These would, in many cases, be distressed sales, which put downward pressure on prices given their decreased value.

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The Lions are the only team to have decreased in value over the past year, by 6% .

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And because of the downturn in real estate the land surrounding the stadium has decreased in value during the past six years.

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Even Hicks himself just decreased the value of his SPAC by 25%.

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It showed up in a lot of categories, mostly CPG, where the importance of emotional brand value has decreased significantly or disappeared entirely.

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If the value of the family home has decreased there is less to share out, for example.

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The value of the large government-bond portfolio held by the bank decreased, hurting its capital position, the document says.

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The fact is that while the value of cash has increased, the number of places to put cash has decreased simultaneously.

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