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B.C. Builds: 16 new homes to rise on Tsawout land in Saanichton
236 new on-reserve rental homes will soon be available to First Nations Elders, families and seniors throughout British Columbia. Sixteen of those are currently being built in Saanichton. The announcement was made Friday (April 4) morning at a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Tsawout First Nation next to a multiplex construction site on Tetayut Road. Saanich…
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Coalition’s tax offset for mortgages will ‘turbocharge’ new home builds
Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says the Coalition’s tax offset is an “incentive” to allow first-home buyers to get into the market. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced a Coalition government will allow first-home buyers of newly built homes to deduct their mortgage’s interest payments from their taxable income. “We want new home buyers in…
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Architecture as Art in The New American Home 2025
<!–> Custom home designer/builder Dan Coletti has learned to trust his own instincts when it comes to what will look good and will hit the right note with homeowners, but he also knows it takes pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone to create something truly creative and new. The owner of Sun West Custom Homes…
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Groundbreaking on 47 new affordable Buffalo homes finally begins, part of $24.5M effort
In 2023, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced his intention to work with the City of Buffalo to invest nearly $25 million to build affordable homes throughout Erie County, with the county and city combining funds to build dozens of homes solely within city limits. Two years later, officials got together to celebrate the groundbreaking…
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Housing data recap: Existing home sales, new builds, and more
00:00 Speaker A Julie, the housing market kicked off 2025 with some momentum, as buyers and sellers come to terms with elevated mortgage rates, helping to free up some of the inventory out there. This week, we got a slew of housing data that gave us more color on the current landscape. So let’s start…
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Architecture as Art in The New American Home 2025
<!–> Custom home designer/builder Dan Coletti has learned to trust his own instincts when it comes to what will look good and will hit the right note with homeowners, but he also knows it takes pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone to create something truly creative and new. The owner of Sun West Custom Homes…
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Groundbreaking on 47 new affordable Buffalo homes finally begins, part of $24.5M effort
In 2023, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced his intention to work with the City of Buffalo to invest nearly $25 million to build affordable homes throughout Erie County, with the county and city combining funds to build dozens of homes solely within city limits. Two years later, officials got together to celebrate the groundbreaking…
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Eli Lilly stock surges 15% after clinical trial of weight loss pill shows it works like Ozempic
The mid-stage trial results announced by the pharmaceutical giant showed that patients taking orforglipron lost an average of 16 pounds.
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Nvidia stock falls again, market cap losses top $250 billion after Trump administration’s new export controls
Nvidia (NVDA) stock fell as much as 4% Thursday, extending the AI chipmaker’s nearly 7% decline the prior day after disclosing that the US government had effectively banned exports of its chips to …
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Nvidia stock falls again, market cap losses top $250 billion after Trump administration’s new export controls
Nvidia (NVDA) stock fell as much as 4% Thursday, extending the AI chipmaker’s nearly 7% decline the prior day after disclosing that the US government had effectively banned exports of its chips to …
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