Sentences with phrase «increasingly large homes»

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The low cost of capital, over the same period, did not help business investments either; they increased at an average annual rate of 0.8 percent because the poor sales outlook at home did not require large expansions of production capacities, and exports were increasingly sourced from overseas factory outlets.

For the most part, the aging demographic prefers larger, well - appointed homes in tony neighbourhoods, but is also increasingly purchasing luxury condos in major cities such as Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal.

Speaking at Tmall's Super Kitchen event, an offline expo of home goods held by Alibaba Group's business - to - consumer site, Stewart said she saw an opportunity to expand her brand into the world's second largest economy as rising incomes in the middle class there were increasingly being spent on lifestyle and experiential purchases rather than staple goods.

Demographics trends also increasingly favor homeownership, as members of the large millennial generation are entering their early to mid 30s, when people typically marry, have children and purchase their first home.

The middle classes felt better as their sat on homes worth increasingly large sums — but what about the new generation?

«The need to educate customers about the nutritional content of restaurant foods is acute because consumers increasingly eat away from home, restaurants serve large portions of energy - dense and high - sodium foods, and obesity and the prevalence of other diet - related diseases are high,» according to lead researcher Amy Auchincloss, PhD, MPH, of the Drexel University School of Public Health.

With DVD sales flattening out in the past couple of years, Blu - ray is where the growth is, and the home theater boom in increasingly larger and sharper widescreen monitors and more powerful sound systems, we've reached the point where general consumers can see the difference.

In Canada, home ownership is playing an increasingly large role in determining how wealthy we are — thanks to our seemingly bubble - proof housing boom.

Now more than ever, these types of loans are increasingly difficult to obtain, due in large part to the plunge in home prices during the recession.

Other far - flung locations in this Talent in Texas show reflect art - making's increasingly migratory character, such as rural Maine — see Keliy Anderson - Staley's fascinating Off the Grid series depicting the homes of families living without plumbing or electricity — and Venezuela, where Miguel Amat shot his hauntingly ambiguous large - format photographs of dams used not just to generate electricity to «contain» the leisure activities of low - and middle - income local tourists who lack international travel options.

Canada is home to over 1 million lakes and one of the largest freshwater supplies in the entire world, but scientists are discovering that these vast freshwater resources, and the ecosystems they support, are increasingly at risk due to the effects of climate change.

The Sabangau rainforest is home to the world's largest populations of orangutans and Southern Bornean gibbons, but places like this are increasingly under threat across southeast Asia from conversion to oil palm, a crop that's used to produce biofuels for foreign markets like Europe.

Moreover the republic is growing and becoming more developed at an increasingly large amount, sooner or later many of the Armenian diaspora (which outnumber those living in the former Armenian SSR) will want to return home.

400 and restored GO Train services, Barrie is increasingly home to a large population of commuters.

The contrast Kristof describes rings true in Texas, but the state is also making increasingly large investments in evidence - based home visiting as a strategy for improving child health and school readiness outcomes among the state's highest need families.

What's new is that the gap has grown increasingly larger, to a point where ready and eager buyers are being easily blocked from entering the market, fuelling frustration and forcing them to evolve mechanisms to cope with the lack of homes.

As Millennials begin to enter the home buying market in larger numbers, homes will get a little smaller, laundry rooms will be essential, and home technology will become increasingly prevalent, says panelists during an International Builders» Show press conference on home trends and Millennials» home preferences held last week.

But in a world where homeowners who can qualify for a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage are increasingly tech - savvy, developing a clear virtual and over-the-phone origination strategy is becoming increasingly important for small and large lenders alike.