Home prices decline largest in two decades - MSNBCNEW YORK - U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter, a closely watched index showed Tuesday, a somber indication that the housing slump continues to deepen. Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller said its
20-city home-price index shows record decline [...]
So far from the sleepy town
where we grew up, the memory of her
has not faded. And for two long decades
I have yearned to be inside
the reckoning periphery
of this carefree angel.
She sings sweet melodies,
everyday as she sweeps the cobwebs
from the attic corners where I keep her
In my mind…..
At this moment distant, and I am idle,
browsing torrid [...]
…things are bound to change. Just about 20 years have passed (we’re about a month-and-a-half shy) since this photo was taken:
It’s my old Chevelle, and the pic was snapped as the car was being completed… this being roughly my Senior year in high school (note lack of tail pipes and trunk lock cylinder, among other [...]
The two decades following Cook's discovery and exploration had yielded little knowledge of the country inland from the coasts, but they had served to make these coasts well known. A steady intercourse with the Maori of North Island had begun for supplies, labor, and the gratification of sexual appetites. In the Bay of Islands on the North Auckland peninsula an unstable, rowdy settlement of Europeans grew up. Its reputation for lawlessness was to make the name of New Zealand synonymous with the outermost pale of civilization for many decades. To the south, European settlement was slower to be established and more directly concerned with the immediate economic problems of obtaining seals and whales. A sealing vessel of 1792 which landed a party in Dusky Sound has already been mentioned. It w
After beating Pakistan convincingly at Kanpur by 46 runs and taking 2-1 lead in five match ODI series, Indian team looking to wrap up the series at Gwalior. Lat time when Indians played against Pakistan at home soil they lost the series by 4-2 after taking 2-0 lead, so Indian team don’t want to repeat the same and leave it to lat encounter at Jaipur. India will start the fourth ODI with their
Two decades of the PTT(Property Transfer Tax)It's been 20 years since the BC government, without consultation or even a warning, introduced the Property Purchase Tax. The tax, charged on transactions registered at the Land Title Office at a rate of one per cent of the first $200,000 of fair market value and two per cent on the remainder, generated $140 million the first year it was levied.In the two decades since, the tax, now called the Property Transfer Tax ( PTT), has generated more than $7.5 billion in total revenue, $950 million of this in 2006/2007 alone.Middle and lower income families have shouldered the burden of the PTT, which now adds $10,832 to the detached benchmark price of $641,596 for a Greater Vancouver detached home.Overall, the tax had implications for the livability of our communities. By making homes more expensive ( and less affordable), it has forced some buyers further and further afield in their search for an affordable home. It's one more factor which has in
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan was accorded an enthusiastic welcome by his fans here today when he arrived for his first film shoot in this eastern metropolis after over two decades.
Hundreds of people, including members of the Amitabh Bachchan Fan Association, eagerly waited outside the airport here from early morning to catch a glimpse of the [...]
