Homes

The Internal Revenue Service said on Monday it would curb the practice of sending agents to make surprise visits to homes and businesses, scaling back a policy that for decades has been central to its efforts to collect unpaid taxes amid…

<!-- -->During the year-ago period, the sales of luxury homes in Mumbai stood at Rs 7,660 crore.New Delhi: Sales of residential properties, priced above Rs 10 crore, in Mumbai's primary and resale market rose 49 per cent in value…

The sales in the secondary (re-sale) market were down 9 per cent to Rs 2,583 crore from Rs 2,844 crore during the period under review. (Representative image)The demand for luxury apartments in the financial capital was mainly driven by…

Developers have accused the government of not doing enough to tackle falling levels of house building, as Michael Gove prepares to unveil plans that he says will boost construction - without spoiling the countryside.In a…

Takeaways and betting shops could be converted into homes more easily as the government launches a review of extensions, conversions and renovations.In proposals to be formally announced on Monday, new freedoms to enlarge…

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said in the Parliament that government authorities had not shut down the services of American microblogging site Twitter and did not raid homes of…

When Dorine Khainza arrived in Canada from Uganda in January, she didn't know anyone in the country or where to start her new life. What she did know was that she wanted to work with her hands."I was determined to do things that I was…

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA: Gao Zhuang says he has refused to pay his mortgage for months, a desperate protest against the Chinese property developer he blames for endless delays on the unfinished apartment he bought years ago for his son.He is one…

The tornadoes that ripped across suburban Ottawa and near Montreal on Thursday highlight a growing concern for researchers.Preliminary data trends suggest Canada's most densely populated zone — in Ontario and Quebec — may become the…

John duSaint, a retired software engineer, recently bought property near Bishop, Calif., in a rugged valley east of the Sierra Nevada. The area is at risk for wildfires, severe daytime heat and high winds — and also heavy winter…