Williamson's housing market is leaving pre-recession records behind

THDA's annual Housing Market at a Glance is out, showing that home prices in Williamson County are a whopping 84% higher than the state's second most expensive county. With brisk job growth and public schools with a good reputation, Williamson County has the state's highest median home price,
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KAMPALA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Uganda's central bank cut its benchmark lending rate to 9.0 percent from 9.5 percent, its governor said on Tuesday, adding loans for small businesses were still highly priced. Inflation in the East African economy slowed to 3.0 percent last month, mainly due to a drop in food
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The impact could be similar to Japan's bullet trains, which diverted passengers away from airlines. “Air travel in North America isn't really good — the airports suck, the airlines are horrible,” said Ali Izadi-Najafabadi, an intelligent mobility analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “In a driverless car you
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Total new lending of £5.1bn during December was 1.9 per cent lower year-on-year. Paul Smee, head of mortgages at UK Finance, said: “2017 saw the number of first-time buyers reach its highest level in a decade, which is welcome news for those getting started on the housing ladder. “But although the
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Members of the House of Representatives will today make a critical decision on whether to pass or reject the Banking Services Bill, which seeks to regulate bank fees in Jamaica. The Lower House will have its final sitting today for the 2017-2018 legislative year, as the prorogation of Parliament takes
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The manager urged the members to be patient and not to withdraw noting that company was facing economic instability. “The office could not meet its expenses and that is why we wanted to close it. I want to assure everyone that their money is safe and for those who have fully paid for their plots, title
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Owner-occupied lending was 4.4% higher than a year ago. A key factor has been a rise in the loans to first-time home buyers in late 2017. Many states in Australia including New South Wales and Victoria have offered incentives to first time home buyers to help them get on the property ladder.
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… ended up hitting every one of those numbers within the first three days,” Giang tells Fortune. Intended as a cute way to promote the mainstream adoption of Ethereum — a digital and decentralized ledger which records the game's smart contracts — CryptoKitties caught on with an irrational vengeance.
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Movoto is expanding to click-and-mortar locations in California to provide their customers: home buyers and sellers, agents and brokers with unmatched services and technology solutions. For more information see our news and press resources and real estate market trends. Sell your home with Movoto
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U.S. President Donald Trump's move to end a program protecting hundreds of thousands of children of undocumented immigrants from deportation was blocked by a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York. It's the second time in less than two months that a U.S. judge ruled that rescinding the Obama-era
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Trash in south suburban Harvey was picked up Tuesday for the first time since last week. The cause of the trash pick-up delay? A missed payment to trash hauler Republic Services. City officials said that it changed its bank details, resulting in Republic not getting paid on time. The garbage was not
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For years, the brass at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. knocked rivals' fast-food fare. It was overly processed, the rap went, with too many ingredients, none of them very fresh or healthy. Now struggling Chipotle is turning for help to an industry crusader for the sort of fat-crammed, high-calorie items that have
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Toledo area home sales fell 2 percent in January, but the new president of the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors said a drop that small was nothing more than a climate blip. “The cold temperatures and the snowy weather really slowed the buyers from hitting the pavement the last month,” said
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Singapore's economy lost some of its momentum in the fourth quarter and the government sees growth moderating slightly this year as an export boom in 2017 eases. Gross domestic product rose at a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 2.1 percent from prior three months, trade ministry said
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Although the show was under half an hour, the process of getting on “Wheel of Fortune” took almost a year. “I sent in a video like a year ago to the site,” Burnham recalls. “Just a silly video. And then in May I got a letter that they were in Atlanta. So they asked a bunch of people to come in and play the
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Banking professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore are set to spend at least an extended weekend – potential longer – away from the office. But while the Chinese New Year holidays are mainly about meeting up with family and friends, the busy season for recruitment at banks in Asia begins straight
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The Sarasota and Manatee residential market ended 2017 with increases in both closed sales and median prices compared with 2016. Inventory remains tight and properties spent more time on the market last year. Statewide, the housing market closed out 2017 with more sales, higher median sale
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AGNC Investment logo AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) declared a feb 18 dividend on Tuesday, February 13th, RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 28th will be given a dividend of 0.18 per share by the real estate investment trust on Thursday, March 8th.
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A San Diego County grand jury has indicted four people in a roughly $2 million mortgage fraud scheme that the state Attorney's General's Office said victimized 40 people who'd sought mortgage help. The four defendants face multiple charges — 194 counts — related to the scheme, which involved
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