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Applications Open for New York Business Plan Competition 2022
The New York Organization Approach Level of competition (NYBPC) is accepting programs through March 15 from graduate and undergraduate pupils from across Central New York colleges and universities for the regional qualifier, Contend CNY. Contend CNY will choose spot on March 25 and is getting hosted by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse College Libraries. The best regional teams, as chosen by regional organization and group leaders, will development to compete at the point out amount finals for NYBPC’s “Venture NY,” in which they can win prize funds and write-up-application mentorship. Compete CNY is open up to any complete-time or section-time undergraduate or graduate college student enrolled in an accredited higher…
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Tom York on Business: San Diego Home Buyers Get Scant Relief from Bidding Wars
A house for sale in Point Loma in September. Photo by Chris Stone Residential real estate services provider Redfin says 60{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} of offers written by its agents nationally faced competition—similar to the number in September but down from the feverish COVID-19 pandemic peak of 74.5{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} in April. But the ease-up hasn’t hit markets here in the West, including San Diego. Salt Lake City had the highest bidding-war rate of the 42 U.S. metropolitan areas in this analysis, with 79.5{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} of offers written by Redfin agents facing competition. Next came Sacramento, CA at 77.1{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} and Indianapolis at 74.1{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73}. San Diego and the Bay Area rounded out the top five, with rates of 72.1{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} and 69.5{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73}, respectively.…
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Tom York on Business: Buying a Home in San Diego Got a Bit Easier This Summer
A renovated home for sale in Point Loma. Photo by Chris Jennewein It got a little easier to purchase a home in San Diego this summer, according to a third quarter survey undertaken by the California Association of Realtors, the trade group of residential real estate brokers and agents. But long-term affordability is slipping, in large part due to the recent dramatic run-up in housing prices. Here in Southern California, affordability improved from the previous quarter in San Diego, as well as Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties. In San Diego, 23{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} of would-be buyers could afford an average-priced home, an improvement of 1 percentage point from the previous quarter. But…