Sentences with phrase «lower houses as»

Also indicated is the majority party of the state legislatures» upper and lower houses as well as U.S. Senate representation.

As a result Liberal Democrat peers have described amendments whipped by their colleagues in the lower house as an «elephant trap» and a «blunderbuss approach», the Tories point out.

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U.S. indexes were mainly lower as traders also took in data showing stronger house prices along with a dip in consumer confidence.

But as the recovery picks up in housing, pushing prices higher and cap rates lower, real estate funds are getting increasingly creative in their quests for attractive returns.

In many cases, rural households don't have the necessary speeds to stream high - definition video or they're saddled with low monthly usage caps that don't play well with the heavy bandwidth demands that HD content such as House of Cards have.

The Single - Family Affordable Solar Housing Program (SASH) and the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing Program (MASH) were launched in 2009 as the country's first statewide low - income solar programs, offering rebates and incentives for installation.

Pretty much from his first statements as governor in 2013 — that's about $ 100,000 ago in real estate appreciation terms — through to last week when the bank released its latest financial system review, Poloz has walked a tightrope between admitting that elevated house prices and debt levels pose a risk to the economy, and assuring Canadians that the likelihood of a crash is actually pretty low.

While the fate of borrowers and the housing market are concerns for the future, there are already people suffering today as a result of low interest rates: savers and retirees.

Deals in the secondary market, as represented by Midland's 35 key housing estates, hit a low of 41 per week, 40 per cent fewer than in the first quarter of 2003 during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.

But the corporate is almost twice Trump's target of 15 %, and well above the low - 20 % range that's been mentioned as most likely by the current House leadership.

As it stands, the fundamentals underpinning housing markets in Vancouver and Toronto remain strong — local economies are growing, immigration is robust and interest rates are low.

The Conservatives could get away with this as long as the Canadian economy fared better than the rest of the world, with relatively low unemployment, relatively high wages and no sign of the housing market crash that doomsayers» predicted.

As the demand for housing has grown to far exceed the existing supply, many urban neighborhoods that have long served as a home for mostly low - and moderate - income households are now seeing an influx of higher - income households; in other words, they are experiencing gentrificatioAs the demand for housing has grown to far exceed the existing supply, many urban neighborhoods that have long served as a home for mostly low - and moderate - income households are now seeing an influx of higher - income households; in other words, they are experiencing gentrificatioas a home for mostly low - and moderate - income households are now seeing an influx of higher - income households; in other words, they are experiencing gentrification.

As far as the goal of reducing displacement, the Furman Center points to strategies such as rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuAs far as the goal of reducing displacement, the Furman Center points to strategies such as rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuas the goal of reducing displacement, the Furman Center points to strategies such as rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuas rent regulation programs, or policies that give low - income families prioritized preference for subsidized housing as helpfuas helpful.

As he explained in an interview last week, he saw that Xirrus, a commercial Wi - Fi firm based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., had a presence in schools and universities but needed to expand its markets and selectively outsource activities previously done in - house to lower costs.

As a result, Rascoff said, home prices shoot up, leaving minimal inventory at the middle and low end of the housing market — and causing many millennials end up renting into their 30s.

As you consider whether to buy a house, it helps to get your credit card balance down as low as possible and to examine consolidating your debts into lower monthly paymentAs you consider whether to buy a house, it helps to get your credit card balance down as low as possible and to examine consolidating your debts into lower monthly paymentas low as possible and to examine consolidating your debts into lower monthly paymentas possible and to examine consolidating your debts into lower monthly payments.

Online brokerages, such as Ameritrade and E-Trade, were born in the»90s as innovative upstarts, offering low - cost alternatives to traditional brokerage houses.

WPP was particularly hit by the lower spending from consumer goods groups such as Unilever and P&G, the trend of some clients to create marketing in house and by the upheaval sparked by the growth of Google and Facebook who can help clients to cut out the middle - man of the advertising groups.

Co-founded by a pre-Loblaw Galen Weston Jr., the Spoke was actually modelled on Soho House as a low - key hub for Toronto's creative class.

The housing prices were as unrealistically low in 2011 as they were high in 2006.

It has the second - lowest average healthcare expense at $ 5,200 per year, as well as the 10th - lowest average housing cost at $ 9,300 per year.

Mortgage payments as a percentage of income (MPPI) rose 0.6 points, as a 6.6 % increase in house prices outweighed lower mortgage rates and a higher average median income.

No other house specialty scored as low.

The increased availability of credit to lower income borrowers and the sharp rise in housing values contributed to the rise of consumption as a share of GDP and the decline of the personal saving rate3 (Chart 7).

The White House and Congress has been evaluating whether to reduce the pre-tax 401 (k) contribution limit to potentially as low as $ 2,400 from $ 18,000.

Given the surge in demand for housing driven by Millennials and the historically low availability of homes for sale, investors could consider single - family rental REITs, as well as multifamily REITs.

While many are skeptical about whether or not this tax was the right policy tool, an influx of foreign investment capital, as seen in the Lower Mainland and other urban centres, does contribute to skyrocketing housing prices.

The bricks, which are life - sized interlocking LEGO blocks, will be sold as kits for weekend projects and as material for low - cost housing.

In the mad scramble for loan creation during the final phase of the Housing Bubble, the government created an environment of essentially free money by allowing the big agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (or Phony and Fraudie, as I often affectionately refer to them), to securitize loans to the bottom of the barrel risks with crazy terms like no money down and incredibly low «teaser» interest rates.

We may very well see a rally, or we may see conditions turn very ugly, particularly with new breakdowns in the U.S. dollar, the Dow (now below its July low), the Value Line, and consumer sensitive industry groups such as autos, retail and housing.

As was documented by The American Prospect in April, the Trump Organization has repeatedly benefited from federal funding; for example, Trump owns part of a low - income housing development in Brooklyn that has received numerous grants from HUD (and that the president once called «one of the best investments I ever made»).

The CLC wants Canada Mortgage and Housing to re-finance distressed Canadian home mortgages at lower rates, dismissing the view that Canada is not experiencing a housing bubble as Housing to re-finance distressed Canadian home mortgages at lower rates, dismissing the view that Canada is not experiencing a housing bubble as housing bubble as a myth.

The White House wants to reduce what it maintains is the United States» trade deficit with the 28 - member European Union and is seeking concessions, such as lower tariffs on American cars sold here.

In a bit of a surprise, he said he is not as yet convinced the recent cooling in housing activity in Canada, and slowdown in credit accumulation, represents a fundamental shift, indicating he remains concerned about the downside risk of keeping rates low for a very long time.

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Relatively low interest rates have helped the economy overall as well as the housing and stock markets.

Borrowing costs have never been this low, Canadians have never been as indebted and the nation's economy has never been so reliant on consumption and housing.

We used a placeholder of $ 100 billion, which is close to either the Tax Policy Center's estimate of switching to a territorial system as part of the House GOP tax plan or the Joint Committee on Taxation's estimate of a voluntary repatriation holiday (though a permanently lower rate would be more expensive).

Obama cited statistics released the same day in the White House's new report from his Council of Economic Advisers which show that conflicts likely lead, on average, to 1 percentage point lower annual returns on retirement savings as well as $ 17 billion of losses every year for working and middle - class families.

We account for the projected size and earnings of the expanded workforce, as well as the amount of new housing that each city is expected to produce, and we adjust our model's input variables to develop high - and low - range estimates.

Then, i will drive my new car until it no longer runs while putting all of my income (other than my house payments and basic food / budgeted expenses) into long term undervalued stocks with low P / E ratios and growth potential, and most importantly not ever taking that money out of the market — even after market declines, and making sure to match the maximum that my employer contributes into my roth IRA (as that is free money I would be a fool to pass up).

At one extreme, some places with low housing costs might appear to be very affordable, but incomes might also be much lower than elsewhere; at the other extreme, some places that appear to be extremely expensive when looking at prices, might be more manageable as a result of relatively high wages and salaries.

The House plan would lower the maximum pass - through rate to 25 percent, but a host of small and medium businesses — including service providers such as doctors, lawyers, dentists, architects and accountants — would be blocked from obtaining any benefit.

The House plan initially had a very complex rule that only allowed 30 percent of small business income to be taxed at the lower rate of 25 percent with the rest of the business income taxed at the business owner's individual income tax rate, which could be as high as 39.6 percent.

At the center of the dispute is the House plan to lower the tax rate for some firms that take advantage of a provision known as the pass - through rate.

The Trump administration wants the lower rate to begin next year because the White House believes that would help boost growth, but the Senate needed to find savings somewhere to make the bill comply with a Senate accounting rule known as the Byrd Rule.

And, despite historically low interest rates, affordability measures such as the RBC Housing Affordability Index, which measures home ownership costs as a percentage of household income, remain stubbornly high.

However, it's fair to say that if the corporate tax rate is lowered from 35 % to 20 % as both the House and Senate tax proposals are calling for, the company could see its after - tax profits soar.

* Cities are ranked from highest to lowest student loan & housing costs as a percentage of monthly income (i.e. highest to lowest student loan and housing costs burden).