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Dozens still unaccounted for in California mudslides

AuthoritiesinsouthernCaliforniasaidThursdaythatdozensofresidentswerestillunaccountedforafterpowerfulmudslidesthathavekilled17people,includingfourchildren,anddes

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Airbnb: China is the next leading market for home sharing services

Theworld-leadinghome-sharingservice,Airbnb,experiencedabigboominChina.Forthepast12months,thenumberofChineseguestsrentingAirbnbhomesabroadmorethandoubled,andbook

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Queen Elizabeth sends condolences to victims of Sierra Leone mudslide

Britain'sQueenElizabethsentherdeepestsympathiestohundredsofvictimsofamudslideinSierraLeonethatsweptawayhomesontheedgeofcountry'scapitalcityinoneofAfrica'sworstf

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Beijing introduces homes jointly owned by government, owners

More homes with joint property rights between the government and occupiers will come on the market in Beijing to bring down prices and meet the needs of local people without a home, the municipal government said Thursday.

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Thousands flee wildfires in California; Canada blazes grow

WildfiresbarreledacrossthebakinglandscapeofthewesternUSandCanada,destroyinghomesandforcingthousandsofresidentstoflee.Here’salookatthewildfiresblackeningtheWest.

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Southern California brush fire threatens expensive homes

AsmokybrushfirethreatenedatractofexpensivehomesWednesdayinBurbank,northofLosAngeles,asaheatwavecontinuedtobeardownonSouthernCalifornia.Atpresstime,about10acresh

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Christchurch fires: Homes destroyed and residents evacuated

Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in the New Zealand city of Christchurch as a huge wildfire rages on its outskirts.

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15,000 residents lose homes in Manila shantytown blaze

Authorities say 15,000 residents of a shantytown beside Manila’s port have lost their homes in a fire that raged overnight before being put out Wednesday morning.

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Aleppo people determined to rebuild broken homes in 2017

The main wish of the residents of the northern city of Aleppo for the new year is to be able to rebuild their broken homes and bring their war-shattered city to life again.

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Brazil to continue Rousseff's flagship housing program

The Brazilian government announced Thursday that it would restart the construction of over 10,000 houses as part of the "Mi Casa, Mi Vida (My House, My Life) " program destined for poorer families.

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Demolition of Palestinian homes fuel more hatred, bloodshed

Israeli authorities have demolished more Palestinian houses in the first half of 2016 than they have throughout the entire previous year, a human rights organization said Wednesday.

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Hong Kong indoor air pollution to make people chronically ill

Pollutant levels up to 1,250 per cent higher indoors than outdoors, and PM2.5 fine-particle pollution worse than beside some of the city’s busiest roads, shock research by Baptist University finds

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China landslide death toll rises to 26

​Five more bodies were found after a massive landslide buried dozens of homes in east China's Zhejiang Province, bringing the death toll to 26, with 11 others still missing.

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Repurchase price in Tianjin set as 1.3 times the house market price

Government in Tianjin's Binhai New Area said the repurchase price for the damaged houses in Tianjin blasts on Aug 12 will be 1.3 times of the house price, reported Beijing Times on Tuesday.

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Housing crisis hits British middle-income earners: reserch

​New research has revealed that the housing crisis was hitting British middle-income earners at a shocking rate, with those relying on housing benefit to keep their home in spite of being in work rising by 350,000 since 2008.

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Iraqi security forces fight al-Qaida militants in Anbar

Iraqi security forces backed by Sunni tribes battled al-Qaida militants Sunday in Anbar as hundreds of families left their homes in the restive western province, police source and officials said.

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China's house prices continue to rise

Prices of both new and existing homes continued to rise in most Chinese cities in September, according to official data released on Tuesday.