Michael Finger of the World Bank and Philip Schuler of the University of Maryland estimate that implementing commitments to improve trade procedures and establish technical and intellectual-property standards can cost more than a year's development budget for the poorest countries.
The contract stipulates that the property owner agrees to repay the cost of the improvements through an annual property tax assessment lasting up to 20 years.
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In Japan, land shortage and the high cost of property mean cremation is virtually universal.
Local prices may be distorted by trade barriers on beef, sales taxes, or big differences in the cost of property rents.
The City of York Council said the growth in demand was due to the high cost of property in the city.
If a surge in demand pushes the price of existing property above its replacement cost, developers have an incentive to build more.
The main thing is that owners can cover two of their big occupancy expenses (property tax and the cost of capital) out of pretax income.
This is simpler, faster and cheaper than the lawyer-intensive process of negotiating bilateral licences for intellectual property, the high cost of which discriminates against small companies, leaves patents unused on the shelf and hampers innovation.
The CPI also ignores the direct cost of property taxes--sure to go up as states and cities bail out underfunded pension plans--and subtracts the "hedonic" effects of regulations that increase quality of life, such as the added expense of pollution-reducing gasoline additives.
With PACE financing, the property owner agrees to repay the cost of improvements such as a more efficient chiller or rooftop solar panels through an annual property tax assessment lasting up to 20 years.
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We have seen intellectual property transition from a legal cost center to a financial commodity.
This would be the worst of all worlds: Stagnant property incomes and an increasing cost of capital.
For buyers, a similar 80sqm to 120sqm property in central Barcelona will cost anywhere from 300, 000 to 600, 000 euros.
Instead, suburban governments have insisted that plots of land be large, increasing the cost of suburban property and preventing the poor from moving out.
As a result, property owners were faced with cost increases after the initial estimate of the cost of the works had been notified to them.
The cost of buying property will be highly dependent on the destination, but nonetheless you should budget for the usual additional expenses involved, including legal fees, taxes and insurance.
John finds that buyers often focus on the monthly payment and waiting to purchase after mortgage rates have gone up will substantially increase their monthly payments and the overall cost of the property.
They include the cost to replace the property, a comparison of recent and comparable transactions and an income approach.
The programs, which will enable property owners to avoid the upfront cost of energy improvements, are scheduled to launch in March 2013.
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The purchase price reflected Mr. Erbey's documented cost basis in the property and was within the market value range provided by an independent third-party appraiser.
This assumes minimal cost synergies and some property portfolio monetisation.
Much more could be done at the local level in terms of upgrading flood defences and, particularly, in forcing property developers to pay the full cost of maintaining those defences.
At the same time, Houston has jobs, a low cost of living and cheap property.
One new wrinkle for Clearwire could be the increased cost associated with the Intellectual Property (IP) for the LTE technology.
By buying the property at a fraction of its replacement cost, the KKR venture will have capital to invest in building space for new tenants.
But in both measures this price is based on the cost of renting a similar property, using a method that many economists reckon is distinctly dodgy.
The cheaper real cost of finance encourages more property buying.
Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
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The real benefits of home ownership are any capital appreciation, plus the imputed rent, minus the effective cost of the mortgage and property taxes, other costs, and the return you could earn on your down payment elsewhere.
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