Provides the latest RSS feeds for Property News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page China National News.com http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/cat/d701f9c0b5bae910/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:05:23 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:05:23 -0400 30 We can debate the outlook for Canadian housing. But there's no question retail real estate is hot.Sears Canada Inc. could get more than $200-million for up to three leases it's selling in hot Ontario shopping spots. Seemingly every other Canadian retailer is considering spinning off its real estate into a separate trust, if it hasn't already done ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215309564/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:25:00 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215309564/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has taken many unprecedented steps in the past four years to try to boost the U.S. economy and counter the effects of a financial crisis that triggered a painful recession. It has kept the short-term interest rate it controls at a record low near zero since December 2008.It's bought more than $2 trillion in U.S. Treasurys and mortgage bonds to try to hold ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215309456/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:02 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215309456/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Indian conglomerate Indiabulls has announced plans to set up offices across the region by the end of this year, Gulf Daily News has reported. The firm has interests in real estate and infrastructure, as well as power and financial services. "After a successful debut of Indiabulls' international operations in Dubai last year, we would like to be present across all GCC locations by end of ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215309565/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:11:13 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215309565/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 BEIJING - The government is not likely to release new tightening policies in the short-term to curb property prices, JP Morgan's chief China economist Zhu Haibin said Wednesday. He said that given the faltering economic recovery and varied regional conditions, the possibility for the central government to release new tightening policies targeting the property market remains low. It is more ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215308463/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:08:55 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215308463/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Ferrara Jerum International today announced the formation of a property leasing group and retained the services of Michael A. Smith to lead the group. ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215308464/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:35 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215308464/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday laid out an exit strategy from unconventional stimulus that assumes the economy is getting strong enough to grow on its own. The central bank voted to keep buying $85 billion in assets each month, but its chief told reporters that quantitative easing could start shrinking "later this year" and stop entirely by mid-2014, if the economy ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215308465/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:39:27 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215308465/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 East Africa Managing Director Michael Turner said there is strong demand for quality infrastructure in the region, which is in tandem with the growth of its economies that continues to attract new investors. Turner made the comments at the GRI Forum 2013, an annual conference that brings together international investors and real estate developers from across Africa. Speaking to a panel ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215305461/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:04:21 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215305461/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera, saying he doesn’t have enough power over his office, wants to sue the county to gain more independence.But there’s a catch: He needs Miami-Dade commissioners’ approval just to hire a lawyer, according to the county attorney’s office, which can’t represent both him and the county. If he gets that permission, the ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215305677/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:07 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215305677/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Srinagar, June 19: With Assembly elections slated for next year, the State Government is treading cautiously on imposition of property tax in Jammu and ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215305676/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:07 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215305676/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Pompano Beach -based company of violating the state’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act.The 17-page lawsuit alleges Nationwide failed to complete construction of pools, charged illegal fees and didn’t pay subcontractors, who ended up filing liens on customers’ ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215304393/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:32:30 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215304393/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 But despite the plea of property tycoon Clive Zola Berger his two sons and his reclusive widow are now locked in a High Court battle over the distribution of his £7million ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215303109/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:28:43 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215303109/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 On this episode of Breakfast With Bernie, the Post-Dispatch's Bernie Miklasz discusses the end of Game 6 of the NBA Finals and looks ahead to ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301686/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:59 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301686/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 By Sarah White MADRID, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:39pm EDT MADRID, June 19 (Reuters) - Spain's La Caixa has postponed the planned sale of a portfolio of 12,000 homes, two sources familiar with the deal said, in a sign Spanish banks are still reluctant to cut prices on property assets even after big writedowns. The Caixa sale fell down on price, the sources said. The bank had hoped ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215303110/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:10 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215303110/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Illustration: Liu Rui/GT I guess I was lucky in catching up with the last batch of subsidized housing from a public institute I work for. I remember how I was happily surprised when I heard that my name was on the list for an apartment. I couldn't believe that and called other colleagues immediately to confirm whether it's true. It was in 2006.A few years before that, I had a grievance ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301687/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:31:14 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301687/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Proceedings between Bank of Ireland and former Irish rugby star Frankie Sheahan, as well as his brother Joseph, has opened before the High Court today. The case concerns the right by the bank to appoint a receiver over several properties owned by the Sheahans and their company. The brothers have challenged the validity of BoI's Mortgage Bank's appointment last year of chartered ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301752/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:09:54 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301752/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday: WASHINGTON -- Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m. Eastern. WASHINGTON -- Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m. WASHINGTON -- National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for May, 10 a.m. WASHINGTON -- Conference Board releases leading ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301689/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:57:55 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301689/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz prepares to speak before a parliamentary committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Blair ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301690/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:57:54 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301690/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 (USA Today Sports Images) The legend of Johnny Football almost never came to be, at least at Texas A&M. Johnny Manziel almost transferred out of Texas A&M after his arrest last year, after he was initially suspended by the school for the entire 2012 season. That very interesting piece of news was ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301688/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:57:49 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215301688/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 TheStreet ) -- Housing finance experts are increasingly taking the view that the future of mortgage finance cannot exist without a government ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299117/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:20 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299117/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Professor Maji Marefu had threatened that whoever was responsible for the crime will find the stomach swollen to an extent of not being able to eat anything by five in the evening on Tuesday. During the day, business came to a standstill for more than five hours at the Jua Kali workshop in Kamas area after a person claiming to have lost his property sought the services of the witchdoctor. The ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299278/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:23 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299278/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Rongo 's population has been increasing rapidly as the number of college students and staff grows. But investors are not putting up enough houses and a crisis is in the ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299279/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:19 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299279/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Several major cities in China have submitted their local property tax pilot schemes to the central government, the official China Securities Journal reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. The cities include Beijing, Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province, Nanjing in East China's Jiangsu Province and Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province, ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299280/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:41 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299280/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NWP Services Corporation (NWP), a leading provider of utility cost recovery and management solutions to the multifamily housing industry, today announced successful deployment of a zero-cost automated electronic data interface with Property Solutions Entrata(TM), themultifamily industry's single, openproperty management software platform. This ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299281/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:07:31 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299281/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Almost a quarter of Santa Clara County's property owners are set for a jump in their property tax bills, thanks to this year's boost in the residential real estate market. During the real estate market collapse, 136,000 property owners' residences assessed below their purchase prices, according to the Santa Clara County Assessor's office. The market value of 47,000 of ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299282/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:07:27 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299282/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 A TWO-BEDROOM ONE-BATH ATTIC APARTMENT IN ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299155/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:38 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299155/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 DOVER, N. H. WHAT: A three-bedroom one full and two half-bath house HOW MUCH: $537,900 SIZE: 2,894 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $185.87 SETTING: Dover is a city of about 30,000 at the confluence of several small rivers on New ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299154/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:45:34 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215299154/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 A real estate services company has moved its headquarters from Sharonville to Butler County, and celebrates the opening of the new facility Friday, according to a corporate announcement and township officials. The company is SentriLock LLC, which makes electronic lockbox systems for the real estate industry. SentriLock is a subsidiary owned by National Association of Realtors. The new ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297532/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:55 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297532/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 For the last several years NAR has been making tens of thousands of dollars a year available to state and local associations for smart growth initiatives and so far more than $1 milion has been given away to 265 associations. That dollar amount is noteworthy but what's interesting about the program is what the associations are using the money for. <!– By use of this code ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297531/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:54 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297531/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Captain Forrest Smith of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department said. One man was found dead under the debris. Another worker was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, Smith said. The cause of the collapse was unknown. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone and Gerald E. ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297658/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:14 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297658/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Few things are more tied to a company's identity than its logo. Who isn't familiar with Nike's swoosh or McDonald's golden arches? A good logo helps consumers recognize brands instantly and distinguishes brands from the competition.For these reasons some corporate logos have remained -- at their core -- almost the same for more than a century. Originating in 1876, John Deere ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297659/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:13 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297659/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 One-third of all U.S. kids and teenagers are considered overweight or obese. So it's not a surprise that Minnesota 15-year-old Nate St. Martin's transformation has inspired a strong following online. Nate was 385 pounds when he had his wake-up call at a doctor's visit. Calorie-cutting with meal replacements (like Smart Ones, Weight Watchers) and up to three hours a day of exercise ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297660/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:12 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215297660/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 More than a dozen property owners stormed a meeting of the Pennington County Commissioners on Tuesday in a continuing fight over a tax break for farm properties.Since last month, some property owners have been upset that the commissioners voted to set higher standards for property owners to classify their land as farmland in Pennington County. The board feared that too many non-farmers were ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215295918/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:46:35 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215295918/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Yields in the European commercial property investment market gathered pace in the second quarter of 2008 rising to their highest since 2006, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The real estate firm found that investment volumes are down 63 per cent on the same period in 2007, and that trading volumes fell to €25.6bn in quarter two, which is their lowest since 2003. Prime yields on ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215295919/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:19 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215295919/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Fidelity International’s Real Estate Business is planning to expand into the Continental European market with the opening of a dedicated Fidelity Real Estate Business office in Munich. The new office, which is currently going through its regulatory notifications, will provide a strategic base for Fidelity’s director of European Real Estate, Keith Sutton. From here he will ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215295723/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:54 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215295723/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 (MoneyWatch) The watchword in the real estate world comes in triplicate: location, location, location. That adage can really work against you as a home buyer, particularly in today's seller's market. Homes in the most desirable locations in any city are snapped up within days of going on the market -- and at increasingly high prices. "We're already seeing multiple offers ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215293970/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:26:48 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215293970/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - HealthLease Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (HLP.UN) ("HealthLease" or "the REIT") has agreed to acquire a newly-built, fully leased 100-unit seniors housing and care facility from Mainstreet Property Group, LLC ("Mainstreet"), the asset and property manager for the REIT. The facility is leased on a triple-net basis to Life Care ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292680/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:33:57 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292680/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined a property agent nearly a million pounds for defrauding vulnerable people, the largest-ever fine for a sole trader in the consumer sector. The FCA also banned Gurpreet Singh ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292629/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:26:47 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292629/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Interest rates on home mortgages rose last week to hit their highest level in over a year, sapping demand from potential homeowners, data from an industry group showed on ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292587/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:26:09 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292587/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Whether you've buckled down for the ultimate beach body or just plan to sip pia coladas poolside, the key ingredient for summer is sun. But it's no secret that too much of a good thing can have troubling consequences and the sun is no exception. UVA and UVB rays can increase your risk of skin cancer, skin aging and lead to wrinkling of your body's largest and most visible organ. ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292756/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:08:21 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215292756/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is investing $244-million to become the largest shareholder of one of Greece's top real estate companies.The Toronto-based insurer and investment manager is increasing its position in Eurobank Properties S.A. - a subsidiary of one of Greece's top lenders, Eurobank Ergasias SA - which is focused on commercial real estate and privatizations in the country ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215291728/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:44:47 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215291728/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 PCGG Chairman Andres Bautista. AFP FILE PHOTO/TED ALJIBE MANILA, Philippines -- The Presidential Commission on Good Government turned over P247 million to the treasury this week from the sale of an allegedly ill-gotten Marcos property that was surrendered to the government nearly 30 years ago. PCGG Chairman Andres Bautista said they remitted on Monday the P247.11 million paid by the winning ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215291729/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:50 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215291729/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Los Angeles to the Philippines in January 2011 to engage in sex acts with two 14-year-old boys he met online in 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement Monday. While in the Philippines, Williams allegedly engaged in sex acts with both boys and produced sexually explicit photos of one of the boys. Williams fled the Los Angeles area approximately one week after returning from the ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215291730/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:03:06 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215291730/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Barcelona , your iPhone on the table a few inches from your right hand, when a woman bumps your left arm and spills a drink on you. She apologizes profusely and walks away. A few minutes later, you realize your iPhone has disappeared. Unfortunately, you've just become a statistic, one of thousands of daily victims of "Apple picking," a crime trend aimed at the owners of iPhones ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215290785/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:57:35 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215290785/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Mike Miller at the rim. Miller did his best to challenge the dunk, but Kawhi has a clear athletic edge in that matchup and took full advantage. The resulting posterization is available for your viewing pleasure ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215289847/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:54:38 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215289847/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 The Harper-Jehl plan raises property taxes but not income taxes, while the Crawford plan raises both, but the income tax includes property tax relief. Here’s how the two plans affect other ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288896/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:36 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288896/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 LONDON (Reuters) - British housebuilder Berkeley Group Holdings (BKGH.L) posted a 26 percent rise in full year pretax profit and said its 10-year plan to return 1.7 billion pounds to shareholders was on track. The London-focused developer ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288837/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:07:04 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288837/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Linda Blair starred in the film dramatization, but the real-life story involved a boy (Warner Bros/Everett) Really, though, it doesn't look a day over 20. Director William Friedkin's classic horror film "The Exorcist" had its New York City premiere on June 19, 1973, staking its claim in the pop culture consciousness (with a sledgehammer) and changing the face of horror ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288897/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:49:16 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288897/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Fountainhead Property Trust had appointed former SA Corporate Real Estate Fund managing director Len van Niekerk as its new chief executive with immediate effect, the listed property firm announced yesterday. Fountainhead said Van Niekerk had 16 years’ investment experience, including as a rated property analyst at Standard Bank and as the head of quoted property at Old Mutual Investment ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288104/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:14 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288104/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 In 2012 property economist Erwin Roode made a few waves with his statement that property prices were overvalued by at least 25 percent. At the time a number of those associated with the industry objected to his appraisal with John Loos, FNB home loans strategist, believing that Rode was not using the most accurate period from which to make his deductions. Loos reasoned that Rode based his ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288105/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:07:58 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288105/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Nakheel, one of the biggest property developers in Dubai, choose to make investors at auctions pay to receive the right to bid. A recent auction was held on June 17th for a number of plots and villas in the company's master development in Jumeirah Park.Real or speculative interest in this particular residential development apparently is so propagandize that people do not ask many ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288106/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:59:17 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288106/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Lone Ranger actor had kept quiet about their split -- until now. "The last couple years have been a bit bumpy," Depp tells the magazine. "At times, certainly unpleasant, but that's the nature of breakups, I guess, especially when there are kiddies ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288108/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:12 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288108/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 You're standing before a wall of white in the toilet paper aisle of your local retailer, thinking: How much difference can there really be between brands X,Y and Z? So you go with the cheapest, or the one you know best, only to be reminded later that, actually there's a big difference between good and bad TP. That's plain to see in Consumer Reports' toilet paper Ratings, where ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288107/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:11 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215288107/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 A woman was knocked out after she disturbed two people on her Bay of Plenty property early today. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner said the woman was investigating noises inside her home on a rural property about 1am when she disturbed two offenders. She was assaulted and knocked unconscious. She was taken to Tauranga Hospital and treated for minor ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287214/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:46:20 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287214/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 A total 217 permits for new single-family homes were recorded in Polk County last month, almost doubling the year-ago total of 109, according to county and city building departments.It was the highest monthly sum since June 2008, when Polk had 217 permits. May's total was up from 182 permits in April."New construction has picked up ... we've done a lot better than I thought we ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287215/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:04 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287215/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Watermelon in cookie form. The perfect summer food? Nabisco hopes Oreo purists and non-fans alike will be taking a bag of the new, limited edition fruit-flavored cookies to their next ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287216/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:01 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287216/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 LeBron James had drifted through much of Tuesday night. Confused, perhaps, a little self-doubt starting to creep into him, he looked more like the shell-shocked, ineffective star who lost a season-ending Game 6 to ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287217/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:00 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287217/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Kate Middleton is arguably one of the most recognizable women in the world. So what do you do when you bear a striking resemblance to the gorgeous royal? Find a way to turn it into a buck! That's just what Windsor-born Gabriella Munro-Douglas did, and now she's bringing home the bacon! In an interview with the Daily Mail, the 26-year-old Kate look-alike revealed that she makes a ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287219/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:42:59 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287219/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 DENVER (AP) -- Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed, officials said. Airport spokeswoman Laura Coale reported no damage. Nine flights were diverted elsewhere during a tornado warning that lasted about 40 ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287218/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:42:57 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215287218/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 A lot of dirt has been flying near the Cumberland Avenue strip, and it's just the beginning. City officials met Tuesday evening with local property owners to discuss their vision for the Strip. The meeting focused on form-based coding. The city wants to change the zoning code in the area so that all buildings that redevelop have at least two stories. The city feels it would add to the ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286374/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:22:20 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286374/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Superstorm Sandy , New York City has begun a massive infrastructure relocation. "Sandy revealed that if you have critical infrastructure in the basement anywhere in the City, you're exposed," said John Bartlick, the Director ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286375/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:09:40 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286375/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 US-based global provider of real estate services, Coldwell Banker has announced the launch of its Oman operations, Muscat Daily has reported. The company's operations in the sultanate will provide professional real estate services like residential renting, buying and selling services, commercial renting, market research and property valuation, and property and facility ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286376/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:05:23 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286376/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City real estate company offered to buy the Empire State Building for $2 billion, a written offer showed, significantly below the skyscraper's appraisal price and about three weeks after investors in the iconic building approved a plan to take the tower public in a real-estate investment ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286304/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:00 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286304/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 CNN reports . The California Highway Patrol dispatched a helicopter and a small plane to retrieve them. With winds gusting up to 30 mph and the teenage boys, 16 and 17, perched on a narrow edge of the cliff, the rescue wasn't simple. The rescuers lowered harnesses and barked instructions through a loudspeaker. One at a time, the two teens were brought to safety in a scene that resembled a ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286378/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:35:39 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286378/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 abc.net.au reports. The woman, Leanne Rowe, was involved in a serious car crash eight years ago. While healing from her wounds, including a broken jaw, Rowe began to speak in what sounded like a French accent. At first, doctors and family assumed the injury to her jaw was to blame. But, even now, eight years later, the accent has stuck, according to Reuters. Rowe spoke to Reuters about her ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286377/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:35:38 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286377/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 After what can only be described as a "brutal beating" of their son during a Canadian youth hockey game and the perceived ensuing missteps by authorities, Wes and Julie Major ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286380/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:35:37 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286380/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Click map to enlarge (John Nelson/IDV Solutions) A series of stunning heat maps--created by a man who's probably a little better with Excel than you are--shows the places in America most prone to natural disasters. John Nelson, a mapping manager ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286379/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:35:35 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286379/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 SYDNEY, June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:19pm EDT SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Optimism among Asia's top companies gathered momentum in the second quarter despite lingering concerns about the global economy and rising costs, the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey published on Wednesday showed. The Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Index climbed six ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286322/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:19:13 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215286322/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 China's stocks fell to a six-month low amid speculation the government may introduce more property curbs to contain rising prices and regulators are considering resuming approvals of initial public ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285544/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:53:13 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285544/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 It was just under a year ago when I made the prediction as part of dueling columns with colleague Ron Kantowski. We were asked to take a side on a lingering question within the world of golf. I believed my stance then. I do so even more today. Tiger Woods has now gone five years without winning a major championship -- 1,828 days to be exact -- and remains stuck on No. 14 in his pursuit of ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285545/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:30:53 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285545/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Imagine those lacrosse hits without pads, and one gets a sense of just how brutal prep rugby can be, especially when it's played in the Southern Hemisphere, where ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285546/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:30:49 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285546/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 It's summer, and as much as I love the sunshine, I am doing my best to stay hydrated. Besides central air conditioning, a cool glass of water is my seasonal BFF. A newly discovered water source is making me appreciate those glasses of water in a whole new way. A mile and a half below the Earth's surface, in a zinc and copper mine in Canada, ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285547/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:30:47 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285547/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 The old saying, "Boys will be boys," has never rung so true. How would you feel if you had just returned home at 1:30 a.m. from a two-month trip through Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines wanting nothing more than to sleep in your own bed, only to discover your entire room had been transformed into a pink, princess wonderland equipped with glittery furniture, a dollhouse and unicorn ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285548/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:30:45 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215285548/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority officials cut the ribbon on a new terminal building at Smith Field airport Monday.The new terminal, at 902 ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284648/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:59:41 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284648/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 View Photo Yahoo! News/Dylan Brown/Independent Record - Tabor sits on the television stand inside Michael King's foster parent Walter Ebert's home Saturday. Tabor has been traveling the northwest with King since ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284649/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:24:18 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284649/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 highlight a rather questionable choice of words that Key was reported to have said in announcing his commitment, namely the following: "The academic part, you have to try to fail." Prep Rally reported that quote based on what ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284652/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:24:17 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284652/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Like many soldiers returning home from deployment, Sgt. Dick wanted to make the moment extra special for his family, so he reached out to the Blackhawks to see if they could make it happen. They did. His wife and children were called and invited to the game without being told what was in store for them. Making the moment even more special: just before leaving for the Middle East, Sgt. Dick and ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284651/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:24:16 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284651/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Sure, Henry Cavill is Superman now, but once upon a time he was 'that handsome British dude' (Warner Bros.) Superman walked my dog. Twice. How many people can say that? Back in 2005 I became friends with an extremely handsome restaurant host named Henry. Little did I know it was Henry Cavill, on the cusp of ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284650/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:24:14 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215284650/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 The U.S. fund, Farallon Capital Management picked up a 9.9 percent stake from Tinkler and entities associated with him, taking its holding in Whitehaven to 16.6 percent, it said in a shareholding notice to the Australian stock ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215283439/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:35:16 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215283439/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Penn Township property owners who habitually fail to trim unsightly high grass and weeds could face civil penalties for violating the township's property-maintenance ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215283551/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:36 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215283551/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- A woman says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a theater during a "Beauty and the Beast" performance because the girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she's happy. Samantha Torres, ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215283552/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17:54 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215283552/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Rising home prices in China, which grew at the fastest pace in May this year, makes it difficult for policymakers to loosen monetary policy in a bid to boost growth, which could result in further downside for the economy, say market watchers.The central bank in the world's second largest economy has been facing the challenging task of trying to balance the need to support a slowing economy ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282442/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:37 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282442/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 home prices among cities with populations of more than 250,000 for the year ending March 31. Prices come from Clear Capital, a provider of real estate data and ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282443/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:14:16 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282443/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Associated Press/Dan Steinberg, file - FILE - This Jan. 27, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Blanket Jackson, Paris Jackson, and Prince Michael Jackson at the opening night of the Michael Jackson The ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282444/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:14:07 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282444/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 In a first for the Kansas City area, Missouri state treasurer Clint Zweifel has placed a kiosk at a Raytown driver’s license office to help Missourians track unclaimed ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215281278/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:26 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215281278/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Rising confidence in New Zealand's agricultural sector is having a positive knock-on effect for the rural property market, says the Real Estate Institute of NZ. A total of 512 farms were sold across the country in the three months ended May, which is 10 per cent more than last year and the highest number for a May since 2008. REINZ figures also showed there were 15.6 per cent (69) more farm sales ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282441/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:50:01 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215282441/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against Nationwide Pools and Keith Stuart, who owns the pool-construction company accused of ripping off its customers and leaving their pools ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280628/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:38:52 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280628/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Lone Star Funds, the biggest buyer of delinquent mortgages, is leading the fundraising pack for real estate private equity with a $6 billion target for a pool to buy distressed commercial-property debt and equity. The firm, based ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280097/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:08 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280097/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 willing buyers matched by a big supply of willing sellers. Plus generous, easy-going lenders. Lenders, though still kind of stingy , are loosening the purse strings a bit, and ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280098/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:36 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280098/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A single mother who worked briefly at a northeastern Pennsylvania McDonald's franchise is suing the owners after she said she was given a fee-laden debit card and told that she must use it to access her earnings. A lawyer filed a lawsuit Thursday in Luzerne County on behalf of Natalie Gunshannon and other ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280099/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:35 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280099/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology. The company says the device, at 6.18 mm thick, is the world's slimmest. It has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, designed for taking "selfies", or ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280100/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:34 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280100/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 , the 51-year-old completed the match, but soon complained of a stiff arm and had difficulty speaking. He was driven to a local hospital, where doctors were shocked to see that a 9mm bullet was clearly lodged in his skull. Krtalica was immediately transferred to the department of neurosurgery and the bullet was removed. A hospital spokesman said the operation was a success and he is now in a ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280101/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:33 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215280101/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 The majority of seniors live in conventional housing, as opposed to a senior citizen facility, according to science writer Rachel Adelson, author of "Staying Power: Age-Proof Your Home for Comfort, Safety and Style". Some of the benefits of staying in your own home, or aging in place as it's sometimes called, are: It costs less, keeps you in familiar surroundings and offers greater ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215279730/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:49 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215279730/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:33pm EDT * Fed expected to try to soothe markets over stimulus * Industrial and tech shares rally, 3M at 52-week high * Boeing shares hit 5 1/2-year high * Indexes up: Dow 0.9 pct, S&P 0.8 pct, Nasdaq 0.9 pct By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced for a second straight day on Tuesday as investors bet the Federal Reserve would temper statements ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215279948/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:33:53 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215279948/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 USA A lawsuit filed against the NYPD accuses the city's police of regularly violating the civil rights of Muslims. The suit claims that the NYPD unconstitutionally profiles and intimidates them, thereby discouraging them from practicing their religion. Civil rights lawyers filed the lawsuit in a federal Manhattan ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278667/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:23:45 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278667/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Christchurch, Queenstown and Auckland commercial property market participants are once again the most optimistic about the investment climate. That's the finding of the latest Colliers International commercial property investor confidence survey. Spokesman Alan McMahon says overall, the quarter has seen a slight rise in confidence. "Industrial property investors like the look of the ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278837/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:32 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278837/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 A pre-dawn blast at a natural gas line lit up the eastern Louisiana sky Tuesday, but no injuries or significant property damage were reported, officials said. The explosion occurred about 5:30 a.m. CDT south of Franklinton, the seat of Washington Parish, The (New Orleans) Time Picayune reported. The 30-inch line was quickly shut down and the fire extinguished, said Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:03 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 retirement overseas , I strongly recommend that you plan to rent a place to live rather than buying a home of your own. Renting first wherever you relocate overseas gives you a chance to try the place on for size and to confirm or reconsider. My husband and I have done this for each of our international moves, and, in each case, we've been glad we did. Arriving in Ireland about 15 years ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278839/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:19 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278839/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Miss Utah USA, Marissa Powell, quickly garnered national attention where attention is never wanted. But on Tuesday morning, Powell was given a second chance to answer the question that caught her off guard in the Miss USA pageant this past ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278243/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:22 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215278243/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Barrack sounded bullish across the real estate spectrum. "The supply is so dismal in every category, in every category of home building, in every category of rental," he said. "We bought 13,000 houses. We're renting them in 21 days." Multifamily units were seeing rents higher by 15 percent over the last 12 months, he added. As the rate of foreclosures on approximately 6 ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277601/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:21:40 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277601/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Walton Westphalia Development Corporation (the "Corporation") announced today that it broke ground on the Westphalia property. On June 7, 2013, the Corporation's U.S. affiliate, Walton Westphalia Development (USA), LLC, the operator of the property, received its rough grading permit which allows for the clearing and grading on the ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277602/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:22 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277602/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Photos by Gloria Shuri Nava My boyfriend Ali is 5'10" with friendly blue eyes, a dimpled smile and a fit, muscular body. He's someone you'd expect to see with a really hot, thin woman...not an overweight girl like me. We've been dating for 18 months, and wherever we go--whether we're walking hand in hand through the mall, airport or down the street in his hometown ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277606/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:55 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277606/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:25pm EDT MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - Spanish property developer Bami has filed to begin insolvency proceedings, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of real estate groups and other firms in the recession-hit country to struggle to refinance their debts. Dozens of property firms have collapsed in Spain, where house prices have fallen 40 percent from their ... http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277604/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:25:46 -0400 http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/215277604/scat/d701f9c0b5bae910