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St Kitts and Nevis Records Lowest Coronavirus Rate in Caribbean

LONDON, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis boasts the lowest number of coronavirus cases amongst the Caribbean islands. According to MJS & Associates, a company in the British Virgin Islands, statistics show that the dual-island nation has the least severe rate. In a recently published update chart depicting cases in the Caribbean per 10,000 population, St Kitts and Nevis has only reported 28 cases with zero deaths. This is a reflection of the government’s effective management of the virus since the pandemic begin, which included shutting down borders from March to October.

At the onset of the pandemic, the government of St Kitts and Nevis moved quickly to ensure the safety of its citizens and the continued support of its economy from providing stimulus package to introducing a waiver of specific payments.

With tourism acting as the main contributor of economic growth to the islands, St Kitts and Nevis looked to its Citizenship by Investment Programme to stay afloat financially. «Had it not been for the CBI programme we would not have been able to respond as successfully as we have with respect to COVID-19,» Prime Minister Timothy Harris said during a panel discussion earlier this year.

Established in 1984, St Kitts and Nevis’ CBI Programme is the world’s longest-standing Programme and boasts over three decades of experience in the investment migration realm. The Programme enables high net-worth individuals and their families a safe and secure route to second citizenship in exchange for an investment into its Sustainable Growth Fund (SGF). The fund utilises revenue generated to support different sectors of society including healthcare and education.

Investors who want to become citizens of St Kitts and Nevis must first undergo stringent due diligence checks. Once successful, applicants gain access to a wealth of benefits from travel to nearly 160 destinations, the right to live and work in the country and the option to pass citizenship down for generations to come. Currently, investors can take advantage of a limited time offer, set to expire on the 15^th January, which enables a family of four to acquire citizenship for the same price as a single applicant.

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En+ Group says London Metal Exchange Sustainability Plans Ignore Industry Concerns

LONDON, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — En+ Group, the world’s leading producer of low carbon aluminium and largest private sector generator of hydropower, notes the response published this week by the London Metal Exchange (LME) to industry feedback on its sustainability discussion paper, which En+ believes do not address the industry’s concerns.

En+ believes the LME’s announced plans represent a lost opportunity to drive industry-wide meaningful change as the world looks to ‘build back better’…

En+ believes the LME’s announced plans represent a lost opportunity to drive industry-wide meaningful change as the world looks to ‘build back better’ from the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

Lord Barker of Battle, Executive Chairman of En+ Group, said:

«We warmly welcome this long overdue first step by the LME into the low carbon age but it doesn’t go far enough. London should lead global Green commerce and trading; timid actions don’t cut it. So, we will be looking for further steps to make voluntary carbon disclosure mandatory for the LMEpassport and to create a new derivative contract for Low Carbon Aluminium.»

In its formal response to the LME’s consultation paper issued in September, En+ set out three core recommendations and called on the exchange to take a more active role in guiding the aluminium market towards a low-carbon future. En+ believes the following measures are critical to incentivising the decarbonisation of the aluminium industry, which is currently responsible for 2% of global carbon emissions, and where there is a huge disparity between the emissions from the production of low-carbon aluminium (produced with renewable energy) and aluminium produced with coal-fired plants.

En+ called for mandatory carbon content and sustainability-related disclosure by metal producers (not voluntary) and this should be fully integrated with the existing trading system. This would mean that LME Passports, which are attached to warrants traded on the exchange, should include mandatory information about each aluminium product’s carbon footprint, whether it is ASI certified and the source of energy used to produce it.
En+ also warned that the LME’s plans for a separate spot trading platform for low-carbon aluminium would not be effective in supporting a low-carbon transition. The platform proposed by the LME would not impact normal trading routes for the metal and is therefore unlikely to gain the widespread traction needed to spur a low-carbon transition.
En+ called for the creation of a separate low-carbon aluminium futures contract. The establishment of a futures market – the vast majority of the trades on LME – in low carbon aluminium would transform the way purchasers and producers of low-carbon aluminium are able to manage price risks. Moreover, it would ensure sustainability is truly integrated into the marketplace for LME-listed aluminium.

En+ remains resolute in its mission to lead the aluminium industry into the low-carbon economy and looks forward to further engagement with the LME on this area.

About EN+ Group

En+ Group is the world’s leading international vertically integrated aluminium and power producer. The Company combines power plants with a total installed capacity of 19.6 GW (including 15.1 GW of hydro power assets), and 3.9 mt of annual aluminium production capacity (through a controlling stake in RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer ex-China in 2018) which is the major consumer of En+ Group’s hydroelectricity.

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Home Prices Up 15%, Pending Sales Rise 32%

SEATTLE, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — (NASDAQ: RDFN) — The median home sale price increased 15% year over year to $322,616, the highest on record, according to a new report from Redfin (<a target="_blank"…

Below are other key housing market takeaways for 400+ U.S. metro areas during the 4-week period ending December 13.

Pending home sales were up 32% year over year. In the single week ending December 13, pending sales were up 28% from the same week a year earlier.
New listings of homes for sale were up 13% from a year earlier.
Active listings (the number of homes listed for sale at any point during the period) fell 30% from 2019 to a new all-time low.
39% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market. This measure has experienced some slight seasonal cooling, but is still well above the 26% it was at this same time a year ago.
The average sale-to-list price ratio, which measures how close homes are selling to their asking prices, rose to 99.5%—an all-time high and 1.5 percentage points higher than a year earlier.
For the week ending December 13, the seasonally adjusted Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index—a measure of requests for home tours and other services from Redfin agents—was up 32% from pre-pandemic levels in January and February. The fact that the Demand Index has held relatively steady since July indicates that there is no shortage of people interested in buying homes. Instead, a decline in the number of listings may be restricting actual sales.
Mortgage purchase applications increased 2% week over week (seasonally adjusted) and were up 26% from a year earlier (unadjusted) during the week ending December 11. For the week ending December 17, 30-year mortgage rates fell to 2.67%, another new all-time low. Rates have been below 3% since late July.

«At a time of year when the housing market usually goes into hibernation, homebuyers are doing anything but hibernate,» said Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather. «With the coronavirus vaccine set to roll out just as the housing market typically kicks into full gear, a combination of seasonality and the pandemic’s final chapter is likely to keep the housing market hot well into 2021.»

To view the full report, including charts and methodology, please visit: https://www.redfin.com/news/pending-sales-up-32-pct-prices-up-15-pct/

About Redfin
Redfin (www.redfin.com) is a technology-powered residential real estate company, redefining real estate in the consumer’s favor in a commission-driven industry. We do this by integrating every step of the home buying and selling process and pairing our own agents with our own technology, creating a service that is faster, better and costs less. We offer brokerage, iBuying, mortgage, and title services, and we also run the country’s #1 real estate brokerage search site, offering a host of online tools to consumers, including the Redfin Estimate. We represent people buying and selling homes in over 90 markets in the United States and Canada. Since our launch in 2006, we have saved our customers over $800 million and we’ve helped them buy or sell more than 235,000 homes worth more than $115 billion.

For more information or to contact a local Redfin real estate agent, visit www.redfin.com. To learn about housing market trends and download data, visit the Redfin Data Center. To be added to Redfin’s press release distribution list, email press@redfin.com. To view Redfin’s press center, click here.

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El Kia K5 y Telluride ganan los premios «Top Rated» de Edmunds

IRVINE, California, 18 de diciembre de 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — El Kia K5 recibió la designación del sedán mejor calificado de Edmunds («Edmunds Top Rated Sedan») en los premios «Top Rated» 2021 de Edmunds. Junto al K5, el Telluride obtuvo el primer lugar como el SUV mejor calificado de Edmunds («Edmunds Top Rated SUV») por segundo año consecutivo.

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«Kia tiene un compromiso desde hace mucho tiempo con la innovación, la calidad y la satisfacción del conductor, y nos honra que los expertos de Edmunds reconozcan una vez más estos valores en nuestros vehículos», declaró Sean Yoon, presidente y director ejecutivo de Kia Motors America, Kia Motors North America. «El premiado Telluride y el K5 representan el éxito en dos segmentos muy diferentes y son una prueba del espíritu de «Darlo Todo» de la marca».

Con dos premios «Top Rated» de Edmunds, no se puede negar la popularidad del Telluride como un SUV grande y audaz, y ahora todos los vehículos de Kia deben alcanzar esos elevados estándares. El K5, un nuevo modelo para el 2021 que representa un nuevo capítulo en el diseño audaz de Kia, es el sedán de tamaño medio más potente de la marca y ofrece a los conductores una alternativa inspirada y llena de tecnología al sedán tradicional.

«Probamos más de 300 vehículos cada año, y está claro que el K5 y el Telluride son los ganadores de la categoría», señaló Alistair Weaver, editor en jefe de Edmunds. «El manejo del K5 es tan suave como el de algunos sedanes de lujo, y es sorprendente a primera vista gracias a su diseño estilizado que es mucho más atractivo que algunos de sus competidores de aspecto más rudimentario». En términos de SUV, el Telluride ha cambiado realmente nuestras expectativas para el segmento, gracias a su combinación de diseño de alta calidad, funcionalidad familiar y un valor impresionante».

Los ganadores de los premios «Top Rated» de Edmunds son seleccionados por el equipo editorial de Edmunds según su opinión fundamentada, obtenida durante el proceso de prueba y clasificación de los vehículos. Los editores de Edmunds seleccionaron a los ganadores generales entre un grupo de finalistas compuesto por cada uno de los vehículos nuevos elegibles de mayor rango en sus respectivas categorías. Los vehículos elegibles se sometieron al proceso completo de pruebas de Edmunds y se calificaron en función del manejo, la comodidad, el interior, la tecnología, el almacenamiento y el valor. Consulte más información en: Edmunds.com/toprated.

Acerca de Kia Motors America

Kia Motors America, cuya sede se encuentra en Irvine, California, ha sido la marca mejor clasificada y es reconocida como una de las 100 mejores marcas mundiales. Kia es el «Socio automotor oficial» de la NBA y ofrece una gama completa de vehículos que se venden a través de una red de más de 750 concesionarios en los Estados Unidos, entre los que se incluyen automóviles y SUV orgullosamente construidos en West Point, Georgia.*

Para obtener información de prensa, incluyendo fotografías, visite www.kiamedia.com. Para recibir avisos personalizados por correo electrónico sobre comunicados de prensa al momento de su publicación, suscríbase en www.kiamedia.com/us/en/newsalert.

*Los modelos Telluride, Sorento y K5 se ensamblan en los Estados Unidos con partes, piezas y componentes de origen estadounidense y mundial.

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Telemundo Owned Stations are the «Most Accurate» Spanish-Language Weather Forecasters for a Second Year in a Row

PHOENIX, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — WeatheRate, an independent weather research company, today announced that 17 Telemundo owned stations have received the «Most Accurate» forecasting certification for 2020. The stations include Telemundo 47 / WNJU in New York, Telemundo 51 / WSCV in Miami, Telemundo Houston / KTMD, Telemundo 39 / KXTX in Dallas-Fort Worth, Telemundo Chicago / WSNS, Telemundo 60 / KVDA in San Antonio, Telemundo Phoenix / KTAZ, Telemundo 40 / KTLM in the Rio Grande Valley, Telemundo 31 / WTMO in Orlando/Central Florida, Telemundo 62 / WWSI in Philadelphia, Telemundo 44 / WZDC in Washington, D.C., Telemundo 20 / KUAN in San Diego, Telemundo 49 / WRMD in Tampa, Telemundo Denver / KDEN, Telemundo 48 / KTDO in El Paso, Telemundo Boston / WNEU and Telemundo Las Vegas / KBLR.

«All Telemundo stations that earned our accuracy title last year repeated their strong showing during our recently completed annual accuracy research,» said Bruce Fixman, President, WeatheRate. «With two years of research now completed, Spanish-language viewers can be confident they are receiving the most accurate Spanish-language weather forecasts from their Telemundo stations.»

«Year after year, our Telemundo station weather teams have transformed the way that forecasts are delivered to local audiences by going beyond temperature highs and lows. Our weather teams deliver live weather forecasts to help audiences understand how weather patterns, storms and the effects of climate change will affect them in their daily lives,» added Ozzie Martinez, Senior Vice President, News, Digital and Standards for the Telemundo Station Group. «With augmented reality and other storytelling approaches, our meteorologists are helping audiences stay connected to their local weather updates, as it happens in real-time, and in the language of their choice.»

Following a multi-year investment in weather forecasting, Telemundo owned stations revamped their weather teams to improve the way that weather conditions are presented to Spanish-language audiences. From hiring bilingual meteorologists to helping weather anchors in multiple markets obtain degrees in meteorology and other industry certifications to delivering live weather forecasts for audiences for the first time in their markets, the Telemundo owned stations’ are also making it possible for audiences to receive real-time weather updates in Spanish through the stations’ mobile apps. The Telemundo stations’ mobile app weather alerts are powered by NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ largest privately owned network of cutting edge fixed and mobile weather radars in the country.

About WeatheRate
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, WeatheRate was developed by meteorologist Bruce Fixman in an effort to provide viewers with reliable and unbiased information about where to turn to receive the most accurate weather forecasts. WeatheRate has been verifying the accuracy of television stations’ weather forecasts since 2003. The company conducts and funds their own independent research. For more information about WeatheRate, please visit http://www.weatherate.com/

About Telemundo Station Group
Telemundo Station Group, part of the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal, is comprised of 30 local television stations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Producing and broadcasting more than 15,000 hours of unique and relevant local content each year, including award-winning news, public affairs, and entertainment programming, Telemundo Station Group serves Spanish-speaking viewers in the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, New York, Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, San Antonio, San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, Harlingen, Sacramento, Orlando, Fresno, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., San Diego, Tampa, Denver, El Paso, Boston, Las Vegas, Tucson, Hartford, Salt Lake City, Fort Myers–Naples, Springfield, Richmond and Puerto Rico. In addition, Telemundo Station Group operates TeleXitos, a national multicast network that offers viewers popular action and adventure television series and feature films in Spanish. The group also provides support to 50 Telemundo affiliates across the country and manages dedicated local websites and applications, as well as a robust digital out-of-home operation.

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Media Contact

Bruce Fixman, WeatheRate, Inc., +1 (602) 909-8429, bruce@weatherate.com

Melissa Castro, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, (954) 622-6808, melissa.castro@nbcuni.com

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Leyline Announces New Partnership with Regionally Focused Solar Developer New England Solar Garden

DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Leyline Renewable Capital, a leading provider of pre-construction capital for renewable energy development, has entered into a financing arrangement with New England Solar Garden (NESG), a leading solar developer based in New Hampshire. Leyline will provide development-stage capital to support NESG’s growing business throughout the Northeast, facilitating the development of more than 30 solar projects that will enable approximately 2.7 million kWhs per year.

«At Leyline, we love developers who are committed to specific markets – and that’s why we’re investing in the team at NESG,» said Leyline CEO Erik Lensch. «Our partnership has enabled the Leyline team to think outside the box in developing a creative approach to fit NESG’s needs. We have also learned how Leyline can be most valuable as NESG’s business continues to grow.»

With 10 years of experience in the solar industry, NESG currently has more than 200 megawatts in development for different ownership groups and more than 25 megawatts built – enough electricity to power 26,000 homes in New England.

«This funding enables NESG to scale our business and kickstart numerous solar projects across New England,» said NESG CEO Clarke Fenner. «Leyline’s commitment to combatting climate change through this critical investment was a game changer for NESG. We look forward to continuing our work with Leyline as these projects come to life.»

As Leyline wraps up the year and embarks on new projects in 2021, solar projects will continue to be a priority vertical for the company. Utilizing a readily available and reliable source of energy such as the sun has been proven to make a substantial contribution to de-carbonizing the U.S. energy grid. The announcement comes amid a series of milestones for the Leyline team, including recently surpassing 4GW of renewable energy projects.

About Leyline Renewable Capital:

Leyline Renewable Capital invests in the development, construction and financing of sophisticated renewable energy projects. Backed by a team of seasoned investors with deep experience in the renewable industry, Leyline provides financing that bridges the gap between development and construction. By investing in the pre-construction phase of renewable energy projects, Leyline is able to accelerate the development process and help developers scale their business. Leyline leverages a broad base of experience in greenfield project development, design, construction and finance with an extensive network of relationships with industry leaders to provide support and capital for projects from concept to commercial operation. Leyline actively promotes anti-racism and diversity in the renewables industry and reports quarterly on its environmental impact and social change efforts. Learn more about Leyline Renewable Capital at https://leylinecapital.com.

About New England Solar Garden:

NESG develops commercial-scale Community Solar Gardens throughout New England in efforts to promote the growth of renewable energy. With deep experience in the solar development industry, our core consulting competencies include relationship management; site analysis; local, state and federal entitlement; utilities and localities interfacing; and civil, electrical design, and financial engineering. To learn more, visit: https://NESolarGarden.com/.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Disproportionately Hurting Working Women

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate economic impact on women in ways that could have long-lasting effects on the U.S. economy, according to a report by the Committee for Economic Development of…

The report – the latest in a series of Solutions Briefs – cites two critical factors that have magnified COVID-19’s impact on women. First, the lower-wage and service-oriented jobs which have been hardest-hit by the pandemic predominantly employ women. Those sectors include personal service, healthcare support, restaurant servers, food preparation, and administrative support. At the depth of the employment crisis, women’s employment – in absolute numbers – fell to its lowest point since the 1990s and has since only recovered two-thirds of that loss.

Second, women are far more likely than men to bear the brunt of disruptions to childcare and education. Even before the pandemic, mothers of children under age 18 reported spending nearly twice as much time on childcare and housework as fathers.

«This will likely be the first recession in half a century to feature a larger increase in unemployment rates among women than men,» said CED President Lori Esposito Murray. «When talented workers are forced to the sidelines the entire economy is hurt. Employers also miss out on important competitive resources. This catastrophe is a first-order national concern, and business leaders and policymakers must act quickly to respond to it.»

The report includes 11 steps business leaders and policymakers should take to mitigate the economic impact on women, including:

Both increase the availability and normalize the use of remote work and flexible hours. This must include evaluating the performance of workers who use these options on an equal footing with those who do not.
Help women candidates advance into leadership roles, through sponsorship, mentoring, and training for midcareer female workers. Business leaders should ensure that their companies are adopting existing best practices including prioritizing, disclosing, and rewarding efforts to reach gender parity.
Lawmakers should create a childcare stabilization fund to ensure widespread access to safe, high-quality childcare, which is essential to speed the economic recovery.
Extend temporary paid leave programs, which are scheduled to expire at year’s end, until COVID-19 is no longer disrupting normal care arrangements.

Read the new report, COVID-19’s Impact on Women in the Workplace: Avoiding a Major Setback.

About CED
The Committee for Economic Development is the Public Policy Center of The Conference Board that delivers well-researched analysis, and non-partisan, reasoned solutions in the nation’s interest. www.ced.org

About The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what’s ahead. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States. www.conference-board.org

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Dominion Energy Files Construction and Operations Plan for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Dominion Energy announced today the company has filed with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) the required Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to build the 2,640-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project, the largest planned offshore wind farm in the United States.

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«This is an important step in the process toward bringing commercial-scale offshore wind to the Commonwealth and shows Dominion Energy is committed to delivering the clean, renewable and reliable energy our customers expect from us,» said Joshua Bennett, Dominion Energy’s vice president of offshore wind. «We look forward to working with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as the CVOW commercial project moves through the permitting process.»

The COP includes information about the construction, operations and conceptual decommissioning plans for Dominion Energy’s proposed offshore wind farm to be installed within a 112,800-acre Commercial Lease Area located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, which Dominion Energy obtained in 2013. Information about onshore and support facilities is included in the COP as well.

Through this filing, Dominion Energy shows, among other things, it designed and sited the CVOW commercial project in a manner that protects natural resources, the environment and human and wildlife health; uses the best available and safest technology; and does not unreasonably interfere with other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf, such as commercial and recreational fishing, commercial shipping lanes and military training maneuvers.

Data based on the results of the many surveys of the lease area – geophysical, geotechnical, biological, cultural, socioeconomic – are also included in the filing for BOEM’s review, which will take approximately two years to complete.

Offshore wind generation is a major component of Dominion Energy’s comprehensive clean energy strategy to meet standards mandated in the Virginia Clean Economy Act and to achieve the company’s net zero carbon dioxide and methane emissions commitment by 2050.

The company earlier this year completed the construction of CVOW’s first phase – the two turbine, 12-megawatt pilot project, which is located adjacent to the Commercial Lease Area. The two turbines are operational while the project undergoes BOEM’s technical review before officially entering service.

The company applied the valuable permitting, design and installation experience from the CVOW pilot project to its proposed commercial project. Pending approval by the State Corporation Commission, the CVOW commercial project is on track to commence construction in 2024, and upon completion in 2026, will provide enough renewable electricity to power up to 660,000 homes.

According to an economic impact study performed by Glen Allen-based Mangum Economics and commissioned and published by the Hampton Roads Alliance, it is estimated that the CVOW commercial project could create approximately 900 jobs and $143 million in economic impact annually during construction and 1,100 jobs and almost $210 million in economic impact annually during operation of the turbines.

Similarly, during construction, the 2.6-gigawatt CVOW commercial project is estimated to generate nearly $5 million per year in local and state tax revenue which increases to almost $11 million annually once the project is commissioned and operational.

About Dominion Energy
More than 7 million customers in 16 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable, reliable, affordable and safe energy and to achieving net zero carbon dioxide and methane emissions from its power generation and gas infrastructure operations by 2050. Please visit DominionEnergy.com to learn more.

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Las ventas de viviendas de lujo en Texas alcanzan los $10 mil millones

AUSTIN, Texas, 18 de diciembre de 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — El número de viviendas vendidas en Texas por $1 millón o más entre noviembre de 2019 y octubre de 2020 tuvo un incremento de 23.5 %, con un total de 6,347 ventas, según la edición 2020 del Informe de Ventas de Viviendas de Lujo en Texas publicado hoy por Texas Realtors. El informe anual, que analizó las estadísticas inmobiliarias de las viviendas de lujo en las áreas metropolitanas de Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston y San Antonio, además indicó que las ventas totales de las propiedades de 1 millón de dólares o más alcanzaron los $10.3 mil millones, un aumento de 23.8 % con respecto al año anterior. Ese total constituyó el 8.8 % de todo el volumen de venta en dólar.

Marvin Jolly, presidente de Texas Realtors para 2021, señaló: «Uno de los motivos por los cuales hemos visto este sólido crecimiento en la venta de propiedades de lujo a pesar de la pandemia es que las tasas hipotecarias están muy bajas. Los compradores de propiedades de alta gama están notando que con su dinero pueden obtener más, especialmente si comparan diversos mercados inmobiliarios en Nueva York, California u otras áreas más costosas».

El valor promedio de las viviendas de lujo en Texas durante los primeros 10 meses de 2020 fue de $ 1,360,000, es decir 0.7 % menos que el año anterior. El valor promedio por pie cuadrado de las propiedades de lujo aumentó en un 3.5 %, a $361, cifra que es significativamente mayor al precio promedio de $139 por pie cuadrado de todas las propiedades residenciales de Texas.

Desde enero hasta octubre de 2020, las propiedades de lujo en Texas estuvieron en el mercado un promedio de 86 días, lo que muestra una disminución de 1 día en comparación con el mismo periodo en 2019. En promedio, las viviendas de lujo permanecen más tiempo en el mercado que las de menor costo.

Jolly concluyó: «Los compradores que están en busca de propiedades de $1 millón o más seguirán teniendo acceso a una buena selección en casi todas las áreas de Texas. No obstante, las características de las viviendas de lujo varían considerablemente de una propiedad a otra, desde lujosos condominios y propiedades frente al mar hasta viviendas con gran terreno de gran superficie y dependencias para invitados. Los agentes inmobiliarios han visto cada tipo de vivienda y pueden ayudar tanto a compradores como a vendedores a evaluar todas sus opciones con el fin de poder tomar la decisión inmobiliaria que más les convenga».

Acerca del Informe de Ventas de Viviendas de Lujo en Texas
La edición 2020 del Informe de Ventas de Viviendas de Lujo en Texas es elaborada por Data Relevance Project, una alianza entre Texas REALTORS® y las asociaciones locales de REALTOR® en el estado. El análisis de los datos es proporcionado por el Real Estate Center de la Texas A&M University. El informe analiza las ventas de las propiedades que han sido vendidas por $1 millón o más desde noviembre de 2019 hasta octubre de 2020 en las áreas estadísticas metropolitanas (MSAs) de Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston y San Antonio.

Acerca de Texas REALTORS®
Con más de 140,000 miembros, Texas REALTORS® es una organización de afiliación profesional que representa todos los aspectos del sector inmobiliario en Texas. En 2020, Texas REALTORS® celebra un siglo dando forma a Texas, siendo la defensora de los derechos de propiedad privada, manteniendo los más altos estándares de profesionalismo y proporcionando a sus miembros las herramientas para lograr el éxito. Para obtener más información, visite texasrealestate.com.

CONTACTO:
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Tarima brings Latin music flavor to DishLATINO

MIAMI, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/– Tarima, the Latin concert channel, joined the DishLATINO family today in the US and Puerto Rico. TARIMA has been added to the new Cine y Entretenimiento add-on package to DishLATINO, reinforcing DishLATINO’s commitment to provide the best programming lineup that serves the interests of US Hispanic consumers.

Fans will now be able to enjoy spectacular concerts from some of the biggest artists in Latin…

Fans will now be able to enjoy spectacular concerts from some of the biggest artists in Latin music including Daddy Yankee, Maná, Carlos Vives, Nicky Jam, Sin Bandera, Reik and many others. With this new offering, Tarima will be able to delight more Hispanic households with the best concerts, 24 hours a day.

«We feel honored to bring quality live music to the millions of fans of Latin music in this country,» said Freddy Arias Jr., Founder and Partner, Tarima.

«The addition of Tarima strengthens our commitment to Hispanic clients by appealing to their passion for music with quality Latino music concerts and entertainment,» said Martin Medina, Programming Manager, DISH.

The channel is available to DishLATINO customers on channel 813-10 through the Cine y Entretenimiento regional add-on package that offers a variety of entertainment and movie channels for just $5 more per month.

About Tarima

The first to ever broadcast a Latin concert channel in the United States, Tarima is a groundbreaking media company launched to celebrate music, dance and community. Tarima is trailblazing the industry when it comes to broadcasting live performances across a wide span of Latin music genres – from Pop Latino, Reggaeton, Merengue and Salsa to Bachata, Ranchera and Banda. Tarima also airs exclusive musical events, cutting-edge music documentaries and other forms of original programming with a focus on Latin culture.

About DishLATINO
DishLATINO is a leading suite of English and Spanish language programming packages in the United States and Puerto Rico. It offers its customers Spanish-language news, entertainment, and sports in combination with DISH’s broad English-language programming lineup, providing millions of customers with access to more than 200 channels. As a subsidiary of DISH, it offers award-winning technology to enjoy the best programming at the best price. DISH’s voice remote with Google Assistant allows consumers to quickly access entertainment, ask questions, control smart-home devices and its new Google Nest Integration will make DISH the first provider to integrate live video streams directly on the TV.

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