NZ growth may have cooled in lead-up to election, new headwinds building

Meanwhile, a weaker housing market could lead to a wider loss of confidence among consumers. “While we actually view a cooler market as a positive thing from a medium-term growth sustainability perspective, history has taught us that a softer housing market can have broader spill-overs to
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Investors sentiment decreased to 1.24 in Q2 2017. Its down 0.05, from 1.29 in 2017Q1. It dropped, as 14 investors sold Perry Ellis International, Inc. shares while 35 reduced holdings. 15 funds opened positions while 46 raised stakes. 11.09 million shares or 2.64% less from 11.39 million shares in
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The association's member builders can apply to showcase recently built homes — whether constructed for specific clients or on a speculative basis to be offered for sale — in the event, with fees involved to participate. The lineup potentially could include recent major remodels as well. Homes around the
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides title insurance, and technology and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries in the United States. The company has market cap of $10.80 billion. The Company's Title segment offers title insurance, escrow, and
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Kasowitz has extensive experience handling litigation, transactional and bankruptcy matters for our clients in the real estate and hospitality industries.
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In Bloomberg's most recent survey of economists, only one of 86 forecasters was even close to Trump's GDP ambition of greater than 4 percent. The median forecast for growth in 2018 is 2.5 percent, the survey showed. On CBS's “Face the Nation,” Mnuchin said middle-class families will begin to see the
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More notable recent The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: “Goldman Sachs: Playing Catch-Up” on December 13, 2017, also Bloomberg.com with their article: “Goldman Says Big Oil Is Poised for Its Best Year in Decades” published on
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Shaon said Bangladesh has a secondary market for homes and a reduction in registration cost for transfer of used apartments would facilitate the market growth. At present, the registration fees, taxes and charges for transfer of used flats should not be similar to new apartments, one of the major
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On the one hand, misuse of power, political influence and lobbying have led to unrestrained forgery, corruption and dominance of loan defaulters, while on the other hand, ineffective ad hoc measures by a section of the regulatory authorities leading to unprecedented anarchy and risk in the banking and
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A letter from the bank tends to arouse dread. In these mostly paperless days, it usually means you've gone overdrawn again or the interest rate on your savings account has moved even closer to zero. Best not open it now; stick it on the pile for later-slash-never. But when my new Monzo bank card
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Thai Beverage Pcl has emerged as the sole bidder for a majority stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp. valued at $4.8 billion, as Vietnam said the only other investor is an individual seeking a smaller holding. Vietnam Beverage, ThaiBev's domestic unit, registered to bid for 343.66 million or a
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A dwindling number of Americans are able to purchase a home as housing prices continue to increase, which is in part due to a lack of houses on the market. Rental prices have also skyrocketed, leaving many with little in the bank to contribute towards a mortgage. U.S. News determined which states
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1 real estate team in the nation by REAL Trends as published in The Wall Street Journal, will use this tool to reach potential clients near active Northrop Team home listings. The tool is powered by Homesnap, a home search platform for agents and their clients, which accesses the Northrop Team's
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For once the Hand of God was divine for England. Diego Maradona, doing the honours of selecting the teams from pot two at the World Cup draw, ushered England into a group containing the mobile danger of Belgium but also, when they were drawn, two sides in Tunisia and Panama that Gareth
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Three senior managers in Uber's security unit resigned on Friday, an Uber spokesperson said, days after the company's new chief executive officer disclosed a massive data breach and criticized past practices. Uber's CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, who was installed in the top job in August, disclosed the
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The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision ordering the largest real estate group in the country to make detailed financial information about home sales more open to the public. In a ruling announced Friday, the court upheld a previous decision in favour of the Competition Bureau in
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The market is tight and the city is all the rage, causing owners to rent out more flats to tourists and worsening an already severe housing shortage. … He argues that short-term letting doesn't lead to scarcity on the housing market because rentals for a few days couldn't be rented out longer term.
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Now Ohio public officials have a new opportunity at the state level to further reform the short-term lending industry and save Ohioans millions of dollars. Longtime Toledo Representative Michael Ashford, and Springfield-area Representative Kyle Koehler introduced House Bill 123 in the Ohio General
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One reason: Many people are buying nice used cars that recently came off of leases instead of opting for expensive new models. Barclays analyst Brian Johnson said that the industry is facing “an eroding plateau” that will settle in a “normalized” range of 15.5 million to 16 million vehicles a year.
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The GOP plan calls for doubling the standard deduction and lowering the cap on the mortgage interest deduction. … About 1.1 million Ohio tax filers claimed the mortgage interest deduction in tax year 2015, but that number would be sure to shrink considerably under the current tax proposal. According
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