Housing boom lifts Harvey Norman's profit

Spending on furniture and electrical goods amid a buoyant housing market has helped drive Harvey Norman's half year underlying profit to a record
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Borrowers still have lots of choices when securing permanent financing for apartment properties, particularly from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has surpassed its western peers to claim the title of the most valuable banking brand, according
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Before 1991, prospective homeowners could get a mortgage with a 10 per cent down payment. This started rising in 1991 out of fear of a bubble in the
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This week on Buy, Hold, Sell Centennial Asset Management Matthew Kidman asks Atlas Funds Hugh Dive and Leyland Private Asset Management
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Like so many real estate disputes, this one involves a longtime tenant and a new landlord who wants to jack up the rent. But in this case, the tenant is
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KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue's (FBR) income tax collection from the banking sector sharply fell 56 percent to Rs29.37 billion during the
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Banking operations will be hit today as employees of state-owned banks are on a one-day strike. An umbrella body of nine bank unions has called a
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This assumed feature of capitalism actually plays little role in LA's housing market for one obvious reason. Supply and demand only works within
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ZOPA is looking to expand into the secured auto finance space, where it sees an opportunity to grow its borrower base. The peer-to-peer lending
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From left to right: Douglas Cain, senior director real estate investments at PSP Investments; Martyn Bould, chairman, Rider Levett Bucknall; Rogerio
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Tracking stock levels, iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF (REM) has a … Traders may use the indicator to determine stock trends or to identify
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According to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the January 2017 Pending Home Sales Index dropped nearly 3% from the month prior.
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“We have both had strong housing markets over recent years and there are concerns about the level of household indebtedness,” said Philip Lowe,
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Law360, London (February 27, 2017, 6:41 PM GMT) — Britain's Prudential Regulation Authority on Monday relaxed its rules on the proportion of
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Mahela Sanguinetti, from Virginia, take a picture at Meow Wolf's House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe recently. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal).
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The human body is an incredible biological machine, with each individual part performing a number of varied tasks. Our hands and feet in particular
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ESCONDIDO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 27, 2017 / EC Lending, of San Diego, California, has begun offering their clients the ability to consolidate
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A local furniture retailer has expanded into a second site with plans to add more handcrafted Amish furniture. Brett Interiors has opened Leather
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Investigators said she posted for sale houses she doesn't own on real estate websites, then collecting fees from people who want to purchases the
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