Sentences with phrase «sought better terms»

People refinance their home loans for a variety of reasons including securing a lower interest rate, changing from an adjustable - rate to a fixed - rate mortgage, shortening or lengthening the term of the loan, debt consolidation, home renovations, and to seek better terms.

Seek better terms in general.

Not exact matches

But Macron, at his first EU summit, said being an attractive destination for investment did not mean exposing Europe to what he termed «the disorder of globalisation», as he seeks to make good on a campaign pledge with a so - called protective Europe.

Seek to build a track record and relationship with your lender that can eventually lead to better products, terms, and rates.»

Through mistakes and many lessons, I've learned that remembering these seven things can help you seek out and attract the best influencers to become long - term advocates for your brand:

Because there's much more money out there than there are good deals, some venture firms these days throw down a term sheet almost right away, seeking to lock up a deal for 30 days of due diligence, James explains.

But he defended the deal as «excellent» for Canada in the long - term, and one that would be good for families looking for cheaper products and business seeking new opportunities in a huge market.

This raises the bar in terms of consumer awareness when they're installing software, better awareness about what that software will do, and greater disclosure requirements on the part of businesses seeking to install those programs.»

Naples also seeks to educate Millennials about Modern Portfolio Theory and the importance of consistent contributions in a tax - free environment, as well as diversification and rebalancing concepts to smooth long - term returns through bear and bull markets.

Though the Near - Term Tax Free Fund seeks minimal fluctuations in share price, it is subject to the risk that the credit quality of a portfolio holding could decline, as well as risk related to changes in the economic conditions of a state, region or issuer.

If you are confident in your ability to repay your loans over your given repayment term and are seeking to maximize savings, and you also have a good credit score and healthy income, refinancing your federal loans could be a wise option.

seeks to find stocks that have good value and good momentum characteristics and typically targets capital appreciation potential over a longer - term horizon

According to Morningstar, ETFs are the best choice for investors who are seeking cost - effective methods of investing large amounts of money that they are planning to hold over the long term.

The Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio seeks to find stocks that have good value and good momentum characteristics and typically targets capital appreciation potential over a longer - term horizon.

If you're a well - established business seeking a competitive rate and flexible terms, a business loan could be a good fit for you.

And I have to give a shout out to Austin, Texas, which is fighting well above its weight, being ranked # 35 in terms of population and # 6 in terms of the number of women - led businesses seeking equity crowdfunding.

SPTL charges a competitive fee and tracks its index well, making it a strong option for investors seeking exposure to long - term US Treasurys.

Prices are holding up in niche and highly sought after areas as well as for best - in - class properties yet gradually softening in other categories,» says Black, noting that the short - term outlook remains consistent with that diagnosis.

Unlike consolidation, though, student loan refinancing allows the borrower to seek better interest rates and repayment terms, reducing both monthly payments and the total repayment amount of student debt.

Driven by haste or self - seeking, we frequently confuse the short - term advantage with the ultimate good.

As I have read, ruminated, and wrestled with this I see the trend of Original Sin — that compulsion to seek godliness on our terms & not God's — evidenced in the history of secular humanity and borne by believers, the faithful as well as heterodox, into the congregation.

The book of Jeremiah tells the story of God using the prophet to instruct the Jews in Babylon not to hate or ignore the pagan city, but to become long - term residents, to exercise good will toward it through prayer, and to seek its peace and prosperity.

Especially in the latter case but also in the former, however, it's not typical for whole neighborhoods to be targeted in fraudulent cases, as that is (a) a lot riskier than doing something to your own property both in terms of getting caught in the first place as well as the penalties you will incur, (b) makes you at most part of something apparently bigger and denies the fraudster of the unique victimhood they seek and (c) in the case of insurance fraud, involves damaging things you can't collect on.

And he believed that if we seek one all - embracing term for the full range of religious emotions, we will find it only in the «feeling of dependence,» of which each religious response to nature is, so to say, a concrete individuation: fear of death, gloom when the weather is bad, joy when it is good and so on.

We must no longer seek to organize the world in favor of, and in terms of, the isolated individual; we must try to combine all things for the perfection («personalization») of the individual by his well - ordered integration with the unified group in which Mankind must eventually culminate, both organically and spiritually.

The exaltation of Moses» faith is to be sought in other directions, specifically that the God whom he taught was good (vague as the term must remain) and that in establishing close relations with the Hebrew people he made certain high demands upon their conduct.

He and his many devoted followers on the left would do well to think through more thoroughly and take to heart more fully the eloquent strictures about the need for engaged social criticism — criticism that first seeks to understand people on their own terms and in light of their own standards — that Walzer has woven into his voluminous writings.

But then Justin learns that Paul was using the Greek word agape, a term that connotes selfless, unconditional, sacrificial love, the kind that seeks others» good before one's own.

Our churches serve her and others like her best if they seek to reclaim «Christian marriage» as an institution into which we enter but whose terms we do not define.

If we view economic development in terms of its contribution to the health and well being of human communities and natural ecosystems, we will not seek increased production as such as the good in itself.

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

Hindu nationalism, which is alive and well in India today, is concertedly engaged in the assignment of absorbing minorities into its ideology, Driven by the ideology of Hindutva — a term coined by V. D. Sarvarkar10 which has always advocated a comprehensive project involving the coming together of culture, society, and politics, it seeks to fuse all the distinct particularities and differences of religious minorities (Muslims and Christians) and ethnocultural minorities (Dalits and Adivasis) into its Brahmanic construction of an Indian nation.

Furthermore, there is a centrist political pull that seeks to draw nations together within a new political order or geo - political system, defined not in terms of national sovereignty or cultural identity but in terms of the economic well - being and styles of life of certain powerful nations.

In a world in which we inevitably suffer from illness and disease, in which many fear that they will also suffer from the technological expertise of their caregivers, and in which some therefore seek death on their own terms and at a time of their own choosing, it is good to be reminded that affliction by itself does not necessarily produce good character.

Now anyone who seeks to understand personal identity in terms of behavioral habits quickly encounters two well - known objections.

We must begin by using less particularized terms; and, since one of the duties of the science of religions is to keep religion in connection with the rest of science, we shall do well to seek first of all a way of describing the «more,» which psychologists may also recognize as real.

Well - known and highly recognised chilled food manufacturer supplying the major retailers seeks an Interim NPD Technologist for a short term contract.

For example, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority and Basin states will be seeking local input on the identification of state and Basin - scale annual priorities, as well as on the development of the Basin - wide environmental watering strategy and long - term environmental watering plans.

«We have sought the best Constitutional legal advice in the country and, certainly in terms of the Constitutional law of this country, it fits within that law,» he said.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

He has shared the central role with Alvaro Morata this term, and a striker of his capabilities could be looking to leave in order to play more regularly, as well as seek one final pay - day, having turned 29 in December.

Still only 31, there is time for Kaka to find his best form again, and he could be the ideal short - term solution for David Moyes at the moment as he seeks a new playmaker to replace the recently - retired Paul Scholes.

Liverpool have conceded 44 Premier League goals this term, six other teams have let in less including Crystal Palace, so one can well see why Rodgers would seek to shore up his defence.

George Osborne has already indicated that a future Conservative government would seek to remove housing benefit for the under - 25s, hinting at a long - term, transformative plan to reduce state welfare to a bare minimum, well below the standards recommended by Beveridge.

Seeking his fourth term, the senator is well - known for trying to regularly visit all 62 of the state's counties at least once every year.

«(The Times is) not recognizing, necessarily, the steps that he has to carefully go through to bring together evidence in a very high - profile case such as this and that speed isn't always the best thing for any of the parties in terms of seeking justice,» said Vacco.

Democratic Sen. Marc Panepinto of Buffalo abruptly announced this year he would not seek another term in the chamber, at the time citing a «personnel matter» as well as allegations of sexual misconduct.

Cuomo, who is seeking third term this year, received the nods from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, a top Cuomo ally who as once considered a challenger to Cuomo rival Mayor Bill de Blasio, as well as Reps. Nydia Velázquez, Jose Serrano and Assemblyman Marcos Crespo.

President Fernandez - Kirchner is likely to seek a second term in «La Casa Rosada» and is likely to reach for a comforting and well - used political crutch in the run up to polling day to help rally support for her re-election - the «Malvinas» question.

Linda Rosenthal, Assembly District 67, Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen (Incumbent)-- Running for her fifth term in the Assembly, Rosenthal has sponsored legislation that would allow prosecutors to seek enhanced penalties against repeat dangerous and reckless drivers, as well as legislation regarding the misguided «rule of two» that would hold drivers accountable for their actions in crashes that injure or kill.