Report on emerging trends: Note ban, GST hit residential real estate market

Abhishek Goenka, Leader, Real Estate Tax, PwC India, says, “To an extent, the impact seems to be reflected in the investment and development
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The CDC says that a healthy diet consists of 1.5 to 2 cups of fruits and 2 to 3 cups of vegetables per day, though the exact amount varies based on age and sex. But adults in most U.S. states fail to meet this standard—and have failed to do so for decades now. But there are tangible social policies that
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In a release, Roberts says Guild plans to open several additional locations in North Dakota and that she is always looking for new mortgage professionals to join her team. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Guild Mortgage has more than 4,000 employees spread across more than 250 offices in 26
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Columbus Circle Investors owned 0.09% of Restaurant Brands International … stock worth $969,362,000 after buying an additional 1,528,447 shares during the … Restaurant Brands International Inc. (QSR) traded down $0.24 during
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Although the FBI did not say at the time if it would ask Apple for help accessing the phone, as it did in the case of the San Bernardino shooting, Texas law enforcement appears to have done so. Fortune contacted both Apple and the Texas Department of Public Safety for more information and will update
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KARACHI: Yellow metal prices in international and domestic markets remained under correction on dull interest of leading buyers and hedgers while
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Hill International Inc (NYSE:HIL), a professional services company based in United States, saw a double-digit share price rise of over 10% in the past
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… Interest Deduction and preventing the use of guarantee fees charged on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-backed loans to fund non-housing programs.
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[500link]Starbucks[/f500link] has a rich tradition of creating holiday cups—along with seasonal holiday drinks—during the fall. And there's also a tradition of criticizing those cups. In 2015, conservative media and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Starbucks of engaging in a “War on
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To that end, Treasurer Scott Morrison had asked him to refer two cases of Cairns businesses he believed had been sent broke by unconscionable banking practices — former development giants CEC Group, operated by Roy Lavis, and Udo Jattke's Glenwood Homes. “The last thing we want is a royal
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Meanwhile, the United States is riddled with what are called banking deserts — inhabited areas, many of them urban, where residents have no access to a bank. The problem got worse in the aftermath of the recession, when traditional banks started closing branches in low-income neighborhoods
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Chinese demand for Australian residential property has eased because of tighter capital controls imposed by Beijing and tougher restrictions on mortgage lending by local banks, according to a senior official at Australia's central bank. The Reserve Bank of Australia's head of financial stability, Jonathan
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The recommendations of the Ferguson Commission are being touted as a potential roadmap to move forward in the St. Louis region after this year's protests stemming from the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of a former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer. Some of the proposals deal with predatory
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Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chairman Wayne Byres pointed to an environment of “heightened risk” as the banking watchdog ramps up its monitoring of responsible bank lending. “Household indebtedness is high. Perhaps more importantly, the trajectory is clearly for it to rise further
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A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job. The interviewer asks each of them, “What does one plus one equal?” The mathematician replies, “Two. Exactly two.” The accountant replies, “Two … give or take three percent but, on average, two.” When the economist's turn
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British blue-chip stocks closed slightly higher Monday, aided by gains for home builders, but a rise in the pound put some pressure on exporters. A collapse in talks between German political parties aimed at forming a governing coalition sent ripples through markets, as it put German Chancellor Angela
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Hey there, I opened an account with you guys in August. I opened my account in New York. I'm from North Carolina and my license is expiring in four
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The Netherlands won the contest to host the London-based European Medicines Agency in the first concrete political victory in the battle for Brexit
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Granite Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Encore Wire Corporation (NASDAQ:WIRE) by 6.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing … is a supplier of building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing.
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Eurex Clearing has secured 21 early signups to its EU-alternative for interest rate swaps central clearing. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and J.P. Morgan Securities, to name but a few, signed up for the programme, which opened its registration in October. Other early joiners include Commerzbank, DZ
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