Index investors can’t seem to get enough of real-estate investment trusts: They collectively hold more than 15% of shares outstanding of several of the largest publicly traded property owners in the U.S., a Wall Street Journal analysis found. Exchange-traded funds specifically held about $61 billion of U.S. and international REITs, ... Read More »
Banks continued to tighten lending standards to commercial real estate loans in the third quarter, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Monday. The Fed survey of senior loan officers of 69 domestic banks and 21 foreign banks found standards were tightened on all types of commercial real estate loans. ... Read More »
Banks tightened standards on commercial real estate loans during the third quarter but left lending practices for commercial and industrial loans virtually unchanged overall, according to a survey of loan officers released on Monday by the Federal Reserve. For households, some banks reported easing lending standards on mortgages eligible for ... Read More »
In Mumbai’s real estate landscape, prices generally reduce as one moves from the south to the northern suburbs. Today, most home buyers prefer properties in the suburbs, due to its affordability, connectivity to one’s work place and social infrastructure. Overview of Mumbai hotspots Kedar Joshi, CMO of Ahuja Constructions, points ... Read More »
A campaign led by Phil Doig to stop the potential demolition of 56 Barrack Street gained almost 800 signatures of support. Home to former furniture store Robertson’s for almost 130 years until the firm’s demise in 2011, plans have been lodged with Dundee City Council to turn the building into student ... Read More »
No matter how many times you drive past the Hoover Building, on the A40 in West London, you just can’t help marvelling at the size and colours of this magnificent structure. Originally, the red-white-and-blue edifice, with its huge sweep of lawn at the front, looked like the home of a ... Read More »
Sydney is fortunate to have retained a decent collection of art deco architecture but most of it is concentrated in the eastern suburbs, with a smattering around Manly in the north and Brighton-Le-Sands in the south. So to find this heritage-listed example in Balmain is something of a rarity, the ... Read More »
Want to get rid of pests from crops without using pesticides? Don’t kill beneficial insects — even though you may find them scary or repulsive — because they are actually your crop’s best friends. This is the new thinking that the state government is now promoting among farmers across the ... Read More »
Pakistan will not deport Sharbat Gula, National Geographic’s iconic green-eyed ‘Afghan girl’, for using fake identity papers to stay in Peshawar, a media report quoted an official as saying on Sunday. Ms. Gula was arrested on October 26, 2016 from her home in Peshawar. A special anti-corruption and immigration court ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be the mascot of the “Incredible India” campaign with the Tourism Ministry finally deciding to do away with plans to rope in any Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, for the role which was lying vacant after the ouster of Aamir Khan earlier this ... Read More »
– Mayo Clinic scientists have connected first-time kidney stone formations with chronic kidney disease in a new study. Chronic kidney disease is characterized by a progressive loss in kidney function, reducing the body’s ability to clear waste. Symptoms include nerve damage, high blood pressure, anemia and weak bones. The National ... Read More »
Young adults who are problem drinkers tend to suffer from more health problems later in life than non-drinkers, even if they conquered their alcoholism years earlier, a new study indicates. Men with alcohol dependence in young adulthood had, on average, three medical conditions in their 60s, while non-drinkers only reported ... Read More »
