Sentences with phrase «about affordability as»

Pushback against overly tight credit after the housing crisis, a shrunken proportion of first - time buyers and worry about affordability as home values rose led to some tweaks to guidelines that could ease financing pressures for homebuyers this year.

Not exact matches

Interest rates are stuck at historic lows, so affordability is actually improving as the market cools, though it still takes about 42 % of pre-tax income to cover the typical costs of owning a detached home.

And about economic realities — should the USA be so sensible as to re-direct the $ 10.2 million per day it hands the State of Israel (its military) to purchase more bombs, guns and weaponry to keep the Palestinians at bay and locked in prisons, or chased out of Palestine / Israel to so - called «safe havens», then I will readily agree to talk with anyone about economics and affordability of welcoming more strangers and people fleeing their land and homes.

The Pensions debate as just one piece of the jigsaw is not about affordability it is about increasing employee contributions - OUR contributions so that there is huge scope to reduce the contributions of the employer.

And, it seems, the community's concerns about being priced out of neighborhoods targeted by the de Blasio administration as oases of affordability are not idle: The Wall Street Journal reports that land prices in East New York, named by de Blasio as the first neighborhood that would be studied for denser development, have nearly tripled during the first nine months of 2012, rising from $ 32 per square foot last year to $ 93 per square foot this year.

«These proposed cuts raise some immediate concerns about affordability, as colleges and universities will need to account for decreased funding.

• David Miliband has used a rare intervention in the Commons to dismiss the measure as a «rancid bill» that is «not about fairness or affordability».

Spokesman Ethan Geto said Avery Hall Investments was aware of local concerns about the supermarket and housing affordability, and «has been working in good faith to amend its plans so as to accommodate these and other community concerns to the extent possible while maintaining the viability of the project.»

I LOVE their stuff but as y ’ all know, it's all about affordability here on How 2 Wear It, and quite frankly Free People is not very affordable.

«But the uncertain future of the system - weighted average, as well as radical changes to the fee expectations for Catholic primary schools, means principals and families are increasingly worried about the affordability of Catholic schools in coming years.»

In a ridiculously simplistic, hypothetical scenario where all the variables stay the same year to year, we are not talking about actual cuts in funding but an increasing affordability gap as costs increase and income stays flat.

To be perfectly honest with you, as the ease and affordability of a blog tour lost its shine, I developed mixed feelings about blog tours.

A nationwide survey of about 24,000 renters found that 80 % of millennial renters plan to eventually buy a house, but 72 % cite affordability as their primary obstacle.

And once rates hit about 5.5 percent, according to the panel, rising rates may impact not only affordability for new buyers, but also the ability or desire of current homeowners to list their home for sale and move into a new one, a phenomenon known as «mortgage rate lock in.»

As we noted in the preamble to the 2011 Prior Rule, an educational program generating large numbers of borrowers in financial distress raises troubling questions about the affordability of those debts.

Now, policy makers are looking to tap the brakes on the housing booms in massive markets such as Vancouver and Toronto, in response to deep concerns about dangerously high mortgage debt loads and fast - evaporating affordability.

The bank pre-approved us for $ 450k (and actually told us we could easily get more) and we decided to go with about 75 % to 80 % of that number as our «real» affordability.

We can do something about the affordability gap and exceed our obligations as veterinarians.»

Jenny Dubnau of the Artists Studio Affordability Project (ASAP) spoke about the importance of passing the Small Business Survival Act, which would assist artists in lease renewal arbitration as well as allow them to receive longer - term leases.

enrolled in Citi Bike's affordability program by increasing marketing and offering an installment payment plan; providing funding for Bay Area nonprofits to spread the word about its own affordability program and to empower communities in station - siting plans as we prepare to expand the region's bike share tenfold; launching campaigns like #WomenWhoBike to help close the gender gap in cycling; or working with community organizations to recruit staff from historically underrepresented groups, we are working tirelessly to foster a more equitable future.

Whether we are doubling the number of people enrolled in Citi Bike's affordability program by increasing marketing and offering an installment payment plan; providing funding for Bay Area nonprofits to spread the word about its own affordability program and to empower communities in station - siting plans as we prepare to expand the region's bike share tenfold; launching campaigns like #WomenWhoBike to help close the gender gap in cycling; or working with community organizations to recruit staff from historically underrepresented groups, we are working tirelessly to foster a more equitable future.

«Let's talk about affordability, reliability and emissions reduction, as opposed to having some secondary target about just having more renewables, which might deny you all three,» Mr Mackenzie said.

Q: Is there anything else you'd like to address about some of the topics from the Twitter chat, such as affordability, gentrification, policing, and profiling?

The EU layer of public service regulation further adds to this complexity as it interacts in many different ways with the national legal frameworks in this field: EU law may structure national legal norms, coordinate the provision of services between the Member States, bring about minimal or maximal standards (e.g. pertaining to quality, ubiquity or affordability of the services provided), comprise detailed regulation or even set prices for the provision of public services as in the case of mobile roaming tariffs.

Furthermore, when we talk about the «system» I feel like we talk too much about the specific Rules of Court as if there were amendments thereto that could substantially help with affordability.

And because life insurance is no longer just about lump sum payout — it's evolved to include such things as «living insurance» or monthly payouts — you need to strike the right balance between cover and affordability.

The report «breaks down the question of housing affordability, distilling complex information about the GTA housing market, as well as the policies and economic issues that impact the wider Greater Golden Horseshoe region, into digestible language,» says the board.

The comprehensive manual provides answers to just about any question a REALTOR ® or REALTOR ® Association staffer may have regarding flood insurance, ranging from how condos are treated to rate tables as revised by the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act enacted earlier this year...

In this video, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun talks about the factors that led to the decline in existing - home sales in September: summer sales were stronger than usual, affordability is at a five - year low, income is not rising at the same rate as home prices, and interest rates are going up.

The majority of those surveyed in the report have «great» or «substantial» anxiety about housing affordability as a result of the new administration — eased only if policies deliver benefits like protections from mortgage and / or rent increases, secure employment and «stable» property taxes.

I do nt know much about them, but di agree to meet with the branch manager in the next couple weeks to discuss their offerings as they operate in 15 states, and we are looking to expand massively in larger multi-family outside of this area (for a number of reasons, like taxes, affordability, scalability, Im thinking of retiring in the next couple years - before Im 55!).

«As these large MSAs like Austin and San Antonio continue to fuse together, it's becoming increasingly important for our local and state leaders to think about housing development and affordability from a regional perspective.

As the president of CAR, my goals center around raising awareness about housing - related issues, property rights for owners, and affordability at all levels.

Multi-family residential in major cities is seen as a promising opportunity, as demand is projected to stay strong thanks to immigration and affordability concerns about single - family housing.

Now, as the housing market continues to recover, questions about homebuying affordability are beginning to creep back into the public discussion.