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The alarming decline of housing affordability
Edmonton :: Canada | 1 day ago
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The Globe and Mail Last updated Monday, Jun. 17 2013, 8:14 PM EDT Potential buyers walk past real estate signs as they arrive an open house in the Kitsilano neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, June 9, 2013. (Rafal Gerszak for The
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International Cities Are Turning Into 'Elite Citadels'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
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Two mournful friends dropped by our flat in Paris last Sunday. They are a well-paid couple from the caste known in Paris as bobos: people with bourgeois incomes and bohemian tastes. In the popular narrative, bobos have invaded Paris, driving out
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Study Says CA Job Program Helps Rich Cities Like San Francisco The Most
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
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A new study critical of a program to encourage investment that creates jobs in disadvantaged parts of California has found that regions such as San Francisco that are already prospering tend to benefit the most. The report by the California Budget
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Slowdown? Nearly half of Canadian home owners eager to buy property
Vancouver :: Canada | 28 days ago
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Nearly half of Canadian home owners eager to buy property Roma Luciw The Globe and Mail Last updated Wednesday, May. AM EDT Intent to buy among home owners in Vancouver climbed by 5 points. (Rafal Gerszak For The Globe and Mail) Undeterred by record-
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Gov't failed on home prices, study finds
Rishon Le Zion :: Israel | 1 month ago
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15, Globes' correspondent The Knesset Research Department yesterday published a report, which describes in detail the rise in housing prices in recent years, and analyzes its causes. The report, "The crisis in the housing market and ways to emerge
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UN seeks empowerment of urban women for future prosperity
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 months ago
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This will not only engender women's well-being but it will increase their individual and collective prosperity as well as the prosperity of the cities in which they reside."...The report called for policies to enhance gender equality, equity and
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Realtors promoting fair housing in the month of April
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Department of Housing and Urban Development, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and real estate salespeople recognize April as Fair Housing Month. April 2013 marks the 45th anniversary of the 1968 landmark Fair Housing Act,
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Class divisions in SF (sorta)
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Richard Florida, who got famous creating the "creative class ," has a new series of maps out charting class structure in American cities -- not on the basis of income or wealth but on the type of work people do...It shows, on the surface, that this
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You Be The Judge: Is The Housing Market Really Improving?
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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This week, optimists had no trouble finding fresh evidence to suggest that the housing market is recovering. On Thursday, they learned from a Realtors' report that existing home sales hit the highest level in more than 3 years . And earlier this week,
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Bill's $75 fee would add affordable housing
San Rafael :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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This Money for affordable housing in California has been slashed even as rising rents and dwindling incomes make the need more acute, advocates say. The California Homes and Jobs Act, SB391, introduced Wednesday by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier , D-Concord,
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