GLENWOOD — Piece by piece, Springfield has bought most of the land from Glenwood property owners that it needs for the first phase of expanding Franklin Boulevard.
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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Mayor’s property tax proposal wouldn’t overburden landlords
Municipal budget deliberations do not always make for the most compelling reporting or reading. But Salisbury Mayor Jake Day has proposed in his fiscal year 2018 budget one item that has generated pushback: He proposed to decrease the property tax rate on owner-occupied single-family dwellings in the city and to increase the rate on virtually every other property.
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Some singles hoping to buy their first home pushed out of the market
THE housing affordability crisis has been tough enough for househunters with two incomes, but singles looking for their first home have been hit even harder.
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Sudden jump in area property appraisals not fair or justified
Skyrocketing county tax appraisals in Harker Heights and Killeen are more than just a heavy burden for affected property owners.
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Albertans hopeful for sense of economic recovery
ATB Financial’s Economic Outlook May 2017 contains some cautiously guarded optimism that the worst of the recession is behind us, but much work remains ahead.
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Condo Questions: Conflict of interest compromises condo board president
Q: I live in a bare-land duplex bungalow-type condominium. The president of our condominium association has been aggressively promoting his employer to carry out a project in our complex. When he raised this at a board meeting, two members of the board pointed out to him that he was in a conflict of interest, and that he should leave the room while the board discussed the issue. He completely ignored these objections and carried on with his sales pitch.
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Faulkner Real Estate Report: The skinny on Edmonton’s skinny homes
One of the strongest segments of Edmonton’s real estate market is the number of subdividable lots in Edmonton’s core, making way for the rise of skinny homes.
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Silicon Valley-based tech accelerator to move into old Encana Place tower
A San Francisco-based tech company will open its first Canadian office in downtown Calgary, a development it says is the direct result of Calgary Economic Development’s intensive recruitment campaign in Silicon Valley.
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Hat construction on the upswing
One step closer to Fire Station No. 1
Friday’s sod turning at the site of the planned Fire Station No. 1 marked the beginning of the end of five years of planning to expand fire coverage in Medicine Hat without expanding the department’s operating budget.
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