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DeCew House property ready for face-lift
THOROLD — The historic DeCew House property in Thorold should become a proper commemorative heritage park, Thorold’s War of 1812 bicentennial committee says. The site, which the city acquired a month and a half ago, is being eyed as a major focal point for upcoming celebrations.[...]
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July Residential Property Sales a Ten Year Low
Residential property sales turnover is the lowest for a July in a decade but prices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch are still up on last year, according to figures released today by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).
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Blog: Selling your property with an open house
Our property blogger, Lea Beven, gives you tips on how to prepare for an open house day to make your home as inviting as possible for a potential buyer:
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Property values decline 4.4 percent in Tarrant County
As property values continue to tumble nationwide, Tarrant County values followed suit, with a decline for the first time in more than a decade, losing more than .5 billion in taxable value during the past year.
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Kelliher Proposes Property Tax Cap For Seniors
Minnesota seniors worried about how to pay double-digit property tax hikes could see some relief. DFL governor candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher proposed capping any future increase to the rate of inflation.
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House OKs Rogers’ property tax relief for vets, seniors
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed legislation that provides property tax relief for US military members and seniors. Rogers, a member of the Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs, succeeded in expanding the scope of tax relief given to veterans.
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‘A bittersweet victory’ for property rights
Dorothy and Nykee bought the property in 1953, long before Oregon adopted statewide planning rules. When she reached her late 80s and with Nykee dead, Dorothy figured she would divide the property into homesites. The county wouldn’t let her.
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Probably no property bubble here yet, says MM Lee
Dear MM Lee, I refer to your statements made at a dinner hosted by the Association of Banks in Singapore as reported by Straits Times on 26th Jun 2010. You said the sharp property price rise is part of the total liquidity in the whole world and that foreigners see Singapore properties as cheap. But Malaysian properties [...]
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House On City Property
When a local resident decided to sell a piece of property with a home recently, she got a big surprise. Rather than the condition of the economy limiting potential gain Sue Weaver learned, instead, the home she wants to sell isn’t exactly on the property she thought it was located upon.
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Fire-damaged house the star of BBC property show
A Shropshire property developer, whose latest project has been filmed for BBC1’s Homes Under the Hammer programme, is looking forward to the episode being screened in the autumn.
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Property Trax: Tips to market your house
When it comes to selling a house, a good old yard sign is stillone of your best bets, local agents tell Property Trax.
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Coming in a little lower: Belton property tax hike not as high as expected
Property owners within the Belton ISD may see an increase of only 1.5 cents per 0 valuation in their tax rate this year, compared to the 5.4-cent increase district officials anticipated when voters passed a bond to build a new middle school.
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Property: House prices show their second fall in a row as market slows
House prices fell for the second month in a row during May as the property market continued to show signs of slowing down, figures revealed yesterday.
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City Council explores property-tax rate
Washington officials are targeting 50 cents per 0 valuation as the city’s property-tax rate for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, which begins July 1. That target was agreed on during the council’s budget meeting Tuesday.
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House Prices Down, Property Taxes . . .Up?
One of the worries as house prices began their now three-year plunge back in 2007 was the affect of falling values would have on budgets of cities and other local governments
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Eliasons to end property investment firm in a month
By Kevin Boneske DAILY NEWS STAFF A property investment company based in St. Germain is planning to shut down operations.
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