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Citing a 2003 criminal case where a Russian businessman attempted to procure weapons-grade material for an unidentified foreign buyer, Wier said the report urges the presidents of the two nations to make nuclear security a priority and to “use the relationship they’ve developed” to “clear away any bureaucratic obstacles...
...owner from selling or renting out the property. We subsequently learned from court documents that he had borrowed money against the house, been unable to repay it, and had his ownership revoked. The house had already been put up for auction three times by the court, without attracting a buyer. If we wanted it, we would now have to bid at the next auction. We were devastated, but decided to fight for the house?and to stop handing any more rent to the general...
...house. A cop comes by every three or four hours. In the meantime, we live in limbo. We've now built a big fence and bought four dogs. I sleep with a crowbar under the bed. And when I dream, it's of a legion of weary lawyers intoning "buyer beware...
...through the economy. Rates for mortgages, car loans and credit cards will start moving higher. You should reduce your debt or lock in a fixed rate now. Higher rates also mean housing prices should cool. If you plan to sell your house, get to it; if you're a buyer, resist the urge to pay top dollar. Savers rejoice: rates on bank certificates of deposit and similar investments may start to rise faster than inflation...
...Location, agents are not the buyers' friends--they shrewdly hide flaws in houses and connive to jack up the bids. Hosts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help their clients play hardball in negotiating (an operatic conflict the U.S. shows inexplicably ignore). This is probably a cultural difference; the American shows are much sunnier about the market as a benevolent force. Not that Location's buyers and their families are necessarily innocent either. One buyer's sister persuades her not to bid on a prospective house because, we learn, Sis wants the place for herself. Backbiting relatives, subterfuge and money squabbles...