In 1974, Ahmad and Ann Shirazi moved into a rent-stabilized apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, though at $275 a month, the rent felt high for two bedrooms.
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Monthly Archives: June 2023
Renovation scam warning as shady and shoddy contractors step up game in Calgary
Another warning for consumers to be vigilant of shady and shoddy contractors this renovation season is coming from someone who knows firsthand.
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Work on South Bear Creek Park expansion completed
The South Bear Creek Park expansion, which includes two new ball diamonds at the South Bear Creek Park Baseball Diamond Complex, is complete. The expansion work started in May of 2022 after the city received $800,000 from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, which was used for the project’s completion.
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Weekly mortgage demand was flat, even as interest rates drop for the third straight week
The average rate on the most popular mortgage, the 30-year fixed, fell for the third straight week, but demand for mortgages didn’t move much.
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Auckland rents soar after weather events hit supply: Trade Me
Auckland is now the most expensive region to rent in the country, after its median weekly asking price climbed to $660 in May, Trade Me Property says.
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Rent must be reduced when ‘uninhabitability’ is established, tribunal says
An Auckland landlord who claimed his flood-damaged property was fully inhabitable, and took photos of a tenant while he was sleeping to prove it, has been ordered to pay several thousand dollars to the tenants.
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Residential high-rise slated for former Eau Claire YMCA site
The developer that purchased the former Eau Claire YMCA plans to build a high-rise residential building there, with a mixed use base.
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Net-zero world could see Canada’s oil output plummet by 2050: modelling
New modelling from the Canada Energy Regulator suggests Canadian oil production will plummet by 2050 if the world achieves its Paris target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within that time.
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Destination Cochrane: Why it’s Alberta’s fastest growing municipality
The secret is out.
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Alberta crop land from Cold Lake to Medicine Hat experiencing historic dry spell
The mass of Alberta crop land from Cold Lake to Medicine Hat and Lethbridge is experiencing a once-in-50-years dry spell, according to the latest Alberta crop report, dated June 13.
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