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Why are the Cubs so good?

“It’s very rare that you’re going to find a team that has had so many seasons where you don’t win the World Series.It’s just a testament to how good they are.”– Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein, July 11, 2020Article Source CBC News

Real estate stocks to benefit from a potential Brexit deal

Real estate investors are expecting to benefit when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.Zillow, the real estate market’s leading real estate information platform, reported that the value of U.K. real estate properties sold to investors last year was $1.8 trillion, up more than 4% from 2015.Zillow’s figures were from a study of 3,300 real…

How to get more money out of real estate

In the last year, Canada has been hit by an unprecedented shortage of home sales, and investors are buying fewer homes.The real estate market in Canada has also been severely affected by the Brexit, which saw the UK’s stock market plummet and put a severe dent in the demand for new homes.With Canada’s economy already…

Vancouver Canucks’ top pick goes to Colorado Avalanche

Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning is heading to Colorado for a final look before the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.The Canucks selected defenseman Michael Chaput (RPI, 2nd round, 2017) and forwards Ryan O’Reilly (4th round, 201) and Ryan Kesler (6th round (197), 5th round 2017) in the second round of the draft on Tuesday.The 20-year-old…

Real estate in the US ‘fears for investors’

New York real estate has been hit by the worst storm in a decade as the hurricane makes landfall in the city on Wednesday.The city is under a state of emergency due to Hurricane Sandy, with thousands of buildings still under a roof and roads blocked, but fears are growing that the storm will leave…

Utah real estate brokers fined $2 million for selling bogus real estate documents to potential buyers

A Utah real-estate broker was ordered to pay $2.6 million to a family of three after he duped them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in real estate license fees, the Utah Attorney General’s office announced Tuesday.Real-estate license fees are an annual fee that must be paid to an applicant to obtain a Utah…

Why the ‘failing’ Kaplan district is the only one with free real-estate licenses

The real estate industry in New York has been shaken by the sudden deaths of a couple of high-profile real estate agents.One of the agents, Joseph Kaplan, was found dead last Thursday at the age of 44.He had a history of heart attacks and other ailments and was the subject of an investigation by the…

Belize realtor’s new home sold for $1.5M and features a pool

A Belize condo is now worth more than $1 million thanks to a buyer who moved in with the condo’s owners.The condo at 527 S. Main St. in Belize City has been in the rental business for seven years, and had a long list of customers, including the family of a friend.Belize Real Estate has…

How to Find a Real Estate License in Arizona

The title is right: If you’re not a resident of Arizona, you may not even have a license.But it’s not all bad news: There are many ways to obtain a real estate license.Here are some tips to help you get started.1.Get Your ID card.This is the most important step of the process.The Arizona Department of…

The new mayor of Chicago wants to help out the homeless – but she wants to keep a lid on it

HANNAH HARN, host: The city is about to become the epicenter of the fight against homelessness in America.It’s been estimated that one in three Chicagoans live below the federal poverty line, and it’s a number that has ballooned in the past decade.That number, about 1.2 million, has tripled in just the last decade.And it’s also…

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