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HUGE SURPLUS predicted in Hong Kong (To be Used for Housing?) HK govt believes there will be budget surpluses in the next three years 2014-15 : Surplus estimate raised from HK$9.1 Billion to $30 Billion (/7.2 million = HK$4,167 per person) But: HK "needs to build 200,000 public housing units" And it "still lacks $100 Billion needed" More Than One Million Living in Poverty in Hong Kong

Want to buy in Tung Chung? Now may be your moment "Sun Hung Kai Properties will sell some of its new homes at prices below secondhand flats in the area" A 412-sellable-sf One-BR unit costs $3.69 million Or HK$8,903 pssf after all sweetners By comparison: Apts for resale are offered at HK$8650 or $10,780 pssf (per Centatline) I see different figures in the Centaline index for Caribbean Coast. But the SHKP offering has pushed prices down there: Latest Caribbean Coast : Gross : $6,160 / Net : $8,259 pssf Historical : "the first batch of units at The Visionary... were sold for HK$7,671 pssf last Nov.2013" Week : CCLI : CMMI: RobinPl / IslHarb ParkAv /C'ribC : TaikSh. ==== . . 12/21: 132.69 133.76: 15,524 /11,155: 12,664 / 6,160 : 13,504 < Psf, Gross 11/30: 130.46 131.44: 15,447 /11,650: 12,430 / 6,275 : 12,678 10/26: 129.39 130.04: 15,510 /11,460: 12,308 / 6,356 : 12,668 09/28: 128.14 128.33: 15,414 /11,687: 11,807 / 6,346 : 12,705 . . . 06/29: 121.19 121.42: 14,044 /10,490: 11,560 / 6,081 : 12,134 . . . 03/30: 117.22 116.40: 13,695 /10,342: 11,405 / 5,695 : 11,392 . . . Efficiency -NA- --NA -: 82.24% /74.89% 74.31%/ 74.58%: 87.32% 12/29: Prices / NetSF: 17,519 / 14,397: 16,586 / 7,734 : 12,524 < Pssf 12/29: 119.07 118.19: 14,407 / 10,783: 12,325 / 5,768 : 10,936 < Psf, Gross 11/24: 120.39 119.64: 13,672 / 10,499: 12,000 / 5,961 : 10,864 10/27: 119.50 118.67: 12,717 / 10,576: 11,958 / 5,768 : 10,869 Efficiency -NA- --NA- : 82.24% /74.89%: 74.31%/ 74.58%: 87.32% 12/30: Prices / NetSF :18,221 / 13,929 : 15,020 / 8,116 : 13,359 < Pssf 12/30: 115.78 114.25: 14,985 / 10,432 : 11,161 / 6,053 : 11,665 < Psf, Gross

CM's MTR / MonoRail : Delayed by the military coup, I suppose. But the logic remains strong: Chiang Mai Municipality has one existing monorail system, Chiang Mai Zoo Monorail, but uses for excursion, not commercial. Later, there is a plan to build a monorail system which has four lines (red, blue, yellow, and green line) linking notable places.[5] Now, there is no progress. /wiki: xx === The Chiang Mai Monorail? A Dream Come True? Looks Like It. Jul 18, 2013 CityNews – The people of Chiang Mai are feeling the strain of the heavy traffic burden, and it only looks like more cars will arrive in the city. Then when the new malls are finished, and the roads to Laos, Burma, China open up, how will that affect at already congested city? Route Map-1 : source : Skyscraper City, Regional Thailand, page-1762 Route Map-2 : source : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=101602&page=1549 Part of the solution: The Chiang Mai Monorail. Chiang Mai Administrative Organisation has said it will invest over eight billion baht for this high-tech public transportation system. The government has already approved the investment and it is expected that the monorail will be up and running within five years. The monorail will provide four different routes: (see map-1) The Gold Line A1 will go from 700 Year Stadium to Chiang Mai Night Safari. The Red Line A2 will go from 700 Year Stadium to Samyak Market in Sansai. The Blue Line A3 will go from Chiang Mai Zoo to Buakkrok Village. The Green Line A4 will go from Thapae Gate to Changklan Road. Each route, as the map shows, will go through various parts of Chiang Mai, covering much of the city. Each car will be able to take up to 40 people, and there will be three cars for every line. It will travel at around 28 kilometres per hour and will pick up passengers every 500 metres. Each route should take about 30 minutes. Boonlert Buranupakorn, the president of Chiang Mai Administrative Organisation, told the press that the monorail would run on the ground. It is not a skytrain, he said, or an underground train. == > http://www.chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=2084

Expat Business Community, Chiang Mai, Thailand = =Published on 11 Sep 2012 Chiang Mai is touted as the 'Digital Nomad Capital of the World'. It has a large community of expat business owners who mainly work in the online arena. One person who knows this community better than most is Scott Underhill. Scott has set up a local business meetup group and has run a business in Chiang Mai for close on a year. I ask Scott why he thinks Chiang Mai has become such a magnet of expat business and what type of business people are running. Information on Scott's Chiang Mai Business Meetup Group can be found here : http://www.facebook.com/events/517589... Thanks to John Bardos of jetsetcitizen.com for putting me in contact with Scott : http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/cheap-tr... What I learnt from bootstrapping my startup from Thailand in ... Oct 12, 2013 - That fits in well with starting your own business. ... When I first arrived in the northern city of Chiang Mai — one of the hubs for remote working ... Increased focus Moving to the other side of the world gives you an insane amount of focus which you can channel to really get anything done that you’re working on. In these six months, I grew my already profitable business — a YouTube network called the Panda Mix Show — by automating most of my tasks and hiring two employees to do the rest. Besides that, I built and launched a YouTube analytics startup which is now gaining traction with its first users signing up. I worked with a level of focus that I have only really experienced before when I was 12 years old and my parents still took care of me. Back then, my housing, food, laundry was taken care of although I had school, I’d have lots of time to focus on my own stuff (back then learning design with Photoshop). Due to the cost of living, it’s kind of the same here. You can stay at hotels with daily room cleaning, free towels, free Wi-Fi and you don’t have to worry about utility bills. You can eat outside for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Instead of an expensive phone subscription, you can get a cheap pre-paid SIM for $20/m with 2GB data and free WiFi in most major cities. Your hotel can do your laundry for you and they’ll even iron and fold it. Since I never had to cook food, I also never had to deal with the pain of grocery shopping and doing the dishes and I needed a lot less stuff to live. And as my hotel was always near my office, I didn’t have the awfully long commute to work many people have to make daily. I calculated all this saved me at least 6 hours daily. That’s one-third of a waking day! . . . The Thai startup sceneFor all its events, meet-ups and hackathons, the Thai startup scene is still very much in its infancy. There’s a lot of positive energy and enthusiasm going around, but Thai culture is still so intrinsically corporate focused. For example, most Thai developers I met coded in Microsoft’s proprietary language C#. Why not open source languages like C, Java or Python? I quickly found out that’s because most programming courses in Thailand are C# focused to land students corporate jobs. The enterprise loves C# coders. But that’s not necessarily the best language for a startup stack. With so much poverty around and such a large income divide, the majority of Thais are more concerned with getting any income at all and are not able to take the risk of working months/years on a web or mobile app. And that’s unfortunate, as it makes startups an activity privileged to Thai’s wealthy elite. And that’s not necessarily where the big ideas are. The Thai startup scene appears to be struggling with the same issue many other newly sprung up startup scenes around the world are dealing with: there’s too much talk and not enough action. All major Thai telcos — TRUE, DTAC and AIS — have incubators that offer workshops, competitions and awards, but they’re not even giving out capital! These are huge corporations with buckets full of money. If they are not even ready to take on the risk to invest in Thai startups, then who is? Obviously, it’s more of a promotional vehicle for them than an actual incubator. Bootstrapping your Startup in Thailand - Career Hack careerhack.net/startup-in-thailand/ Sep 7, 2013 - Learn why Chang Mai, Phuket and Bangkok are excellent place to bootstrap a ... for those who are bootstrapping their web-based business.

Ayala Land launches City Gate phase one Kroma in context : original plan: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1471414&page=2 [ Gateway : Presentation Timing of phases : Gateway - 1 Retail podium, parks : Open by 4Q-2016 Office (84,560 sqm) : Open by 4Q-2017 Hotel ( 300 rooms ) : Turnover, 4Q-2018 Gateway - 2 Tower / Mixed use ? : Coming later (The Philippine Star) | Dec. 15, 2014 MANILA, Philippines - Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) launches the first phase of City Gate, another flagship mixed-use development in the Makati Central Business District. It is the company’s first stacked tower combining three uses: retail, office and hotel in one building. City Gate’s prime location, on Ayala Ave. in the corners of Amorsolo and Salcedo Streets, makes it highly accessible to major thoroughfares such as Ayala Ave., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., and the Skyway. Elevated walkways will also connect City Gate to Ayala Center and to the rest of the CBD – great for those who choose to walk and enjoy the real city life. . . . The project will have a total of 120k square meters of gross floor area (GFA) consisting of 53k square meters for business process outsourcing (BPO) firms; 28k square meters for traditional headquarter-type offices; 25k square meters for a 312 key Seda Suites Hotel; and 14k square meters for a retail mall. One of the key features of City Gate will be the open and green civic space located at the end (or start) of Makati’s elevated walkway system. This 2,600 square meter space will be a place where residents, office workers and mall-goers can relax and unwind. Mall patrons and residents can begin enjoying the retail and civic space by 2017 while the offices will be ready by 2018. Seda Suites Hotel will open its doors by 2019. Ayala Land will be investing a total of P7B in City Gate and is expected to generate 10,000 jobs. > http://www.philstar.com/business/2014/12/15/1402683/ayala-land-launches-city-gate-phase-one

Let's Launch in... Manila, Philippines Population, greater Manila : 21.3 mn (of about 100mn in Phil.) Number in Philippines living on less than $1 per day : 25 mn Percentage of internet users on Facebook : 94 per cent === "An exciting place for start-ups looking for opportunties in Asia" - FT, pg.10 ADVANTAGES: Low cost of living, English speaking, young population Disadvantges : Snarled traffic, some slow internet connections, onerous reporting Examples : Kalibrr - aims to make CV's obsolete, by training and verifying skills online Xurpas - raised more than $30 million in capital FUNDING : Manila is bristling with incubators and seed funds, And big telecoms companies are backing some of these Kickstart Ventures (Besler) - might hand out $30K for a 15% share Manila Angels - the first Angel network Omidyar Network - set up by Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder NEEDS: Water, Energy, disaster preparedness Summary: "Phil. loves novelty, forgives imperfection, speaks English, with income growing at 6.5% per annum, and a willingness to spend money.

KENNEDY TOWN Rent Rise? The SCMP is expecting a 3-5% rise in Kennedy Town rents, thanks to the opening of the new MTR station there It is due to be opened Dec. 28th. Some who want to rent there, may be wise to sign leases during the "quiet" holiday season Some think that the rents have already gone up, since the Rents there have been firm since the line was announced 5 years ago. But I reckon that more potential tenants will be willing to look there, because it is NOW more convenient to reach. Kennedy Town has attracted many expats, since it emerged as a magnet for eating and drinking places, about two years ago. RENTS have been firm all over HK, for most of this year. A chart in today's SCMP shows a rise over the least 6-9 months : + From about $23.60, to perhaps $25.20 per sf - that's a 6.8% rise.

SUPPLY SURGE in Hong Kong? Target for New Homes raised to 480,000 by 2025 - says SCMP "More public and private flats are to be built in the next decade - but critics say its not enough and not all sites are secured" + The boost is only 10,000 - to 480,000 by 2025 + HK is still "having difficulties finding enough land" (and get planning permission) + So totals are not guaranteed. BREAKDOWN: : 190,000 - private housing (almost 20,000 p.a.) : 200,000 - public rental housing : 090,000 - subsidised flats, for sale (where the extra 10K were added)

$1.86B sale of Philadelphia Gas Works is dead The Nutter administration had hoped to sell the Philadelphia Gas Works to a Connecticut utility company for $1.86 billion. City Council's leadership on Monday drove a spike into the proposed $1.86 billion sale of Philadelphia Gas Works without bringing the matter to a vote, apparently killing a signature effort by Mayor Nutter to reduce the city's pension-fund deficit. Council President Darrell L. Clarke said Council would not hold hearings on the proposal to sell PGW to UIL Holdings Corp. of New Haven, Conn. Nutter billed the sale as a way to divest the city of a burdensome asset and raise money for its underfunded pensions. "The simple fact of the matter is that there is not support on the City Council," Clarke said at a news conference, surrounded by the entire Council leadership. He said Council instead would schedule hearings to examine other options for the 176-year-old utility. Nutter blasted Council's decision to nix a deal in which his administration invested more than two years. PGW has spent more than $2 million on financial, legal, and communications consultants to organize an auction supervised by investment bankers to attract bids from more than 30 potential buyers. "What we saw today is the biggest cop-out in recent legislative history in Philadelphia," the mayor told reporters. . . . The lengthy consultants' reports, which Council released only Monday afternoon, called into question one of the Nutter administration's central assertions - that the sale was expected to net the city from $420 million to $631 million after all PGW pension and debt obligations were paid off. Council said its evaluation concluded that the city would net $200 million less because the administration had not calculated the loss of the $18 million annual payment PGW makes to the city. That payment was suspended for seven years recently when the utility was in financial trouble. The administration said that it did include the loss of the $18 million annual payment in its calculus, and that the sale proceeds were structured to offset the reduced annual payments from the larger reduction the city would need to make to its pension plan. The administration had proposed legislation to formalize that arrangement for future administrations, but Council has declined to introduce the bill. Nutter said Monday the city would need to find other sources of money to reduce the pension obligation. "Unfortunately, the only other option to generate that kind of money would be to either take it from the general fund or increase citizens' taxes," he said. Nutter had said that it was an opportune moment to sell the utility because interest rates are low and investors are paying high prices for utilities. == > http://articles.philly.com/2014-10-28/news/55525996_1_concentric-energy-advisors-city-council-uil-holdings-corp

bump The Surprising Victory of the Paper Bugs = =

Normally, the cyclical students say: 14-years up and 4 years down So: 1997 + 18 = 2015 Or: 2003 + 14 = 2017 Thus: I expect a Peak in 2015-2017 :

Week : CCLI : CMMI : RobinPl: Tregun : Dynast : Clovell/ IslHarb: ParkAv: Waterf : Sorrent : TArch : C'ribC : TaikSh. Numb.: ( #1) (#2,4): ( --#6): (--#7): (--#8) : (--#9)/ (--#7) (--#8): (-#12) : (--#13): (-#14) (#-3) : (#21) ==== . . 12/07: 131.61 132.65: 15,470 : 19,408 : 24,716 : 22,200 /11,731: 12,334 : 13,879 : 15,805 : 21,654 : 6,681 : 14,032 : 11/30: 130.46 131.44: 15,447 : 19,379 : 24,679 : 22,167 /11,650: 12,430 : 13,910 : 15,841 : 21,703 : 6,275 : 12,678 : Comment: Wow! Latest figure released today: TAIKOO SHING : Adjusted Unit Price: HK$14031.83 Announced on 2014/12/12 Prev. Week: $12,678 - that's up 10.7% in one week! This estate has been an interesting benchmark to watch. The jump could be a "one week wonder", or something more meaningful > http://hk.centadata.com/cci/cci_e.htm

Free Energy technology "within a year or two"? That's what a colleague of Mike Harris has predicted, after seeing Keshe's technology working in Italy Veterans Today Radio (12-9-14) Mike Harris - Keshe Free Energy Update = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQdLW4j7gE = Published on 11 Dec 2014 During the first part of the show, Mike discusses more details about his trip to Syria and Lebanon. Brett comes on at the 48:00 mark to discuss some amazing details of the latest technology coming for Keshe in Iran. Lots of very interesting technology is discussed so this is a must listen. === He says that China and Japan are already experimenting with the technology, and "Putin knows Keshe". It sounds like the US and the UK might be left behind in the next technological "space race"

Gold etf: HK-2840 ... update

London is exceptional, but can it stay so? "London should break free from Little England" - Philip Stephens in today's Asian-FT / = "London does not need a mayor; it needs a Prime Minister" "The world's most vibrant capital city cannot entrust its faith to a little England." "The economics of independence speak for themselves" + Population of 8.5 million (13.5 million in wider Metro area) accts for 1/5th of Britain's GDP + An economy which is "the size of Sweden" (which has a population of XX million) + Unemployment is less than 3 percent, and the demographic is younger than the rest of UK + Tourists spend GDP 20 Billion p.a. + London is a hub of global businesses, & hums with energy, enterprise, & people having fun "London should eschew centralised govt., adopting a federal constitution" "Power is best exercised closer to the people" "A liberated capital would show that diversity is its strength" (cough, cough) "The pinched English nationalists of UKIP... would cry foul... (are) confounded by London's success." (are they? really?)

Q3 2014: Global house price rises accelerate, led by Europe ... Global Property Guide-9 hours ago In the Philippines, the average price of 3-bedroom condominium units in Makati CBD rose by 3.58% in Q3 2014 from a year earlier, .... In September 2014, dwelling units approved (seasonally-adjusted) fell by 11% from a year ... . . . Asian housing markets continue to lose steam. Only two of the ten Asian markets for which figures are available in Q3 2014 performed better in momentum terms than the previous year, while the remaining eight housing markets lost momentum. In the Philippines, the average price of 3-bedroom condominium units in Makati CBD rose by 3.58% in Q3 2014 from a year earlier, a sharp deceleration from 10.83% price rises during the same period last year. Housing prices increased 2.43% q-o-q during Q3 2014. In Taiwan, house prices rose by just 3.42% during the year to Q3 2014, a sharp slowdown the dramatic price-rise of 14.97% over the same period last year and the slowest annual growth seen since Q2 2009. House prices actually dropped 1.6% during Q3 2014. In Indonesia, residential prices in the country's 14 largest cities rose by just 2.19% y-o-y in Q3 2014, down from 4.54% in the same period last year. Housing prices actually fell by 0.81% q-o-q in Q3 2014. In Thailand, housing prices rose by 2.15% during the year to Q3 2014, down from 3.61% the previous year. Hong Kong's residential property prices rose minimally by 1.57% during the year to Q3 2014, a slowdown from 7.76% growth a year earlier (though Hong Kong's housing prices may now be picking up). Asian countries which showed minimal house price increases included Vietnam, with house prices rising by 1.45% during the year to Q3 2014, South Korea (0.59%) and Tokyo, Japan (0.49%). All saw quarterly price declines in Q3 2014. However, of these only Japan showed poorer performance in Q3 2014 compared to the previous year. China's once booming property market is now weakening significantly.

Here's JAZZ in Makati... being completed (about now) Imagine living in one of those lower floor flats in the middle tower. It would be dark and depressing to be stuck there. Does Makati really need more of these monstrosities ? > SScity : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1343265&page=135

HOME Prices in London Surpass Hong Kong - SCMP Headline . ==========: US$/SF : %Lon.: F/X : Lcl-FX/ SF : x 10.76 (/SM) London------ : 3,380 : 100 % : 1.57 : GBP 2,153 : Hong Kong- : 3,290 : 97.3% : 7.75 : HKD 25,498 : New York--- : 3,042 : 90.0% : 1.00 : USD 3,042 : Sydney------ : 2,030 : 60.1% : 0.83 : AUD 2,445 : Paris--------- : 1,860 : 55.0% : 1.24 : EUR 1,500 : Singapore -- : 1,605 : 47.4% : 1.31 : SGD 2,102 : Los Angeles : 1,500 : 44.4% : 1.00 : USD 1,500 : Tokyo ------- : 1,380 : 40.8% : 119 : JPY 164,220 : Mumbai----- : 1,225 : 36.2% : Milan/Rome : 1,000 : 29.6% : 1.24 : EUR 0,806 OTHER Cities) Philadelphia- : $ 102 : 03.0% : 1.00 : USD$142,300/house (1400sf.Est) Washingt.DC : $ 198 : 05.9% : 1.00 : USD$443,000/house (2237sf) almost 2X larger Makati, Phil. : $ 298 : 08.8%: 44.5 : PHP 13,267 : 142,750/sm Bangkok, Th. : $ 303 : 09.0% : 32.8 : THB 09,944 : 107,000/sm

HOME Prices in London Surpass Hong Kong - SCMP Headline . ==========: US$/SF : %Lon.: F/X : Lcl-FX/ SF : x 10.76 (/SM) London------ : 3,380 : 100 % : 1.57 : GBP 2,153 : Hong Kong- : 3,290 : 97.3% : 7.75 : HKD 25,498 : New York--- : 3,042 : 90.0% : 1.00 : USD 3,042 : Sydney------ : 2,030 : 60.1% : 0.83 : AUD 2,445 : Paris--------- : 1,860 : 55.0% : 1.24 : EUR 1,500 : Singapore -- : 1,605 : 47.4% : 1.31 : SGD 2,102 : Los Angeles : 1,500 : 44.4% : 1.00 : USD 1,500 : Tokyo ------- : 1,380 : 40.8% : 119 : JPY 164,220 : Mumbai----- : 1,225 : 36.2% : Milan/Rome : 1,000 : 29.6% : 1.24 : EUR 0,806 OTHER Cities) Philadelphia: $ 102 : 03.0% : 1.00 : USD$142,300/house (1400sf.Est) Washingt.DC : $ 198 : 05.9% : 1.00 : USD$443,000/house (2237sf) almost 2X larger Makati, Phil.- : $ 298 : 08.8% : 44.5 : PHP 13,267 : 142,750/sm Bangkok,Th. : $ 303 : 09.0% : 32.8 : THB 09,944 : 107,000/sm

HOME Prices in London Surpass Hong Kong - SCMP Headline . ==========: US$/SF : %Lon.: F/X : Lcl-FX/ SF : x 10.76 (/SM) London---- : 3,380 : 100 % : 1.57 : GBP 2,153 : Hong Kong- : 3,290 : 97.3% : 7.75 : HKD 25,498 : New York--- : 3,042 : 90.0% : 1.00 : USD 3,042 : Sydney------ : 2,030 : 60.1% : 0.83 : AUD 2,445 : Paris--------- : 1,860 : 55.0% : 1.24 : EUR 1,500 : Singapore -- : 1,605 : 47.4% : 1.31 : SGD 2,102 : Los Angeles : 1,500 : 44.4% : 1.00 : USD 1,500 : Tokyo ------- : 1,380 : 40.8% : 119 : JPY 164,220 : Mumbai----- : 1,225 : 36.2% : Milan/Rome : 1,000 : 29.6% : 1.24 : EUR 0,806 OTHER Cities) Philadelphia- : $ 102 : 03.0% : 1.00 : USD$142,300/house (1400sf.Est) Washingt.DC : $ 198 : 05.9% : 1.00 : USD$443,000/house (2237sf) almost 2X larger Makati, Phil.- : $ 298 : 08.8% : 44.5 : PHP 13,267 : 142,750/sm Bangkok, Th. : $ 303 : 09.0% : 32.8 : THB 09,944 : 107,000/sm "However, HK could regain its position, as prices are in an upswing" (and the HKD and USD are strong against other currencies")

UPDATING ... UK Houseprice Data Mo.: Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : DelusIdx 2010 J. : : 222,261 : 407,731 : 153,844 - 0.10% / 163,481 169,777 168,390 165,514 : £164,497 :- 0.11% :135.1% :sa F : : 229,398 : 427,987 : 153,896 +0.03% / 161,320 166,857 166,928 165,997 : £163,659 :- 0.51% :140.2% M : : 229,614 : 417,461 : 151,803 - 1.36% / 164,519 168,521 168,435 167,808 : £166,164 :+1.53% :138.2% A : : 235,512 : 421,822 : 160,233 +5.55% / 167,802 168,202 168,593 170,772 : £169,287 :+1.88% :139.1% : M : : 237,134 : 420,203 : 160,582 +0.22% / 169,162 167,570 167,207 169,204 : £169,183 :- 0.06% :140.2% J. : : 237,767 : 429,597 : 159,587 - 0.62% / 170,111 166,203 165,686 166,395 : £168,253 :- 0.55% :140.5% Jl : : 236,332 : 422,248 : 159,348 - 0.15% / 169,347 167,425 167,497 168,331 : £168,839 :+0.35% :140.0% A. : : 232,241 : 405,058 : 158,607 - 0.46% / 166,507 = n/a = 168,124 168,889 : £167,698 :- 0.68% :138.5% S. : : 229,767 : 399,019 : 157,360 - 0.79% / 166,757 = n/a = 161,974 163,639 : £165,198 :- 1.49% :139.1% O : : 236,849 : 418,778 : 158,788 +0.91% / 164,279 = n/a = 164,949 165,275 : £164,777 :- 0.25% :143.7% :H N : : 229,379 : 417,279 : 153,519 - 3.32% / 163,133 = n/a = 164,622 163,268 : £163,201 :- 0.96% :140.5% : D : : 222,410 : 408,248 : 150,592 - 1.91% / 162,249 = n/a = 162,803 161,498 : £161,874 :- 0.81% :137.4% : == Mo. : Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : DelusIdx 2013 J. : : 229,429 : 480,890 : 144,748 : = N/A = / 162,245 = n/a = 162,844 160,613 : £161,429 : - 0.40% : 142.1% : F. : : 235,741 : 486,298 : 146,748 : = N/A = / 162,638 = n/a = 163,600 162,011 : £162,325 : +0.56% : 145.3% : M : : 239,710 : 496,298 : 148,259 : = N/A = / 164,630 = n/a = 163,943 163,930 : £164,280 : +1.20% : 145.9% : A : : 244,706 : 493,635 : 151,518 : = N/A = / 165,586 = n/a = 166,175 167,026 : £166,745 : +1.50% : 146.8% : M : : 249,841 : 509,870 : 153,391 : = N/A = / 167,912 = n/a = 166,898 167,831 : £167,898 : +0.68% : 148.8% : J. : : 252,798 : 515,243 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 168,941 = n/a = 167,984 170,184 : £169,563 : +0.99% : 149.1% : Jl : : 253,658 : 515,378 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 170,825 = n/a = 169,624 172,015 : £171,420 : +1.10% : A. : : 249,199 : 501,067 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 170,514 = n/a = 170,149 170,098 : £170,306 : -0.65% : S. : : 245,495 : 493,748 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 172,127 = n/a = 170,767 170,908 : £171,518 : +0.71% : O : : 252,418 : 544,232 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 173,678 = n/a = 171,991 172,554 : £173,116 : +0.93% : N : : 246,237 : 517,276 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 174,566 = n/a = 174,910 174,671 : £174,619 : +0.87% : D : : 241,455 : 513,466 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 175,826 = n/a = 173,467 171,064 : £173,445 : - 0.67% : Mo. : Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : DelusIdx 2014 J. : : 243,881 : 514,704 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 176,491 = n/a = 175,546 173,104 : £174,798 : +0.78% : F. : : 251,964 : 541,313 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 177,846 = n/a = 179,872 178,401 : £178,124 : +1.90% : M : : 255,962 : 552,530 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 180,264 = n/a = 178,249 177,840 : £179,052 : +0.52% : A : : 262,594 : 572,348 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 183,577 = n/a = 177,524 178,430 : £181,004 : +1.09% : M : : 272,003 : 592,763 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 186,512 = n/a = 184,464 185,747 : £186,130 : +2.83% : J. : : 272,275 : 589,776 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 188,903 = n/a = 183,462 186,336 : £187,620 : +0.80% : Jl : : 270,159 : 587,174 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 188,949 = n/a = 186,322 189,726 : £189,338 : +0.92% : A. : : 262,401 : 552,783 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 189,306 = n/a = 186,240 185,997 : £187,652 : -0.81% : S. : : 264,875 : 557,792 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 188,374 = n/a = 187,188 187,018 : £187,696 : +0.02% : O : : 271,669 : 596,692 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 189,333 = n/a = 186,135 185,517 : £187,425 : -0.14% : N : : 267,127 : 601,180 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 189,388 = n/a = 186,941 187,523 : £188,456 : +0.55% : D : : Mo. : Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : ========================================== mom:+1.18% : +1.05% :: Est. DI : : 149.1% / +0.61% = n/a = : +0.44% : +0.48% : +0.99% : === Links: Halifax : Nationwide :Rightmove : Hometrack : Home.co.uk : KnFr-PrimeC > WHERE's the BEEF? Increases in Asking prices - from Oct. 2007 to Spring (April) 2014 Gr. London: +41.8% Eng&Wales : + 8.7% South East. : + 8.4% South West : + 4.1% East Anglia. : + 2.4% West Midlds : - 2.5% East Midlds. : - 4.2% North -------- : - 5.4% Wales-------- : - 7.4% Yorks&Humb: - 7.5% North West- : - 8.8%

UPDATING ... Mo. : Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : DelusIdx 2013 J. : : 229,429 : 480,890 : 144,748 : = N/A = / 162,245 = n/a = 162,844 160,613 : £161,429 : - 0.40% : 142.1% : F. : : 235,741 : 486,298 : 146,748 : = N/A = / 162,638 = n/a = 163,600 162,011 : £162,325 : +0.56% : 145.3% : M : : 239,710 : 496,298 : 148,259 : = N/A = / 164,630 = n/a = 163,943 163,930 : £164,280 : +1.20% : 145.9% : A : : 244,706 : 493,635 : 151,518 : = N/A = / 165,586 = n/a = 166,175 167,026 : £166,745 : +1.50% : 146.8% : M : : 249,841 : 509,870 : 153,391 : = N/A = / 167,912 = n/a = 166,898 167,831 : £167,898 : +0.68% : 148.8% : J. : : 252,798 : 515,243 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 168,941 = n/a = 167.984 170,184 : £169,563 : +0.99% : 149.1% : Mo. : Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : DelusIdx Jl : : A. : : S. : : O : : N : : D : : Mo. : Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : DelusIdx 2014 J. : : F. : : M : : A : : M : : J. : : 252,XXX : 515,243 : = N/ A = : = N/A = / 168,941 = n/a = 167.984 170,184 : £169,563 : +0.99% : 149.1% : Jl : : A. : : S. : : O : : N : : D : : Mo. : Rt'mov : London : Rest of UK %chg / Nt'wide : H-oldSA Halif.SA Hal.NSA: HNindex : mom : DelusIdx ========================================== mom:+1.18% : +1.05% :: Est. DI : : 149.1% / +0.61% = n/a = : +0.44% : +0.48% : +0.99% : === Tags: Halifax, Nationwide Index, SA Seasonally Adjusted, NSA, Bull Trap, UKtrap Links: Halifax : Nationwide :Rightmove : Hometrack : Home.co.uk : KnFr-PrimeC

Is SEPTA’s Market East becoming ‘Jefferson Station’? It wouldn't be the transit agency's first foray into selling station naming-rights — and it might not be the last. Is this SEPTA's new map? A tipster sent us the above photo of a printed-up SEPTA transit map. What’s new? Market East has been replaced with “Jefferson Station,” complete with the new logo of nearby Thomas Jefferson University. “It’s nothing we are ready or able to talk about publicly,” SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams told Technical.ly Philly. It wouldn’t be the transit agency’s first foray into selling station naming-rights. And it might not be the last. “We’re definitely open to those discussions,” Williams said, adding that selling naming rights is a revenue stream benefiting SEPTA’s bottom line. A five-year, $5 million deal that turned Pattison Station into AT&T Stationnetted SEPTA $3.4 million, with the remainder going to transit advertising firm Titan, according to news reports in 2010. That deal is up for renewal next year. Of course, “Jefferson Station” could be another false alarm. Whether a deal has been finalized or these maps are merely mockups is unclear. In June, Philadelphia City Paper reported that Suburban Station might soon become “Verizon Station.” > Aug. 2014 : http://technical.ly/philly/2014/08/26/septa-market-east-becoming-jefferson-station/ Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals will pay $4 million for a five-year deal to put the Jefferson name on SEPTA's Market East commuter rail station in Center City. For an extra $3.4 million, Jefferson can keep the naming rights for an additional four years - a decision it will make at the end of its initial term. SEPTA will get 85 percent of the money, and its New York-based advertising agency, Titan Worldwide, will get 15 percent, officials said. The new Jefferson Station name was unveiled in ceremonies Thursday morning at the 30-year-old subterranean rail hub. Stephen Klasko, president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System, said the name would raise Jefferson's presence in the region and demonstrate its desire "to provide access to everyone." Jefferson, the hospital, is just two blocks south of the station. Thomas Jefferson, the person, wrote the Declaration of Independence four blocks east, at Seventh and Market Streets. His iconic silhouette is featured on the train station marquee, as it is on the hospital signs. Jefferson Health System will position shuttle buses on 10th Street between Market and Filbert Streets to transport patients from the train station to the hospital, Klasko said. SEPTA will use the Jefferson money to make customer improvements at the station, including upgrading entrances and restrooms, SEPTA assistant general manager Fran Kelly said. = > http://articles.philly.com/2014-09-06/news/53606289_1_pattison-station-jerri-williams-septa

WHAT's a "STRONG TOWN"? MP3 : http://shoutengine.com/StrongTownsPodcast/StrongTownsPodcast-0197-strength-test-5218.mp3 "We need to leave flexibility for the future..." Considering what really works The Engineers (from S.T. org) can save us, by helping us to see that present Zoning codes and planning is NOT WORKING. We need to reconsider what really makes a neighborhood a place that people want to live in > More : http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/11/15/strong-towns-strength-test : from http://strongtowns.org Here are ten simple questions we call the Strong Towns Strength Test. A Strong Town should be able to answer “yes” to each of these questions. Take a photo of your main street at midday. Does the picture show more people than cars? If there were a revolution in your town, would people instinctively know where to gather to participate? Imagine your favorite street in town didn’t exist. Could it be built today if the construction had to follow your local rules? Is an owner of a single family home able to get permission to add a small rental unit onto their property without any real hassle? If your largest employer left town, are you confident the city would survive? Is it safe for children to walk or bike to school and many of their other activities without adult supervision? Are there neighborhoods where three generations of a family could reasonably find a place to live, all within walking distance of each other? If you wanted to eat only locally-produced food for a month, could you? Before building or accepting new infrastructure, does the local government clearly identify how future generations will afford to maintain it? Does the city government spend no more than 10% of its locally-generated revenue on debt service?

Alleged (FMR) NASA Employee Says She Saw Humans Walking on Mars - Coast to Coast A.M. = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfM7CWt5kc = Published on Nov 28, 2014 A woman named "Jackie," who claims to be a former NASA employee, called Coast to Coast AM in the U.S. She claimed she had seen evidence of two human figures walking towards the Viking lander on Mars in 1979.