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How one Auckland home tells the story of the housing market

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Joe

It’s 1983. A fire-damaged three-bedroom white weatherboard house in suburban Auckland sells for $36,500. The Grey Lynn home was built in 1900, possibly on the back of a refrigerated meat boom.

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The first-home buyers who cannot access their super savings

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Joe

Returning Kiwis say they’re prevented from using their super savings to buy a first home by the Government’s failure to negotiate a new pensions transfer treaty with Australia.

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What Will The Death Of Keystone XL Mean For Canada?

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

President Biden’s decision to ax the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which had been approved by his predecessor, is a tremendous blow for Canada’s energy sector and particularly its oil sands industry.

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Okotoks reaching out to businesses

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

Okotoks economic development is setting its sights on connecting with local businesses in 2021.

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Posted in Okotoks (Alberta)

Power sale could mean stable endowment fund

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

Local administrators and elected officials say proceeds from any potential sale of the power plant could lead to an endowment fund providing more stable income and less risk to the city.

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Posted in Medicine Hat (Alberta)

Yes, a stock can have short interest over 100% – Here’s how

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

Recent events have thrust the practice of selling a stock short into the spotlight. With companies like GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdingsseeing their shares soar as the result of short squeezes, everyone’s getting an education about the dynamics of short-selling and how it actually works.

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2020 Rent Prices In Pittsburgh Dropped Amid Pandemic

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

PITTSBURGH, PA — While rent is on the rise in smaller, more-affordable U.S. cities, many of the country’s largest metropolitan areas and coastal cities saw prices fall rapidly throughout most of 2020, illustrating how the COVID-19 pandemic had a starkly different effect on regional housing markets over the course of the year.

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Azerbaijani real estate expert talks current state of rental market in Baku

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

The gradual easing of COVID-19-related quarantine in Azerbaijan, the resumption of work in a number of areas will increase economic activity in the country, Real estate expert Nusrat Ibrahimov told Trend.

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Coming – law to stop owners from raising rent or evicting tenants unfairly

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

PETALING JAYA: A law to stop landowners from evicting tenants or raising rentals indiscriminately will be tabled next year, says housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

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Landlords publishing ‘bad tenants’ lists online could be breaking the law

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joe

Landlords are compiling lists of so-called “bad tenants” on websites and social media – a move that could get them into trouble for defamation and breach of privacy.

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