This 1 Development Could Spark a Canadian Housing Surge in the Summer

Ontarians are prepping for a contentious election that is set to be held on June 7, 2018. The results of the election could have major ramifications for the housing market. The early results for Canada housing in 2018 — in particular, in the major metropolitan areas of Toronto and Vancouver — have not
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Facebook employees are deleting potentially controversial comments and messages from the company's internal communications systems, after the leak of a 2016 memo in which Vice President Andrew Bosworth appeared to place growth priorities ahead of public safety concerns. According to
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To understand public sentiment, BILD asked visitors to the recent National Home Show to share their thoughts and opinions about housing issues in the GTA. Just over 1,000 attendees shared their thoughts and, given the housing market over the last few years, the results were telling. Affordability
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But times have changed and housing prices have risen as has the cost of labor. The market will have to determine going forward how much the units will sell for, he said. Doug Elmets, a spokesman for the Pala Band, said the tribe opposes the project for numerous reasons, including the traffic that it
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ForeScout Technologies (NASDAQ: FSCT) and Fortune Brands Home & Security (NYSE:FBHS) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations,
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G Chokkalingam, founder and MD, Equinomics Research & Advisory, prescribes a simple formula for investors looking for bets in the banking sector — Look for ones that have net NPA of less than 4 per cent with a net worth more than net NPAs. He spoke to ETMarkets.com at the recent ETMarkets Global
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Dubai: The Dubai Land Department, DLD, has signed an e-mortgage agreement with Dubai Islamic Bank, DIB. The agreement was signed by Juma Bin Humaidan, Deputy Director-General of DLD, and Mohammad Abdullah Al Nahdi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of DIB. The agreement aims to save
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Oklahoma, not too surprisingly, has no lake homes or property on any national top 10 list, not home markets, land markets or most expensive individual homes. On the other hand, neither does it have any of the bottom 10 home listings by price. Oklahoma does have a No. 2, under most affordable land
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Three of mainland China's five biggest banks have posted improved earnings for 2017, after a national regulatory crackdown on shadow banking drove more borrowers back to traditional lenders. Net annual profits at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation's largest bank by assets,
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“There's just so much bad news right now,” John Thompson, the chief executive officer of Vilas Capital Management LLC, which is shorting Tesla … Bloomberg's Model 3 tracker estimates the company may be making about 975 of the cars a week, well short of the target to build at a 2,500-unit rate by the
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Economic stability and low interest rates have led to a high availability of capital looking for stable and risk-adjusted returns in Europe's real estate sector. The touristic upturn has reached almost every country in Europe, boosting strong hotel market performances. 2017 was another record year in which
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North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency also confirmed the meeting, but didn't specifically mention denuclearization or the planned summit with Trump. It was his first known visit outside the country since taking power in 2011. Kim Jong Un invited Xi to make an official visit to the North Korea
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Governor Phil Murphy said he will expand New Jersey's medical-marijuana rules to add pain, anxiety, migraines and other chronic conditions as eligible for prescriptions. Patient registration fees will be halved, to $100, and regular physicians, rather than a limited pool, will be allowed to submit qualifying
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Thanks to fresh blows to companies from Nvidia Corp. to Facebook Inc., the biggest industry in the S&P 500 Index dropped 3.5 percent, the biggest decline since the broad market selloff reached its worst point on Feb. 8. The Nasdaq 100 Index sank for a ninth decline in 11 days. Facebook gave up gains
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Customers depositing cash and cheques at the bank will go straight to the point of service without filling any forms. Completion of the transaction is evidenced by a system-generated receipt. Previously, Gulf African Bank tellers used to feed paper to the printer for printing of the transaction details.
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As the economy and market have continued their growth, more Idahoans find that they need more than a checking account and an automated teller machine. That's where private banking comes in. Also known as concierge banking and wealth management (see box), these services have several
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About an hour north of the Syrian border in Gaziantep, Turkey, one of the oldest cities in the Middle East, a unit of craftsmen (and two women, refugees from Aleppo) work leather and rubber and waxed cotton string into $195 slippers you'll find in Jeff Bridges' and Don Lemon's closets. The footwear is a
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LenderClose has promoted Christina Franke to the position of Director of Operations. Franke has been an instrumental player in the continuous growth of LenderClose. “Christina spearheads operations flow and has maintained extremely high levels of customer satisfaction,” said Omar Jordan, CEO of
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SigmaTron International Inc (NASDAQ:SGMA) is trading with a trailing P/E of 10.5x, which is lower than the industry average of 22x. Although some investors may jump to the conclusion that this is a great buying opportunity, understanding the assumptions behind the P/E ratio might change your mind.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Inc.'s chief executive officer, is expected to testify before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, according to a congressional official familiar with the plans. Zuckerberg has been the subject of withering criticism from both Republican and Democratic members of
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