Miami Real Estate Is Heating Up

The fundamentals of the New York property market have been growing stronger for the past two years. The inventory (number of units available on the market) has been slowly shrinking, and prices have started a new upward trend over the past year.

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Men's national basketball team fails to qualify

It's back to the drawing board for the senior men's national basketball team as they just missed out on advancing to the playoffs of the Centrobasket Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Bahamas men's squad needed to finish in the top two in their pool to advance to the playoffs, and secure a spot for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championships for Senior Men. The team finished third in the pool b...

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Govt to spend 'millions' on 1,300 homes

More than 1,300 homes are expected to be built over the next five years, as the new housing minister unveils an aggressive agenda for his ministry.
Kenred Dorsett, newly-appointed minister of the environment and housing, confirmed to Guardian Business that close to 500 additional homes can be accommodated in the subdivisions.
Over the next few months, Dorsett noted that in addition to raising fund...

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Government Intends to Borrow $504 Million

The government intends to borrow $504 million to cover the deficit left by the Ingraham administration, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.

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BMC bad debt reduced to 63M

The Bahamas Mortgage Corporation (BMC) has reduced its arrears by nearly three percent since the end of last year, with bad debt now amounting to more than $63 million.
According to the latest statistics released by BMC, arrears make up 34.52 percent of its total portfolio.
While that's still a huge mountain to climb, the trend is certainly good news for a Bahamian housing market brought to its kn...

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The Botanical Sanctuary on Manjack Cay, Abaco

• $ 2,800,000
• House
• Abaco, Bahamas
• Bedrooms : 2
• Bathrooms : 2.00
• Living Area : 1717 sqft
• Lot Area : 5 acres

HG Christie Real Estate   All properties of this realtor

Caribs Ready To Hit The Court Now

The athletic director at The College of The Bahamas, Kim Rolle, cannot wait until the local basketball season resumes.?

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Business - Tue Mar 16

British Airways strike is on

Freeport Concrete can't pay for audit

Galanis hits back at 'sham audit' claims

Exuma Resort rated #1 retirement community

100% improvement in anti-corruption of awarding contracts

Counterfeit DVD and CD sales 'undermine' legitimate companies

Government's $90-$175m annual BEC savings plan

Entrepreneur plan targeting up to 50

$200m investment at o...

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Prime Minister Ingraham's Address to the Nation

Continuing my practice of addressing you at the beginning of each year, I am pleased once again for the opportunity of sharing with you my outlook for the New Year.

We were fortunate over the last year not to experience the ravages of any natural disasters, in particular hurricanes to which we are annually exposed and which many scientists suggest are becoming more powerful due to climate chang...

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