Sentences with phrase «of higher estate»

One might want to argue in favour of higher estate taxes but I do not hear arguments in favour of abolishing the practice of writing wills that leave one's estate, minus taxes, debts and other prior obligations.

If you are considering buying VUL insurance, you also need to be clear about your future goals, such as providing income to a spouse, taking care of high estate taxes or having a comfortable retirement.

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• Prospect Partners recapitalized Bland Landscaping Company Inc, an Apex, N.C. - based provider of landscape design, installation, enhancement and maintenance services for commercial properties and high - end residential estates.

The decline is noteworthy because you'd think the stars were aligned for a boom in the construction of dream homes: the economy has been churning out jobs steadily for a year, real - estate prices are high, and interest rates are low.

In early 2004, as American house prices roared higher and there came dire warnings from some quarters about the existence of a bubble — accompanied, of course, by strident denials from banks, most economists and the mortgage and real estate industries — Ben Bernanke (then still a governor before he became Fed chairman) addressed the problem of what to tell the American people.

They can also push retirees into higher tax brackets — especially when a spouse dies and their income transfers to the surviving spouse, or the surviving spouse dies and all of the estate becomes taxable in the year of death.

Developers are flocking to the region attracted by the high margins still on offer for major real estate projects, with most developments attracting a return of between 10 - 40 %.

It was hailed as one of the most high - tech firms in real estate with every agent carrying a Blackberry or palm pilot.

The tighter mortgage lending rules, which make it harder for home buyers to qualify for uninsured mortgages, are also shrinking the pool of qualified buyers for higher - priced homes, said Gregory Klump, chief economist of the Canadian Real Estate Association.

Credit remains historically tight, but the logic of higher prices and increased demand is impossible for builders and real estate lenders to ignore forever.

If you're starting a retail business, the West Side of Los Angeles, is typically the most high demand area, says Richard Rizika, an executive vice president for retail at Los Angeles - based commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis.

That's a big tax hit for real estate companies, but especially so for First Capital, given many of its assets are in urban markets, which have some of the highest property tax rates in the world.

And when you look at Queen Anne from the high - rise of this conference room, you can see this landscape of hundreds of houses, and we said: «Every other real - estate site focuses on what's for sale.

There's no shortage of luxury real estate in Miami, and the inventory got even higher in 2017 with 4.4 percent increase in the number of million - dollar homes for sale.

It's a grand tourer designed to eat up large amounts of real estate at very high speeds while cocooning its occupants in absolute luxury.

The economic slowdown that still grips much of the globe is keeping a damper on many industries — the moguls heavily invested in commodities or energy were more likely to be laggards this year — but telecom, real estate and consumer staples performed well and pushed many members» net worth higher.

Twelve years back, I didn't have the kind of high - end real estate salespeople who attracted multimillion - dollar listings or customers.

That concern could be a long term investment opportunity, such as taking advantage of high pollution in China, according to LaSalle Investment Management, a $ 47.6 billion real estate investment firm.

Those funds are, of course, among NYC real estate's largest investors and have poured money into such high - profile sites as 787 Seventh Avenue, Hudson Yards and the condo - hotel formerly called Trump SoHo.

And as for the high - end real estate market, well, most of those Microsoft millionaires you hear about may be rich only on paper, but as far as lenders are concerned, stock options make dandy collateral.

MacBeth turned his attention to real estate after a growing number of his clients, mostly high - net - worth baby boomers, began buying second homes and investment properties.

So we're talking to globe - trotters in all of our luxury fields — food, wine, fashion, cars, real estate — to learn about their high - end tips and off - the - wall experiences.

After decades of attempting to entice real estate and business investments, as well as a resident base with higher taxable income... cities now find themselves with a significant amount of all three.

Tutoring franchise CEO Hao Lam from Vietnam and brothers Edi and Etrit Demaj from Kosovo — who launched a number of high - tech real estate enterprises in the Detroit area — did more than just risk their careers to get where they are; they risked their lives.

Rising home prices and increased demand for high - end real estate has effectively raised the threshold of luxury to at least $ 5 million.

The commercial - real - estate firm CoStar estimates that nearly a quarter of malls in the US, or roughly 310 of the nation's 1,300 shopping malls, are at high risk of losing an anchor store.

The simplest reason is to dodge an undesirable asset like a piece of real estate that could cost you more than you'd net by selling it (say, because of high property taxes or required repairs), or an asset that comes with strings attached (such as care of the deceased's pet or a requirement to marry).

The industry in North America has high fragmentation and has low barriers to entry, but ACT enjoys one of the strongest positions, enhanced by the brand equity of its banners, the quality of its real estate, and efficiencies stemming from the breadth of its operations.

2009: The New York Times reports than McAfee's personal fortune, much of which was tied up in real estate and stocks, has fallen to about $ 4 million from a high of $ 100 million.

As a perverse reward for its rapid growth and heavy infrastructure investment, China is starting to face some of the trials of mature economies: a stagnant workforce, a real estate bubble, and high local government debt levels.

It offered a high volume of people, access to big press outlets, tourist traffic, millions of food - centric locals and plenty of vacant real estate available to open new locations.

Estate taxes, which currently can reach 55 % or higher in some states, can kill even the most promising of fast - growing businesses by forcing heirs to sell prematurely to meet tax liabilities.

For example, people who have careers that call for moving frequently to other locations may be better off renting because the high transaction costs of buying and selling real estate can eat up gains.

The ranks of the ultrawealthy are growing fast, and their money is driving up high - end real estate prices.

In January, concessions like a month of free rent and brand - new appliances rose to a record high in both Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to the real - estate appraiser Douglas Elliman.

CNBC's Robert Frank takes a look at the state of Manhattan real estate, which saw sale prices in high - end luxury apartments drop 21 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017.

«I'll admit that real estate is prone to the same kinds of highs and lows that stocks are, but I've always done great during downturns because I understand this business and what makes projects profitable,» notes Barry Shames, CEO of $ 15 - million Shames Construction Co., in Livermore, Calif..

That way you can be certain that its assets or insurance will cover estate taxes, which can be as high as 60 % of assets when an estate passes to anyone other than a spouse.

The signs of a classic bubble, such as a run - up in real estate speculation and oversupply, are also absent, and even though home prices are high, there is no reason to think they'll plummet.

THE hydrocarbon prospective San Joaquin Basin in the United States continues to figure high on the exploration schedule of Victoria Petroleum NL, which holds a 63.3 per cent direct and indirect stake in the California hydrocarbon real estate.

He has already begun distributing billions of his fortune to his family as part of his estate planning, otherwise his net worth would be significantly higher.

«They may not share information [about their estate], because they think it might negatively impact their child's work ethic or because of confidentiality — if they think their children might talk about it with their friends or other family members,» said Connie Torabian, senior vice president and market trust director for U.S. Trust, who works exclusively with high - net - worth clients.

Housing sales are reported to have hit a five year high, with related increases in the value of properties, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

A carry trade is typically based on borrowing in a low - interest rate currency and converting the borrowed amount into another currency, with proceeds placed on deposit in the second currency if it offers a higher rate of interest or deploying proceeds into assets — such as stocks, commodities, bonds, or real estate — that are denominated in the second currency.

For 2018, he's most interested in arbitraging the lower property valuations and higher net rental yields in the heartland of America through RealtyShares, one of the largest real estate crowdfunding platforms based in SF.

Benefits — Each family / real estate investor keeps average $ 600 / mo for 2 yrs, real estate in all major metropolitans will have a traded price, increase buying power of low income high credit citizens, stimulate real estate investment by making it easier for investors to cash flow a rental property, reduce home inventory, the increase home values and liquidity provides incentive to put the $ X trillion in capital currently on the sidelines back to work and mortgage prepayments will increase capital availability.

He sold his SF rental home for 30X annual gross rent in 2017 and reinvested $ 500,000 of the proceeds in real estate crowdfunding for potentially higher returns.

«Foreign capital remains active in its pursuit of high - quality hotel brand and real estate investments,» David Loeb, a senior lodging analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., said in a research note Monday.

Sen. Chuck Grassley argued in an interview published Sunday that getting rid of the estate tax, which applies to about 5,000 largely high - income Americans, would reward those who invest, rather than those who spend their money on «booze or women or movies.»

The move positions the real estate giant to lead the entry of high - end U.S. retail chains into Canada.