Urban Future

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How Shopping Malls Are Being Transformed Into Apartments In The U.S. While many U.S. malls face anchor store closures and empty parking lots, some are finding new life by becoming housing. Real estate developers are building h...

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Are some parts of Europe more prone to flooding? Update from flooded European regions | DW News Severe flooding continues to wreak havoc across central and eastern Europe, following days of torrential rain. More rivers are spilling their banks. The situ...

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We’re in a housing crisis. Why are so many builds going bust? | About That Over the last year, more than 200 real estate developments in Canada became insolvent. Andrew Chang explains why, at a time of high demand for housing, a gro...

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Priced out of home ownership, could an entire generation be stuck renting forever? | ABC News Young renters Erin and Jack say they have more or less resigned themselves to never being able to afford their own home.According to the Grattan Institute, u...

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Poland’s micro-apartments: A life of luxury in 18 square meters? | Focus on Europe Tiny apartments are becoming trendy in Warsaw. City planners are celebrating, but the critics say they violate Polish building regulations.Subscribe: https:/...

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Why the global temperature record streak continues | DW News 11 straight months of record breaking heat on the globe, that's according to the latest report by the EU's Copernicus Climate Service. Last month was the hot...

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Zero Waste

Folk House Inn: Four Seasons - Zero Waste Life [Special Edition] Watch more shows on SDGs on NHK WORLD-JAPAN!https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/special/sdgs/?cid=wohk-yt-2405-zwlsp01-hpMore quality content availab...

Urbanist Carlos Moreno's new book "15-minute city" will soon be released

Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK? Urbanist Carlos Moreno on how his concept is transforming French life and what is hindering change across the Channel

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The Grant Pass homeless case has been upheld in the Court of Appeal

Homeless 'right' to sleep in public? U.S. Supreme Court weighs in | About That Should cities be allowed to ticket, fine or arrest homeless people who sleep outside – assuming they have nowhere else to go? Andrew Chang breaks down the ar...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/350232215/it-better-buy-or-rent-anz-economists-weigh

Is it better to buy a house or rent one? Here’s how long you might have to wait to break even.

https://www.oneroof.co.nz/news/economists-revise-2024-forecasts-but-will-house-prices-jump-more-than-7-or-barely-shift-at-all-45235

Economists revise their 2024 forecasts - but will house prices jump more than 7% or barely shift at all? There are a lot of moving parts in the market right now.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/people-in-larger-social-houses-shouldnt-get-tenure-for-life-1710580

People in larger social houses 'shouldn't get tenure for life' | Newstalk An ESRI report has found that 67% of Irish households live in under-occupied housing - meaning they are in homes that are too big for their needs

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jeonse crisis

South Korea's Ponzi-Like Rental System Is Imploding South Korea has a unique rental system whereby tenants give a large deposit to the land lord, typically 60 to 80% of the homes value. After the lease term ex...

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A history of Toronto housing markets
rental crisis, zoning, rent control, apartment, condo, social housing,

How did renting in Toronto get so bad? Toronto’s rental prices continue to make the city more and more unaffordable. CBC Toronto’s Shannon Martin explores the city's most debated rent issues, the ...

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whats negative amortizing mortgages?

1 in 5 mortgages at major Canadian banks are negatively amortizing About one out of every five home loans at three big Canadian banks are now negatively amortizing. That means years get added to the payment term of the origi...

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How AI is generating a revolution in entertainment A new wave of artificial intelligence is starting to transform the way the entertainment industry operates. Who will be the winners and losers?01:07 AI is ch...

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Commercial Real Estate’s Ticking Time Bomb Low interest rates sent money pouring into real estate, transforming cities around the world. But pandemic lockdowns emptied out business districts and tenan...