Monthly Archives: February 2011

Home prices could dive if rates rise, analyst says

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Higher interest rates could “easily” cause Canadian home prices to collapse, Capital Economics warned in a bleak report that suggests the housing market is likely to suffer the same sort of crash that has plagued countries such as the United States.The report suggests that house prices in Canada have climbed at the same pace as the United States, but have not fallen at the same rate. In the United States, some markets have seen prices fall as much as 50 per cent through the recession. More related Read more [...]

Why is the property industry dragging its feet over prefabs?

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Modular housing seems like the answer to all our problems. It is cheaper than traditional construction, of a higher quality, has a lower carbon footprint, is quicker to build, and can produce striking and innovative design. So why is the housing industry avoiding it? It is not for want of encouragement: many experts say it is ideal for providing more homes at a lower cost. Last week, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) and housing academics came out in Read more [...]

A dog’s chance

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Walthamstow’s famous greyhound track has been mothballed for three years while housing association LQ wrestles with local opposition to its plans to build 300 homes on the site. After a crunch meeting last week the two sides seem as far apart as ever. Is this a foretaste of the new localism? It was once one of the classiest nightspots in east London. Walthamstow Stadium was where the great and good jostled with cloth-capped workers for a table to watch the dogs. Its bulb-lit facade could Read more [...]

Sonny Bono’s Former Palm Springs Home Up For Sale

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The Palm Springs estate once owned by Sonny Bono and his wife, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack is back up for sale. The LA Times reports that the home is listed at $3.995 million. The listing reveals that the gated estate may have been part of the original King Camp Gillette estate (Gillette was the investor of the modern safety razor and built a home in the Mesa area of Palm Springs in the early 1920s). Sonny Bono rose to fame as part of the duo Sonny and Cher, cranking out hit songs and starring on Read more [...]

Ashton Kutcher Puts House Up For Sale Where He Had Alleged Affair On Wife Demi

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Actor Ashton Kutcher has listed his 3,235 square-foot home for sale online and RadarOnline.com has learned a chunk of the sale will be donated to the Demi and Ashton Foundation – a non-profit that raises awareness for child sex slavery and the rehabilitation of victims. PHOTOS: Ashton Kutcher's House The home is listed for $2.6 million and boasts a “professional home theater and custom 2-story wine tower that accommodates a 210-bottle collection.” According to the listing on Zillow.com, Read more [...]

KP gets black-listed TRO: Dayasiri

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By Yohan Perera The main opposition UNP yesterday alleged that the black-listed pro LTTE NGO Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) had been handed over to Ex-Tiger strongman Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP.  UNP Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekera told a news conference yesterday that 100 acres of land in the North had also been handed over to the TRO. He questioned as to how the government could treat a person who betrayed the nation in this manner. He made this point by recalling that Read more [...]

Diplomatic trips listed in documents introduced in the House of Commons

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When Canada failed to earn an elected spot on the UN Security Council last fall, it seemingly wasn’t for lack of trying. The Harper government spent $884,000 sending Foreign Affairs diplomats on trips around the world to advance Canada’s bid. Some 150 trips, from the Polynesian island of Tuvalu to the Solomon Islands, were listed in documents that surfaced this week in the House of Commons. Canada also picked up the tab for several outings with foreign diplomats, including a New York Read more [...]

Legislation to freeze teacher salaries listed as priority of Republican …

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Don Heinzman Editorial – Compared to other industrialized countries, the United States high school students score in the middle of the pack. The International Student Assessment showed United States students scored 16th in science and 23rd in mathematics.  This comes at a time when it’s apparent this generation of students will be competing for jobs and careers in a global market. In a recent study by Education Week, which graded the states in six Read more [...]