First-Time Homebuyers Find Affordable Units in Kenya

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A: My potential buyer has asked me to carry part of his loan. B: The decision to carry part of a loan might be advantageous to you or problematic. A: Why would I ever want to carry a note on a house? B: It is a type of investment that can offer a fai

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National Railway's Test Become Intellectual Challenge: Ticket Buyers With the Spring Festival Holiday right around the corner, huge numbers of people are already going online, booking train tickets for the most important vacation of the year. However

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Starting from last Tuesday first-time home buyers in Shanghai have to pay down payments of at least 35%, buyers of second houses have to make 50% down payments, while buyers of commercial properties pay 70%. 自上周二起，上海居民购买首套住

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Global real estate markets are breaking a sweat and Vancouver should be no exception. Those same foreign buyers that sent property values soaring around the world are now a little short on foreign currency. 全球房地产市场开始流汗，温哥华

金融英语--报盘

We're willing to make you a firm offer at this price. 我们愿意以此价格为你报实盘。 We can offer you a quotation based upon the international market. 我们可以按国际市场价格给您报价。 We'll let you have the official offer

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In the last few years, many Americans have bought houses with ARMs: adjustable-rate A foreclosed home in Pasadena, California. mortgages. These loans usually begin with lower interest rates for the f

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And Apple has upped the end teeth on its rivals unveiling a new smart watch, a bigger new iPhone and new pay service. The smart watch is Apple's first new product line since the iPad. It'll feature apps including a heart and fitness tracker. The iPho

Chinese retailers to offer refund to iPad buyers

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美联储寻求缩减QE

-New signs this morning that the housing market is heating up. Home sales are expected to show another monthly spike this morning. Good news for homeowners. Also, a growing risk that buyers could get burned. Here more with that, our financial contrib

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Tesla Motors has just stunned the carmaking world by taking 325,000 orders for its new Model 3 affordable electric vehicle within days of unveiling the prototype at its Los Angeles design studio. That is certainly an impressive performance especially

Britain's property more affordable for first-time buyers: report

LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Stagnant British housing market has made property at the most affordable level in 10 years, bringing more homes within reach of first-time buyers, British mortgage lender Halifax said on Saturday. Halifax, now part of Lloy

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It is being reported China is going to further tighten the curbing policies for second-time homebuyers. Down payment ratio is likely to be raised to 70 percent and lending rate could also be set at 1.3 times the benchmark rate - currently that rate s

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To finance,Australia's been warned not to be over-commit on the mortgage just because interest rate at record lows. Many economists believe the reserve bank will cut rates again before the end of the year.But Angie Zigmane from BIS Sharpnel says it's

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The ninth draft amendment to the Criminal Law was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress earlier this week. It comes amid continuing discussions on China's social media outlets about whether or not child traffickers sho

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