Sentences with phrase «sales of houses increased»

While sales of houses increased 3 percent from a year earlier, the sale of 365 Orlando - area condominiums in October increased by about 24 percent during the year - long period.

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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.

* Several factors could lift housing prices: An increase in potential home buyers, fueled by the growing ranks of Millennials — those born between 1980 and the early 2000s — poised to form their own households, combined with a near - historic lack of single - family homes for sale and growing access to mortgage credit.

Private label sales have been exploding at Amazon of late, pushed by increasing sales of Amazon's in - house devices.

«We were particularly encouraged to see fiscal discipline in light of the continued economic uncertainty seen elsewhere in Canada and the world, the establishment of a commission on tax competitiveness to evaluate current taxation instruments like the provincial sales tax, and proposed changes to the property transfer tax to start addressing housing affordability by increasing the exemption threshold and introducing a third tax rate on higher - valued properties.»

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

Increased brand awareness and a bump in beverage sales is a nice side benefit for Red Bull Media House, but at the end of the quarter it's judged by its own bottom line.

When interest rates increase relatively quickly in a short period of time it typically results in a short term increase in the number of sales in the housing market as many buyers rush to buy before the interest guarantee they have with their mortgage pre-approval expires.

More houses are for sale and will be staying on the market longer.The rise in home values will end in 2006 just as the average size of homes is no longer increasing.

Given the rapidly deteriorating economic condition of the U.S., a claim that housing sales continue to increase is simply not credible, with or without the verification provided by the mortgage origination data.

«We are predicting increased sales over the next couple of years as the housing market continues a steady pace of growth, and of course we still have [a] strong oil industry here and construction is picking up,» he said.

Their analysis revealed that the housing markets with the biggest increases in home prices have also experienced significant reductions in the supply of homes for sale.

According to the press release, «ACCC enquiries have revealed evidence that Coles» purpose in reducing the price of its house brand milk was to increase its market share by taking sales from its supermarket competitors including Woolworths.

Since we were the first to introduce single - serve cupcake and muffin containers, our in - house team of experienced engineers continues to push thermoforming design capabilities to make specialty packaging and plastic clamshell containers in a variety of sizes — delivering better presentation, increased sales, and space utilization results.

11:41 - Benefits will continue to be capped, housing supply increased, home ownership increased, sales of high value government land increased, more promotion of Help to Buy, more academies and free schools, more apprentiships, more help with childcare costs, and a bill to prevent modern slavery.

The final night of voting included some mini-drama — Democrats from Westchester fought for a sales tax increase in Yonkers as well as new hotel levies, and chamber leaders took the rare step of calling off a bill during voting because it lacked support — but was mostly spent approving an omnibus bill for outstanding housing and education issues.

The agency also increased the value of the sales tax incentives it granted to developer Mark H. Trammel's Pilgrim Village Associates housing project near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus to $ 2.1 million to reflect rising costs since the board gave its original approval to the incentives in December.

Random House Group UK increased its year - on - year sales and profits and published more than a quarter of all «Sunday Times» bestsellers.

Skip Dye, Vice President Library Marketing and Sales, Penguin Random House, says that increased exposure of the Penguin Random House catalog ensures that customers will be able to access the e-books they're looking for, both in the library and online.

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Global fondleslab sales are levelling out with a smaller percentage point increase in the number of people set to purchase tablets this year than in 2014, according to analyst house Gartner.

It helps develop authors with the ultimate goal of increased book sales and it is backed by distribution muscle on par with New York publishing houses.

Not surprisingly, around the same time that e-reader sales were taking off, we were seeing a real increase in Canadian e-book content ---- from small publishers to some large publishing houses ---- and not just in terms of new titles of bestsellers and genre fiction that are very popular with the format.

The real estate market has one of the highest growth rates in Canada, with house prices and sales increases of over 20 % from 2015 to 2016.

Toronto's housing market is continuing to heat up, with the month of March seeing a 69 % increase in sales over the same period last year, according to Yourhome.ca.

In the 12 months since my last state of the sector address, we've experienced a major financial crisis, a freeze up in the credit markets, a collapse in housing prices and sales, record foreclosures, a painful recession, a huge jump in unemployment, a surge in bankruptcies, and a dramatic increase in the demand for NFCC Member services.

In recognition of the growth in interest, British auction house Bonhams started specialising in contemporary African art in 2007 and saw average prices increase five-fold by 2016 and Sotheby's first - ever Modern and Contemporary Art Sale took place in London in May 2017 and totalled # 2,794,750.

The auction house has also announced its first sale of modern and contemporary African art, to be held in its London saleroom next month (16 May), saying there had been «exponential increase in market demand» for this field over the last decade.

Some analysts said they see an increasing emphasis on private sales among auction houses seeking to improve their margins, though Christie's private sales were down 33 percent for the first half of last year.

This both increases the resale value of your Tiny House as well as its sale - ability.

«However, the Office for Budget Responsibility has pointed out that that a boost in sales to first time buyers due to the SDLT relief may push house prices up — they expect an increase of 0.3 % in 2018.

Most home shoppers can absorb modest increases in mortgage rates, but once rates begin to approach their historic levels, they will eat into housing affordability for buyers and could limit the number of homes for sale as well.

Forced sale of homes, foreclosures and bankruptcies will increase and again build up inventory of housing on the market.

According to an Indian house price index released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on October 24, a sequential increase of 3.8 percent was recorded in property sales in eight of the 10 cities surveyed in the latest quarter.

Front of House Coordinator — Wilson's Steakhouse — 2015 - present • Manage host staff at elegant, 12 - table upscale steakhouse • Arrange reservations received by phone, online or walk - in guests, and schedule tables in an efficient and streamlined manner based on time of day • Greet guests upon entrance and provide menu with brief overview explanation • Train host staff in reservations system, point - of - sale system, and company standards for host expectations and duties • Lead daily staff briefings and monthly staff review meetings, conduct team - building exercises, and complete quarterly performance reviews for host staff members • Coordinate logistics with dining room staff to ensure seamless guest experience • Offer rewards program to guests and explain benefits of membership; increased overall guest memberships by 15 % after six months in the position

Key Accomplishments • Held 5 training workshops on safe food preparation procedures, as part of in - house new employee training initiatives • Developed a diet menu in conjunction by incorporating patrons» feedback, resulting in an increased clientele • Consistently met sales targets by encouraging customers to buy extra food items, such as drinks and sidelines, with their meals • Saved the business $ 23500 by locating a lost POS entry, resulting in obtaining a bonus from the management

Achieved 140 % over quota within the first 2 months of tenure that motivated sales team and increased morale during tough economic and housing times.

Professional Experience United Media — a division of E.W. Scripps (New York, NY) 1988 — 2011 SVP / General Manager — Syndication & Web (2002 — Present) • Outline financial and strategic direction of business operations, directing all aspects of syndication division including sales, editorial, web, customer service, administration and production • Identify, develop and launch unique, valuable IP created by artists, writers and producers, including Dilbert and Big Nate • Negotiate client, talent, licensing and vendor agreements, working closely with in - house and external legal teams • Develop pricing strategies, competitor and market analysis, marketing and business plans for over 200 properties • Manage key talent relationships with IP including Charles Schulz / Peanuts, Scott Adams / Dilbert and Gemstar • Oversee and direct content for first and largest consumer - facing website in industry, comics.com, developing subscription and ad - based models and creating new features including e-commerce, widgets, RSS feeds and animations • Increase revenues, manage expenses, streamline workflows and create team environment to increase productivity, consistently exceeding profitability goals within a declining marketIncrease revenues, manage expenses, streamline workflows and create team environment to increase productivity, consistently exceeding profitability goals within a declining marketincrease productivity, consistently exceeding profitability goals within a declining market segment

Weichert Realtors (Pearland, TX) 2008 Real Estate Associate, Residential Sales • Oversaw purchase and sale of residential real estate property • Directed sales events including open houses resulting in increased sales • Provided administrative support including phones, filing, and other tasks as needed • Delivered excellent customer service ensuring client satisfaSales • Oversaw purchase and sale of residential real estate property • Directed sales events including open houses resulting in increased sales • Provided administrative support including phones, filing, and other tasks as needed • Delivered excellent customer service ensuring client satisfasales events including open houses resulting in increased sales • Provided administrative support including phones, filing, and other tasks as needed • Delivered excellent customer service ensuring client satisfasales • Provided administrative support including phones, filing, and other tasks as needed • Delivered excellent customer service ensuring client satisfaction

This is an increase in the supply by 10 houses over last year at the same time with a decrease in the average sale price over the same period of time.

At the end of April, total housing inventory increased 11.9 % from the previous month to 2.16 million existing homes for sale.

Two factors supporting price increases are the low inventory of homes for sale and the low vacancy rate among owner - occupied housing.

Jonathan Miller, president of the Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers, says appraisers are facing an increasing number of accusations from buyers and brokers that valuations are coming in too low and under the agreed upon sales price in housing markets where prices have jumped rapidly in recent months.

Total housing inventory4 at the end of February increased 3.3 percent to 1.88 million existing homes available for sale, but is still 1.1 percent lower than a year ago (1.90 million).

«The number of houses for sale has increased 35 percent in the last year and prices have dropped between 20 percent and 30 percent,» says Dan Brunell, RE / MAX Meadow Brook.

In addition, NAR is concerned about proposed bulk sales of distressed properties and believes that every effort should be made to increase liquidity for consumers and small investors since bulk sales will likely result in greater losses for taxpayers and have a more negative impact on housing values.

«The strong performance of the 55 + HMI at the end of 2016 is consistent with recent increases in broader measures of the housing market, including new home sales and the NAHB / Wells Fargo HMI,» says NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz.

In the letters, always include some information of value — how to protest property tax increases, what spring maintenance your contacts should consider on their house, recent sales trends.

Total housing inventoryat the end of February increased 3.3 percent to 1.88 million existing homes available for sale, but is still 1.1 percent lower than a year ago (1.90 million).

The white paper, The U.S. Housing Market: Current Conditions and Policy Considerations, calls for increased lending to creditworthy home buyers and more loan modifications, mortgage refinancings, and short sales to reduce the rising inventory of foreclosed homes and help stabilize and revitalize the housing industry; an approach long recommended by NAR to help spur the housing market reHousing Market: Current Conditions and Policy Considerations, calls for increased lending to creditworthy home buyers and more loan modifications, mortgage refinancings, and short sales to reduce the rising inventory of foreclosed homes and help stabilize and revitalize the housing industry; an approach long recommended by NAR to help spur the housing market rehousing industry; an approach long recommended by NAR to help spur the housing market rehousing market recovery.