Rising oil prices are prompting forecasts of a return to $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014, creating both winners and losers in the world economy.
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Monthly Archives: September 2018
Iraq: A Ticking Time Bomb For Oil Markets
Iraq’s ministry of oil has published a very optimistic report on the country’s capability to ramp up production, but internal political issues could lead to a new crisis after this weekend.
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Edmonton restaurateurs turn to crowdfunding to open trio of businesses in historic building
A group of Edmonton restaurateurs is turning to the community for help to set up shop inside the city’s historic Gibbard Block building.
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Insufficient property data hurt revenues
More than 500,000 properties, mostly outside Greece’s main cities, are undertaxed, as the state does not know exactly where they are due to its use of obsolete maps. Meanwhile there are thousands of errors in the E9 tax forms in which property assets are declared by owners. All this has led to revenue losses for the state that are estimated at 140-200 million euros per annum.
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Ricketts Says New State Budget Will Focus on Property Taxes
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has set to work on a new state budget proposal he says will focus on property taxes and K-12 school funding, two of the many competing priorities lawmakers will consider in 2019.
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Hudson Yards is the most expensive real estate development in US history. Here’s what its $25 billion future could look like.
Stepping onto the Hudson Yards site, it’s impossible not to gravitate toward Vessel, a 150-foot-high, honeycomb-shaped art installation located in the center of the complex. With its reflective copper cladding and $150 million price tag, the structure is emblematic of the development itself: expensive, partially enclosed, and intentionally breathtaking.
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Mortgage broker fees making home loans riskier, Royal Commission finds
Mortgage brokers have pushed back against a proposal to ban commissions that banks pay them for selling home loans after the royal commission found they contributed to misconduct and risky borrowing.
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The three best mortgage bets if rates remain on the rise
We got more clues last week on where mortgage rates might be headed.
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May Plans to Hike U.K. Property Tax for Foreign Buyers
Foreign buyers face higher taxes on their purchase of homes in the U.K. as Prime Minister Theresa May starts unveiling policy plans before her Conservative party conference.
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New owners of Burgan Real Estate tout double-digit growth
Since Patrick Burgan and Sue Filipovich took over their family business, Burgan Real Estate has set company record after company record, nearly doubling its sales volume.
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