affordability

Welcome to the 'affordability' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'affordability'.

Are you an expert about 'affordability'? Do you want to be the Technorati authority on 'affordability'? You can write a description that will appear right here: Join Blogcritics!

Original Technorati articles tagged “affordability”

• in Technology
  Is Technology Really Getting More Affordable?
  Who says tech is getting more affordable...
  by jwalk6 / on Dec 31, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Can You Afford Your Lifestyle?
  Money management is a misnomer! Lifestyle choices drive spending: where we live, cars we buy, clothes we wear.
  by debstwins / on Aug 23, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “affordability”

 

• Opinion: The Governments proposed housing accord legislation gives it too much centralised power and could have far-reaching consequences

  
  — Authority:
  Tweet Image sourced from Shutterstock.com " class="imagecache imagecache-teaser_180x110 imagecache-default imagecache-teaser_180x110_default" width="180" height="110" /> By David Hargreaves In ...
  1 day ago

• Open Course Library Expands Free Content

  
  — Authority:
  Advocates of the Open Course Library (OCL) estimate it has saved students about $5 million on course materials in just a few years. Now, the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges has expanded the library’s offerings to include 81 of the most common community college classes. The OCL ...
  2 days ago

• Pay Forever, Or For A Shorter Time?

  
  — Authority:
  Should you pay your life insurance premium forever, or would you rather be able to stop paying after a stipulated number of years?  That sounds like an easy question, but it’s a little like, “Have you stopped beating your wife?”  It’s a loaded question. With Universal Life, you can design the premium paying ...
  1 week ago

• Government issues paper released for comment on why it costs so much to build a house in New Zealand

  
  — Authority:
  Tweet Following the Productivity Commissions conclusion that the costs of building a house in New Zealand are too high, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released an " issues paper ...
  1 week ago

• The renting generation – homeownership rate for those 35 and younger continues to decline. Overall homeownership falls in spite of rising affordability.

  
  — Authority:
  doctorhousingbubble.com / By Dr. Housing Bubble / May 10, 2013 Going to any open house in  Southern California  during a sunny weekend will make you think that the entire housing market is on fire and that the homeownership rate must be going up.  Obviously with all these buyers, the rate must be going up.  ...
  1 week ago

• The Auckland Housing Accord

  
  — Authority:
  Nick Smith announced : An Auckland Housing Accord has been agreed today by Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Auckland Mayor Len Brown to urgently increase the supply and affordability of housing in Auckland. … The legislation, to be introduced to Parliament as part of Budget 2013, will enable Special Housing ...
  1 week ago

• Government and Auckland Council agree plan for fast-tracking of housing developments, with 9000 new homes promised in the first year

  
  — Authority:
  Tweet Image sourced from Shutterstock.com " class="imagecache imagecache-teaser_180x110 imagecache-default imagecache-teaser_180x110_default" width="180" height="110" /> The Government and ...
  1 week ago

• The Higher Ed Arms Race: How the High-Tuition High-Aid Model Shuts Out Low-Income Students

  
  — Authority:
  Yesterday, the New America Foundations Education Policy Program released "Undermining Pell: How Colleges Compete for Wealthy Students and Leave the Low-Income Behind." Author Stephen Burd reveals a full-fledged "financial aid arms-race" between private colleges and universities, and a burgeoning one among publics as ...
  1 week ago

• Waste not, want not, say global sanitation innovators

  
  — Authority:
  Last week’s C-IDEA global health symposium here at Stanford featured 20 presentations on low-cost ideas for preventing disease in developing nations. As I wrote in an Inside Stanford Medicine article on the event, one of the more clever ideas was “ EZPZ ,” a method for treating latrine waste with alkalizing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hardwood And Laminte Flooring_389

  
  — Authority:
  Hardwood And Laminte Flooring It is very important and challenging tasks to choose the right flooring for your home. When you making a decision pertaining to flooring There are many different types of flooring materials available and Now a days hardwood and laminate flooring is one of the best and most popular ...
  2 weeks ago

• Comparing Permanent Life Insurance

  
  — Authority:
  As I covered in the last couple of entries, comparing term premiums isn’t too hard.  When it comes to permanent life insurance, since there are so many more moving parts it’s more complicated.  There are basically two types of permanent insurance:  Whole Life and Universal Life.  But, then there are ...
  2 weeks ago

• But Labour says it can do these for $300,000?

  
  — Authority:
  The Herald reports : A $224,000 prototype house, aimed at Aucklanders who want an affordable place, has been built at Papakura. That is the house, not the land. The business is promoting architecturally designed houses as a revolution, designed to fit on sites as small as 350sq m. Excellent. Different ...
  2 weeks ago

• Colleges are losing pricing power

  
  — Authority:
  After years of relentless tuition hikes, many colleges and universities are facing a backlash and more students and parents are looking at value. They don’t want to be stuck with outrageous student loans, and now many private colleges are offering record financial aid to keep classrooms full.
  2 weeks ago

• Should Len practice what he preaches?

  
  — Authority:
  NBR (paywall)  reports : Under-fire Auckland mayor Len Brown has been accused of hypocrisy for living on a spacious lifestyle block outside the urban limit while pushing for a “quality compact city” full of small high-rise apartments. The mayor lives on a bush-covered 6970 sq m (0.688ha/1.7 acre) property ...
  2 weeks ago

• How Low Can They Go? Average Mortgage Interest Rates Drop Again!

  
  — Authority:
  Today, 5/2/2013 Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.35% down from 3.40% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 2.56%, down from 2.61% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.84%. These are some of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vinyl Flooring_363

  
  — Authority:
  Vinyl Flooring Vinyl flooring makes an excellent substitute for wood and other kinds of flooring. Commonly seen in commercial settings because of its durability. Vinyl flooring is very easy to install and does not suffer from abrasions, impacts, or water damage. This is in sharp contrast to wood flooring that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Undermining Pell

  
  — Authority:
  Nearly fifty years ago, the federal government committed itself to removing the financial barriers that prevent low-income students from enrolling in and completing college. Colleges for years complemented the governments efforts by using their financial aid resources to open the doors to the neediest students. But ...
  3 weeks ago

• Houston vs. NYC, density does not equal wealth, DARTs poor rail investments, good rankings, and more

  
  — Authority:
  Another round of smaller misc items:This NYT story on the cost of living in New York has a good couple of paragraphs at the end on Houston, although I still think we hold our own pretty well on fancy cookies too."What’s happening in New York is just part of a national shift. Highly paid, college-educated people are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mortgage Interest Rates Drop Again! 15 Year Fixed-Rate at Lowest Level EVER!

  
  — Authority:
  Today, 4/25/2013 Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.40% down from 3.41% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 2.61, down from 2.64% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.90%. Freddie Macs Vice ...
  3 weeks ago

• What are the benefits of Cloud Testing?

  
  The Art of Service - The IT Management Guide — Authority: 150
  Right after the emergence of cloud computing, the idea of using the technology to perform various types of automated tested also surfaced.  The most basic example of this is using cloud environments to test software; creating simulated web traffic, for example. However, there are many other specific types of tests ...
  3 weeks ago

Comments about affordability