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REGENERATING INFORMAL HOUSING IN CITIES
This model of incremental regeneration will change the current approach of using real estate projects to develop housing... READ MORE›
ONE IN FOUR FIRMS HAVE BEEN VICTIM OF CYBER ATTACK, SURVEY WARNS
The Magnet Networks national cyber security awareness survey has also claimed more than 171,000 businesses could be vulnerable to crippling ransomware attacks... READ MORE›
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ARE AMERICANS HAPPY IT'S TRUMP, OR JUST HAPPY IT'S OVER?
For the first time since 2006, 37 percent of households said they expect their personal finances to improve in 2017... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST REAL ESTATE BINGE IS COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU
A frenetic gathering of brokers, developers and other real estate professionals all jockeying for the attention of Chinese buyers... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT SELLS A?2.1BN OF SHARES IN BANK AT A LOSS
UK Financial Investments argues that fees the government charged RBS mean that the break-even price is 441 pence per share... READ MORE›
INVESTORS COULD LOSE $4.2TN BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, REPORT WARNS
It also called for a proper carbon price to be established as well as a tough new climate change treaty to be agreed in Paris... READ MORE›
TRUMP RAISES ABOUT $90 MILLION IN AUGUST
Trump raises about 90 million in August Fox News... READ MORE›
LONDON HOUSE PRICES MOST OVERVALUED IN THE WORLD, SAYS UBS
London house prices most overvalued in the world, says UBS... READ MORE›
HILLARY CLINTON DENOUNCES CORPORATE CRIME WHILE ACCEPTING CASH FROM BLACKSTONE, FIRM SANCTIONED BY SEC
In 2006, Bush's administration started the state of Florida's investment in one of the Blackstone funds scrutinized by the SEC... READ MORE›
FRUSTRATED BY REAL ESTATE BIDDING WARS? IN AUSTRALIA THE BIDS ARE TRANSPARENT
Australians have access to a lot more real estate data than we do in most parts of Canada... READ MORE›
REAL ESTATE UP, DOWN OR FLAT? 5 FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT HOME PRICES IN 2017
The government's Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and real estate analysts will be watching carefully to see whether construction and potential buyers stay in balance... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN COURT CONFIRMS 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON MURSI
An Egyptian court confirmed a 20-year prison sentence against former president Mohamed Mursi on Saturday, judicial sources told Reuters... READ MORE›
U.S. CONCERNED OVER RUSSIA BLOCKING ACCESS TO LINKEDIN
Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters... READ MORE›
TORIES PLAN TO SELL A?1.4BN STAKE IN GREEN INVESTMENT BANK TO PAY DOWN DEFICIT
Nick Mabey, chief executive of E3G, said Selling off a majority stake in the Green Investment Bank would be completely reckless... READ MORE›
CITI PREPARING TO MOVE 900 STAFF TO DUBLIN FROM LONDON
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TRUMP CONSIDERING OUTGOING SENATOR AYOTTE FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY
Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters... READ MORE›
IF WE'RE OK WITH GOVERNMENT MEDDLING IN HOUSING, WHAT ELSE IS FAIR GAME?
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has unveiled a series of 16 steps she hopes will cool the red-hot housing market in Toronto... READ MORE›
WAL-MART TO INVEST $50 MILLION IN CHINA ONLINE GROCER NEW DADA
The investment in New Dada will help Wal-Mart target Chinese shoppers with faster delivery times in a popular but fiercely competitive online grocery market... READ MORE›
MONSANTO, MICROSOFT TO INVEST IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN BRAZIL
SAO PAULO U.S. biotech company Monsanto Co and Microsoft Corp announced on Monday a partnership to invest in agricultural technology startups in Brazil... READ MORE›
CLINTON TO MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF EGYPT, UKRAINE NEXT WEEK
Clinton to meet with presidents of Egypt, Ukraine next week campaign... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN COALMINES ARE ONE OF RISKIEST INVESTMENTS IN THE WORLD - REPORT
Along with Chinese coal-powered utilities, those of the US and Australia faced the highest degree of environmental-related risk... READ MORE›
WHEN FOREIGN BUYERS ABANDON CANADIAN HOUSING
As Siddall says, foreign speculative investment, sometimes called hot money, can definitely drive real estate prices up as it pushes its way into the market... READ MORE›
NEW MORTGAGE RULE MIGHT 'TEMPER' HOT MARKETS, BUT NOT FOR LONG
Canadians who have built equity in their homes throughout the real estate boom of the last 15 years or so, though, would be on more stable ground... READ MORE›
ALBERTA CREDIT RATING DOWNGRADED BY STANDARD AND POOR'S
Finance Minister Joe Ceci said he was disappointed by the downgrade, blaming it mainly on the low price of oil... READ MORE›
AT&T TO SELL DATA CENTERS WORTH $2 BILLION
Verizon is close to announcing divestitures of wireless towers and wireline markets worth 10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday... READ MORE›
GEORGE OSBORNE'S SECRET PLAN TO BAIL OUT THE EUROZONE
Potentially far more money is at stake with Mr Juncker's investment fund... READ MORE›
4 THINGS AMERICAN CONSUMERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE BREXIT
Swap out the country names and the specific politics, and the rhetoric around the Brexit can begin to sound a lot like a Trump stump speech... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA WATCHDOG HAS CONCERNS ON DU PONT, DOW MERGER
The merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont is being scrutinized by regulators world over, with EU antitrust officials expected to decide the deal by Feb. 6... READ MORE›
COMMENT: RENT OR BUY? LET'S DO THE SUMS
Renting beats buying in 16 of the 25 scenarios and by 8.4 percent in our 'base case' of 5.5 percent property growth and 7.5 percent investment portfolio growth... READ MORE›
ARE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DUE FOR A RUDE AWAKENING FROM B.C. FINANCIAL COMMISSION?
Public confidence in the integrity of the real estate services sector and its regulation has been shaken, Rogers wrote in her interim report... READ MORE›
OILSANDS GROWTH IN DOUBT AND THE FEDS ARE CONCERNED
Post-2020 investment to expand alberta's oilsands could slow or stall... READ MORE›
CHINA'S OCTOBER FACTORY GROWTH UNEXPECTEDLY HITS FIVE-MONTH LOW
China's October factory growth unexpectedly hits five-month low official PMI... READ MORE›