Real estate

Owning a home, a place to raise a family and create memories. A dream that many holds close to their hearts and at one point lived the dream. Feeling the pride of ownership, having a place to raise a family, create memories and receive tax benefits. Then the day comes the economy takes a downfall, and people start to lose their jobs. Cash becomes low, not enough to pay the mortgage on the house, and then the home is foreclosed. Taken away by the banks, losing the benefits of owning a home, and…

program because such a system wouldn’t exist unless the government owned the property, which also would be contrary to a free market system. Following the fact that these programs do exist and the government does play a role in the economy, including real estate, we have to conclude that the government has to assume at least some sense of responsibility for the citizens enrolled in the Mitchell-Lama program. However, this does not just include the residents of 1520 Sedgwick, but the owners as…

Client Spotlight: Krista Leavitt, Curl Specialist Earlier this week we had the good fortune of speaking with curly-hair-care aficionado Krista Leavitt. Aside from providing top-notch haircuts for women with curly, wavy, and coily hair, Krista is passionate about educating women on how to care for their tresses. Check out her website (curlspecialist.com) to learn more about her services. Make sure to read her blog as well for expert tips on how to care for curly hair! Q: Why curly hair? What…

promote multiculturalism and promote the personal agendas of the city. Both Jack Hackworth and Josephine Rekers believe that, “The commercial areas of these neighbourhoods now function increasingly as ways to market each neighbourhood’s residential real estate markets. (Hackworth & Rekers, 2005, p.211)” Although local entrepreneurs are displaced in ethnic enclaves to some extent, the commercial industries in these neighbourhoods use forms of the culture of the ethnic enclaves to attract and…

Housing affordability and the ability of individuals to acquire accessible, affordable and secure housing is an issue which has provoked many legal and non – legal responses aimed at addressing the issue. Legal responses to housing affordability have been highly effective and include the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) and the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), however, also lack in effectiveness to a smaller extent in certain aspects. On the other hand, non – legal…

Introduction to Chip Eng Seng (CES) Company Background Chip Eng Seng (“CES”) is one of Singapore’s leading main contractors and property developers. Listed on the SGX Mainboard since 1999, CES started off as a subcontractor firm for landed properties in the 1960s. Over the years, it has built up its reputation for quality and reliability. In 1982, CES won its first HDB project as a main contractor. Because of its good track record, it was eventually awarded the highly coveted tender for the…

In America owning your own home is called the “American Dream”. Some may look at it and say, what makes it a dream? Many people look at it as something that is theirs that, relatively speaking, no one can take it away or make them do what they don’t want to do. Owning a home gives some asset to the work you do and money you earn and possible leave something for your family when you pass. However, many others see owning a home as a burden and additional expense and would rather pay rent to…

Home is where the heart is. While many people take the saying loosely, stitching it on copious throw pillows, poet Savannah Brown takes it literally. Every body part has a room to correlate to. Throughout Savannah Brown’s “real estate,” the speaker continuously describes herself by comparing herself to a home. The speaker begins the poem describing the type of home she is. She says, “i am my own / i have built myself a one bedroom / single bed home in my bones” (1-3). Clearly, a one bedroom,…

Author Tutor Course Date Canton Mills Loft Apartment Introduction Canton Mills Loft Apartment is one of the interesting places located in Atlanta. The apartment transformed from Canton Cotton Mill factory that was known to be the largest cotton Mill located in the South (Moore 684). The loft apartment is an important establishment in Atlanta. Incidentally, the apartment not only acts as rentals but as an income generating source for the people in Atlanta as well as the region 's economy. The…

There is no better time to apply for an equity home loan. Of course, the value of real estate has dropped in the last year but it is starting to grow again and the market is so competitive that lenders are giving very good annual percentage rate and interest rate so maybe it is time you started looking for the lowest rate equity home loan. An equity home loan is basically a second mortgage in which your guarantee is your house, more exactly you equity, the amount between the value of your house…