OPINION: Christmas is coming and New Zealand is eyeing its collective escape to beach, bach and snarlers on the barbie.
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Homeowners who fought Stanley Group call for policing of builders
Marc Collins and his neighbours in the idyllic Auckland waterfront street of Provence Esplanade are calling for politicians to protect ordinary people from incompetent, error-prone builders who hike prices during construction.
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Investment in rental apartment properties doubles year over year
A mixed bag of real estate news today.
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Local jobless rate falls while province, nation hit with tough month
The unemployment rate in southern Alberta bucked the provincial and national trend in November, according to new figures out Friday.
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Regina Co-op refinery strike could impact gasoline users in the Hat
A labour dispute at a refinery in Regina could have implications for Hatters that typically purchase fuel at Co-op gas stations.
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Real Estate Mortgage Rates Hold Steady For First Week Of December
MCLEAN, Va. — Freddie Mac Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.68 percent.
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St. Petersburg Eyes Zoning Changes After Explosion Of Large Homes
ST. PETERSBURG — Drive through Snell Isle, the Old Northeast or other areas near downtown St. Petersburg, and it‘s hard to ignore the amount of residential construction.
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India’s Construction, Property Industries in Trouble, Rajan Says
(Bloomberg) — India’s real estate, construction and infrastructure industries are in “deep trouble,” and non-bank finance companies which lend to these sectors should have their asset quality reviewed, former central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan said.
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Sewage rates to increase, property taxes stay flat in Lower Burrell’s 2020 budget
Lower Burrell Council raised the base sewage rates by 9% but will not raise real estate taxes for 2020.
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The World’s 10 Biggest Polluters
About 200 countries are presently convened for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 25 in Madrid. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP) is tasked with making sure the agreements under the Paris Climate Accord are met. Under that 2015 agreement, more than 200 countries agreed to take steps to keep global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels and, to less than 1.5 degrees above if possible.
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