For High-End Branded Buildings, Miami Reigns

With five luxury brand-affiliated buildings set to open in South Florida by 2021, the sunny region has seemingly become the unofficial home of the branded building, helped in large part by its international buying demographic. The trend is not quite so en vogue in long-established luxury markets.
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“Our stable outlook for Pakistan's banking system is driven by an accelerating economy, boosted by domestic demand and China-funded infrastructure projects. Economic growth will stimulate lending and support a slight improvement in asset quality. Despite margin pressure, we expect profitability to
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Over the past 25 years, the rate in the growth of both housing prices and population in Montana has been faster than the national average. Missoula, in particular, saw an 8.2 percent increase in population growth from 2010 to 2016 (from 66,788 to 72,364) and a housing price growth of nearly 30 percent
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The growing status of the UAE as a global trade hub connecting Asia with Africa and the West is a key factor in driving Standard Chartered's transaction banking business which is fast emerging a key contributor to bank's revenue and profit growth in the region, Farooq Siddiqi, Global Head of Trade and
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Encore Wire Corporation is a manufacturer of electrical building wire and cable. The Company is a supplier of building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing. The Company manufactures electric building wire, principally
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Easterly Government Properties logo American International Group Inc. lifted its stake in Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) by 35.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 33,747 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after buying an additional
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Investors Title Company, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance for residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial properties. The company has market cap of $366.81 million. It underwrites land title insurance for owners and mortgagees as a primary insurer; and assumes the reinsurance
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Sterling may only get a short reprieve from political news. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party begins a two-day forum in London on Friday, with senior Cabinet ministers due to speak. As the U.K. and EU continue to bicker over the terms of a Brexit deal, the pound has consolidated at
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“In terms of bank's revised policy on sale of financial assets in line with the regulatory guidelines, we place Zenith Birla (India) Ltd and Sona Alloys Pvt Ltd for sale to ARCs/banks /NBFCs/FIs,” SBI said in the bid document. Sona Alloys has an outstanding of Rs647.64 crore towards SBI, while Zenith Birla
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Benac, Mary C & Hill, Norman A & Dennis M & Thomas G to Hill, Dennis M & Michele A, 3328 Neerpark Dr., $130,000. Boulder Ridge Properties LLC to Van Horn Family Building Co LLC, 6400 Granite Ridge Rd., $86,000. Brian Erickson Construction Inc to Harrah, Rhema A & Joshua R, 7720 S 66 St.,
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Democracy is truly a wonderful thing. The will of a people, expressed through a process of free and fair elections to both select representatives and hold them accountable, is surely the best system of organising a society that human kind has developed. So don't get me wrong, I love democracy.
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The logo of South Africa's Standard Bank is seen above the company's headquarters in Cape Town. Photo: Reuters file picture. JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's big banks are expected to rake in more profits this year on improved economic and political sentiment. Audit firm PwC said in its Major Banks
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“Melbourne's growth areas are the release valve of our housing market. To keep housing affordable, the state and local government authorities have to support these suburbs by focusing on investing in and delivering the roads and services that will make these areas more accessible to employment,
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For example, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note has already climbed about 0.6 percent since the start of the year on the expectation of rising inflation. Mortgage rates follow the same path as long-term bond yields. According to data released by Freddie Mac last week, the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage
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The London Underground banned an ad designed to lure British businesses to northern France after Brexit, saying the issue was too controversial. The ad, commissioned by the Normandy Development Agency, urged entrepreneurs concerned about the U.K.'s departure to “vote with their feet” and open
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The outlook for the housing market remains subdued, with new buyer inquiries falling for the eleventh month in a row, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Its latest housing market data showed that the average number of properties on estate agents books hit new lows in February.
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Tampa in Florida is the best place in the United States for first time buyers with more affordable homes and a less competitive housing market, according to new research. Tampa also has a strong price growth forecast, says the latest research report from real estate firm Zillow, while the most difficult
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For four decades, Santa Barbara's 11th Commandment has decreed that city zoning would never allow for more than 85,000 residents. But late last summer, Governor Jerry Brown and the State Legislature blew that 85,000 population limit out of the water, and today, the sleepy, slow-growth beach town
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