Sentences with phrase «spent showing houses»

My weekends were almost always spent showing houses.

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Growth in household spending has been moderate and the housing sector has shown some improvement; however, business fixed investment and net exports stayed soft.»

In - house research by the bank showed that Detroit residents, on average, channeled a significantly higher percentage of their spending through small businesses than city dwellers nationwide.

Yes, cheap money polices did help stabilize a reeling housing sector, that shouldn't be dismissed, but what else does the Fed have to show for near - zero short term interest rates and the fortune spent lowering longer term rates through its bond buying program?

For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.

Indeed, data from the first quarter show that household spending, including big - ticket items such as motor vehicle sales and housing, has remained strong.

Nationally, real spending on new multifamily construction showed a long - term upward trend prior to the collapse of the housing bubble, and it has rebounded strongly in the aftermath of the collapse, such that it is currently near its 2006 all - time high.

Consumer spending, by far the biggest piece of the economy, accelerated in the first quarter, and the moribund housing sector also showed signs of improvement.

Household spending has shown signs of stabilizing but remains constrained by ongoing job losses, lower housing wealth, and tight credit.

A February 2018 study by Grassroots ® Research — Allianz Global Investors» proprietary in - house research division — showed that overall, US companies expect to spend more on business travel this year compared with last year.

Show me another organization or business that has fed, clothed, housed, and educated more poor people all over the world than The Church before criticizing the money The Church spends.

So, Shaquille O'Neal was a guest on Jimmy Fallon's show recently, and spent some time hanging out with Fallon's house band, The Roots, only to find out about some decades - old sabotage.

The money we spent on renting the house was killing them, and plus, they ended up showing up in our house without telling us early in the morning, with breakfast food ready.

Analysis by the House of Commons library shows that the median amount of time people spend in waiting for treatment in A&E has neither gone up nor down in the past five years It has not increased and it has not decreased.

The report shows a record $ 191 million was spent last year on compensation for in - house and retained lobbyists.

Taxpayers have spent $ 2.5 million for the housing and travel costs of state lawmakers so far this year with some pols raking in thousands, records show.

As we showed immediately after the Budget, the Chancellor's claim that the spending changes he announced were «progressive» has always been contentious — significantly the Treasury's modelling did not include a third of social security changes, including cuts to Housing Benefit and Disability Living Allowance, and only changes up until 2012/13 were considered.

Miliband argues the IPPR report shows that even when there is no money to spend radical reform can be started in the fields of health, child care, welfare, social care and housing.

The report shows that Bob Duffy 2010 has spent $ 1,902.93 a month since January on housing, with payments going to AG Spanos, a real - estate company owned by San Diego Chargers owner and prolific GOP donor Alex G. Spanos.

«Daily Show» host Jon Stewart lavished praise on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand last night, calling her «instrumental» in passing several major bills — from a 9/11 health care act to the repeal of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» — despite spending just two years in the upper house.

Campaign finance records show two Democrats running for an open Long Island House seat spent heavily from their campaign accounts when they weren't running for office.

Despite the upturn in growth that is now finally forecast government figures published alongside last month's Autumn Statement show: - spending on Housing Benefit for people in work set to rise by over # 1bn over the next three years; - and downgraded projections for wage growth between 2015 and 2018 adding # 500m to the tax credit bill.

But GOP leaders want to show that a bill without significant spending cuts can not pass in the House and use the vote to demonstrate that Democrats are not serious about cutting spending.

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said data in the House of Commons library shows that local authority spending on adult social care has been cut by # 1.8 bn since 2009/10.

House Majority PAC, a super PAC aligned with Pelosi, has also spent more than $ 214,000 on television ads, digital advertising and direct mail attacking Tenney, the FEC records shows.

Government figures show that spending on Housing Benefit rose in real terms by 34.7 per cent between 2007 - 08 and 2013 - 14.

Recent financial disclosures show the committee is well stocked should it decide to spend heavily to keep Republicans in control of the House.

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state House of Representatives in New Hampshire in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign spending in state House races, including spending in both primary and general election contests.

Count on Obama's party faithful to emphasize the following: The housing market has shown signs of life after a deep downturn, retail spending had its best performance since March and the Dow Jones industrial average stands above 13,000, good news for those checking their quarterly statements on their retirement accounts.

«Dads are often having fun while moms work around the house: Study first to show how couples spend time minute - by - minute.»

So, yes you are often shown bottles of wine that are almost $ 15 when you are shopping at Vine, and yes, I don't blame you if you can not stomach spending more than $ 8 per bottle, if I am invited to your house for dinner I will in no way judge you.

We spent Saturday mulching the yard (and by we, I mean my husband), and we've been working like crazy to declutter the house to get it ready to show.

Why have I consistently spent every single showing drinking wine and spying through a crack in the blinds at my neighbors house?

Michael Myers spends 75 minutes killing a bunch of annoying people who are making a reality tv show in his house.

I am a very fit and healthy active man, enjoy fine dining, and looking for new restaurants, movies, live shows, chilling out on weekends I enjoy going to the gym I love spending time with family and friends, am financially independent and own my house, i have a great sense of humour, and if you were to...

She hires a nanny, who she belittles (a show - stealing Kelly Macdonald), rushes off to lavish parties every evening rather than spend time with her son and actively dissuades showing sadness in the house.

We then cut to a group of arbitrary and pointless characters who are filming a new internet show where participants will spend the night locked in the old Myers's house.

In this British thriller, five contestants on a reality show spend six months together in an isolated house.

Evidence - based home - visiting programs, like the Nurse - Family Partnership (which relies on trained nurses to support parents from pregnancy through the first two years of a baby's life)-- as well as center - based programs that also include home visits, like Early Head Start — have been shown to enhance parents» sensitivity to their infants» and toddlers» cues, lessen reliance on spanking, and increase the number of age - appropriate learning materials around the house (as well as the amount of time spent reading to kids).

In Canada, a recent survey showed that 43 % of every dollar is spent on housing - related costs (mortgage, rent, utilities, etc).

It could continue to spend heavily for untested shows like House of Cards, hoping to suck in new members willing to pay nearly $ 100 per year for access to a single show.

spending has continued to advance, and the housing sector has shown further signs of improvement, but growth in business fixed investment has slowed.

Our data shows that residents work an average number of hours and don't have to commute very long to get to work, but they have to spend a large percentage of their income on housing each month and they have to worry about crime more than residents of other nearby cities.

Considering that the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that housing costs are the biggest component of household spending, it's not surprising that loans taken out to buy homes are the biggest source of debt for those surveyed by GOBankingRates.

A mortgage payment calculator will show you how increasing your down payment can either lower your monthly payment or increase the amount you can spend on a house at the same payment level.

Household spending has shown signs of stabilizing but remains constrained by ongoing job losses, lower housing wealth, and tight credit.

>> RETIREES» BIGGEST BUDGET ITEM: HOUSING Health care gets all the attention, but a new EBRI study says shows that roughly 40 % of retirees» spending goes toward house - related expenses, more than double that of health care for most of retirement.

Research shows that graduates with large monthly loan payments won't spend money on large purchases, like buying a house or car.

Household spending has shown further signs of stabilizing but remains constrained by ongoing job losses, lower housing wealth, and tight credit.

Household spending has continued to show signs of stabilizing but remains constrained by ongoing job losses, sluggish income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit.