Housing market improves in 2017

Safe, stable housing is a priority for everyone, and as Cambodia progresses economically, new generations of people are looking to buy their own homes and move their family from the lower class to the middle and upper classes. Hoem Seiha, research director at VTrust Appraisal, said 2017 saw a
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Nashville's tight rental market has meant climbing rents and low vacancy rates for many homes and apartment complexes. That also means landlords — particularly at relatively affordable buildings — have a deep pool of ready tenants. So residents of the city's few remaining low-income apartments
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Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Italy's election campaign is “imminent” as President Sergio Mattarella prepared to dissolve parliament on Thursday, triggering a national vote probably in March that could spark a long period of political turbulence. Gentiloni, speaking at a traditional end-of-year news
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LONDON (Alliance News) – UK mortgage approvals declined to a 15-month low in November, data from UK Finance showed Thursday. … Gross mortgage borrowing was GBP13.9 billion, which was 13% higher than in November 2016. Annual growth in net mortgage borrowing came in at 2.8%.
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This high level of volatility gives investors the opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at an artificially low price. A question to answer is whether Xingda International Holdings's current trading price of HK$2.78 reflective of the actual value of the small-cap? Or is it currently undervalued,
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MUMBAI: With the return of a booming primary market, million-dollar investment bank bonuses are expected to be back with a bang. Global and domestic investment banks in India have earned the most fees in the past five years in 2017, making a strong case for big annual payouts, industry experts and
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Capital International Investors boosted its position in Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE:BAP) by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 354,533 shares of the bank's stock after buying
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The move was predicted by all five economists in a Bloomberg survey. “Although near term growth prospects remain subdued, it is anticipated that the economy would recover in 2018 due to continuous surge in exports and investments induced by foreign direct investments,” the central bank said.
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As the effects of the lingering fuel scarcity bite harder on the citizenry, some unpatriotic Nigerians have made and still making huge fortunes from this unsavoury situation by vending the product at very exorbitant rates in the Federal Capital Territory. While motorists groan over the unavailability of petrol in
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BENGALURU: While banks are fighting a bitter turf war with fintech startups to retain their share of business, private sector lender RBL Bank has seen value in strategic partnerships. The bank is growing its advances book by almost half annually, driven largely by partnerships with non-banking finance
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But when the Sangini Women's Co-operative Society bank shut last month amid financial woes after 10 years of being run for sex workers largely by sex worker … Sangini was the first banking institution set up in India to help sex workers save money that could help them escape to a different future.
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If you want to get in on the ground floor in of next year's hottest real estate markets, move to Texas. The Lone Star State houses four of the top 10 hottest US housing markets to watch in 2018 — El Paso, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Austin. That's according to a report released today by the listing site
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Taylor Morrison Home (NYSE: TMHC) and Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? … The Company also provides financial services to customers through its mortgage subsidiary, TMHF, and title insurance and closing settlement services through
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It explained: “You will recall that a directive was issued on the extension of settlement banking arrangement that is being practiced for cheque clearing sessions one and two to other net settlement sessions (0 and 3) vide our circular referenced BPS/DIR/CIR/GEN/02/039, dated November 10, 2017.
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306,245 were reported by Foundry Partners Ltd Llc. Numeric Investors Ltd Co invested in 0.08% or 471,377 shares. … It also provides title insurance, and investment and insurance services; and acquires and services payment plans used by clients to purchase vehicle service contracts provided and
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His sudden departure at UBS made international headlines, but Juerg Zeltner's exit from Switzerland's largest bank after a 30-year career was anything but a surprise, as finews.asia reported. The last top executive remaining from Bank Corporation, one of the two Swiss banks which merged in 1998 to
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A new poll from Jackson-Hewitt finds nearly a third of Americans plan to use their tax refund to pay off their holiday bills, after a massive shopping season.
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Guidant Wealth Advisors increased its stake in Philip Morris International by 25.5% in the 2nd quarter. Guidant Wealth Advisors now owns 939 shares of the company's stock valued at $110,000 after purchasing an additional 191 shares in the last quarter. Vantage Investment Advisors LLC increased its
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Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL)'s stock had its “hold” rating reissued by analysts at Maxim Group in a report issued on Tuesday. Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending from a “hold” rating to a
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The Board of Directors of MAB has approved the listing of MERIDIA REAL ESTATE III SOCIMI in the REITS segment, following a review of all the information presented by the company and the submission, by the Coordination and Admissions Committee, of a favourable report. The company – the 47th
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