, as housing minister James Brokenshire (pictured) has suggested?
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The economic expansion is poised to be the longest ever. Will it die or get a second wind?
The decade-long economic expansion, poised to become the longest in U.S. history next month, is facing an existential question: Will it sputter to a halt by next year or keep on chugging at the same modest pace that got it this far?…
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