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The long wait of the 'Daddy Yo' singer came to an end yesterday when WizKid performed in Kampala at his concert dubbed; 'Live with WizKid at Lugogo Cricket Oval.
The Star Boy delivered to the expectations of the thousands who turned up to see him perform his lungs out. During his presser at Serena Hotel, he promised the fans that this could be his best show and indeed, he did not disappoint.
Several local artists curtain raised for the Naija star ranging from Fik Fameica, Winnie Nwagi, Sheebah Karungi who rocked a killer jumpsuit, Nutty Neithan, B2C and Levixone among others.
WizKid hit the stage at 10:40pm and while he was doing, Kind Love, a collaboration song with Pato Ranking, he spotted some dude in the crowd harassing a lady, he abruptly stopped the show and called her on stage to join him. It was a moment she will forever cherish, she held the Star Boy so tight that he even failed to perform, it took his bouncer who intervened to save the situation.
In My Bed, African Bad Gyal, Daddy Yo, were some of the songs that Ugandans were singing along, word by word. He then went on to apologize for having failed to make it last year due to problems beyond his control, he promised to be back for a free show.
He did One Dance ft Drake and then switched to doing the Ojualegba song off his Ayo album. It was a few minutes to midnight, the official closing time of events in Kampala.


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Ian Gillan criticizes bands that use backing tracks live in concert
The Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan criticized in an interview with Spain's RockFM (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar) bands that use backing tracks live in their concerts. The musician said that by using that the group is cheating and that's one of the reasons, for an example, that he doesn't sing the classsic song of the band "Child In Time" anymore.
Only in 2022, many fans pointed by seeing some groups like Kiss and Mötley Crüe live and the videos from their performances that they were using backing tracks live. More recently, the W.A.S.P. guitarist and singer Blackie Lawless admited that they use backing tracks live to help the songs to sound more like the original versions, since some tracks need more vocals at the same time.
"Well, personally, I think that's cheating. I don't like it. What are you going to do? I first noticed this… I'm not naming any names. But I know many people who do it. I first noticed this 20 years ago with a big American band who came over to play with us in England. And I heard the soundcheck."
"And I [thought], 'Jesus, they sound good. They sound fantastic.' And our monitor engineer went, 'Look…' And in those days, before radio connections and everything else. 'See that caravan there' [laughs]."
"From the stage, cables along the ground going to this 'keep out' sign and everything else. [They had] monitors in there and a mixing desk and tapes and coordination and playbacks and in-ear monitors."
"They were miming, basically. Well, I wouldn't say they were miming. They were singing along. But the voice wasn't being used in the microphone. But the lip sync was so clever that they didn't get noticed."
"I know lots of people. People I've met in the last three months – that absolutely shocked me, saying, 'Yeah, we're relying on something else now.' It used to be drugs. Now it's tape [laughs]." Ian Gillan said.
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DEREK Whitehead has been inducted into the Warrington Rugby League Club Hall of Fame this year.
When Warrington last won the Challenge Cup at Wembley in 1974, the star was Derek Whitehead.
His man of the match performance, kicking seven goals from all angles including one from halfway, gave him the Lance Todd Trophy in a 24-9 victory over Featherstone Rovers.
A Folly Lane junior, he joined Swinton until former Wire star Gerry Helme signed him for Oldham for £4000 before being a reluctant subject of an enforced cash-raising transfer to Warrington in September 1969.
At full back he stood 5ft 10ins and 13st, a butcher by trade he would carve up many defences with his classic side-stepping attacking runs.
His debut came at St Helens in a 7-11 defeat when he took on the duties of goal-kicking, and this right footed "toe ender" would top the club's charts for the next seven seasons, including a then record matching 162 goals in a season in 1973/74.
He made the most appearances, 46, in that season's all-conquering side.
His two goals, both from 45 yards, saw him win the man of the match as Warrington won the only Captain Morgan Final, beating Featherstone Rovers 4-0 in a dour game.
Six more goals and a try came in a Players No 6 Trophy success two weeks later against Rochdale Hornets 27-16.
He then starred in that Wembley triumph and followed it a week later with two goals as St Helens were vanquished 13-12 in an exciting Club Championship final at Central Park, Wigan.
While at Warrington he won representative honours with five appearances (one try, 15 goals), for Lancashire, and three caps (one try, six goals), for Great Britain in 1971, two against France and one versus New Zealand.
Later in his career he was used more as a reliable utility player until his final game at the end of the 1978/79 league season, at Rochdale, when helping out the club on the subs bench.
He became a member of the coaching staff and in 1979/80 he was awarded a benefit season.
Whitehead, who remained on the coaching staff until 1985, is the club's fifth highest goakicker in history and the sixth highest points scorer in history.
* Check back later today to read what Derek thinks about being inducted into the Warrington Hall of Fame.


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Biathlon

Mężczyźni

Sztafeta mężczyzn 4 × 7,5 km

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Para taneczna

Łyżwiarstwo szybkie

Kobiety

Bibliografia

Państwa uczestniczące w Zimowych Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 1984
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Harris, No. 1 South Carolina earn first win over UConn 70-52
by: PETE IACOBELLI, Associated Press
Posted: Feb 11, 2020 / 08:30 AM CST / Updated: Feb 11, 2020 / 08:30 AM CST
South Carolina guard Tyasha Harris (52) dribbles against Connecticut guard Crystal Dangerfield (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Tyasha Harris really thought coming in she wasn't bothered by her losing history against UConn.
Then Harris and the top-ranked Gamecocks won — and her attitude and emotions changed quickly.
"Yes, this feels pretty good," she said with a grin. "My mind kind of changed,"
Harris had 19 points, Aliyah Boston dominated underneath and South Carolina held UConn to a record-low two points in the opening quarter on the way to a 70-52 win Monday night — its first-ever win over the fifth-ranked Huskies.
Harris, a senior who was a freshman starter on South Carolina's national championship team in 2017, was 0-4 in her career against the Huskies (20-3). When the game ended, she thought about all the former Gamecocks who'd never celebrated a win in eight previous games over UConn.
"I see all the people who started before us, people who hadn't beat UConn and I see how happy they are," Harris said.
Things could get even happier before this season is over. It was South Carolina's 17th straight win and their ninth victory in 10 games against ranked opponents.
So are the Gamecocks the clear-cut favorite for another national crown?
"I feel like we're up there," Harris said.
The Gamecocks (23-1) came in 0-8 all-time against UConn, seven of those defeats with national championship coach Dawn Staley in charge.
But South Carolina took control immediately with its suffocating defense, limiting the Huskies to 1-of-16 shooting to lead 11-2 at the end of the first period.
Since women's basketball changed to quarters in 2015-16, UConn's fewest points in a first quarter was 8 against Tulane in February 2016. The Huskies fewest in any quarter was 6 in a loss to Baylor earlier this year.
Boston, the 6-foot-5 freshman, finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds, her 10th double-double this season. She also had three of South Carolina's eight steals and made her first 3-pointer this season.
She had nine rebounds and two blocks the first 10 minutes as she continually altered shots whenever the Huskies tried to come inside.
That early blitz was enough to energize the sold-out crowd of 18,000-plus and push the Gamecocks to their 17th straight victory — and their ninth win in 10 games this season against ranked opponents.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma said his team's awful first quarter put them on their heels. He thought the Gamecocks sped up his young team, changing shots, defending hard on the perimeter and taking them out of rhythm.
"If things don't go right early on, it's hard to right the ship," Auriemma said.
South Carolina eventually increased the lead to 52-31 early in the second half. UConn cut it to 11 points when Crystal Dangerfield – who led the Huskies with a career-high 28 points – made a jumper to start the fourth quarter. But Boston hit a basket and Mikiah Herbert Harrigan made a three-pointer to build back South Carolina's lead.
Harris had a double-double, too, with a game-high 11 assists. Zia Cooke, another freshman, had 15 points for the Gamecocks.
The Huskies have been a thorn in Staley's side as she's built the Gamecocks into a championship program the past 12 years.
It was UConn who ended South Carolina's last run at No. 1 with an 87-62 victory in 2015. And despite Staley's success — she's led the team to four Southeastern Conference crowns and the 2017 national championship — she acknowledged it "absolutely" bothered her not to beat the signature program in women's hoops.
"I'm happy our team won, for a lot of reasons," Staley said.
It was the second straight week the Huskies lost a highly regarded showcase game, falling 74-56 at home to No. 3 Oregon last Monday.
UConn: The Huskies time among the top five in the rankings, which dates back to 2007, could be in jeopardy after this defeat. UConn slipped a spot in the rankings this week and should slide some more when the next vote is taken.
South Carolina: The Gamecocks may have put the cherry on top of the NCAA Tournament top-overall seed sundae with this one. In case you're projecting, South Carolina will more than likely stay in its home state through the Elite Eight with a regional two hours up the road in Greenville.
OUTSIDE TOUCH
South Carolina got some help from beyond the arc from players who don't typically shoot very many outside shots. Boston had her first 3-pointer of the season while Herbert Harrigan, who had only 14 long-range baskets her first 23 games, made a pair against the Huskies.
TWO MORE YEARS
Auriemma said there are two more years left on the current deal between South Carolina and his team. That means a game in Storrs next year and a return to Columbia in 2022.
UConn plays at South Florida on Sunday.
South Carolina faces Auburn at home Thursday night.
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// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using WebDriver.Series.Tests.GridTestCases.Pages;

namespace WebDriver.Series.Tests.GridTestCases
{
    public class GridPagerAsserter : GridColumnAsserter
    {
        private string uniqueShippingName;
        private List<Order> testPagingItems;

        public GridPagerAsserter(IGridPage gridPage) : base(gridPage)
        {
        }

        public void NavigateToFirstPage_GoToFirstPageButton()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(11);
            int targetPage = 1;
            this.GridPage.GoToFirstPageButton.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);
            var results = this.GridPage.Grid.GetItems<Order>();

            Assert.AreEqual(this.testPagingItems[targetPage - 1].OrderId, results.First().OrderId);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(targetPage, targetPage, this.testPagingItems.Count());
        }

        public void NavigateToLastPage_GoToLastPageButton()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(1);
            int targetPage = 11;
            this.GridPage.GoToLastPage.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);
            var results = this.GridPage.Grid.GetItems<Order>();

            Assert.AreEqual(this.testPagingItems.Last().OrderId, results.First().OrderId);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(targetPage, targetPage, this.testPagingItems.Count());
        }

        public void NavigateToPageNine_GoToPreviousPageButton()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(11);
            int targetPage = 10;
            this.GridPage.GoToPreviousPage.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);
            var results = this.GridPage.Grid.GetItems<Order>();

            Assert.AreEqual(this.testPagingItems[targetPage - 1].OrderId, results.First().OrderId);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(targetPage, targetPage, this.testPagingItems.Count());
        }

        public void NavigateToPageTwo_GoToNextPageButton()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(1);
            int targetPage = 2;
            this.GridPage.GoToNextPage.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);
            var results = this.GridPage.Grid.GetItems<Order>();

            Assert.AreEqual(this.testPagingItems[targetPage - 1].OrderId, results.First().OrderId);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(targetPage, targetPage, this.testPagingItems.Count());
        }

        public void NavigateToPageTwo_SecondPageButton()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(1);
            int targetPage = 2;
            this.GridPage.PageOnSecondPositionButton.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);
            var results = this.GridPage.Grid.GetItems<Order>();

            Assert.AreEqual(this.testPagingItems[targetPage - 1].OrderId, results.First().OrderId);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(targetPage, targetPage, this.testPagingItems.Count());
        }

        public void NavigateToLastPage_MorePagesNextButton()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(1);
            int targetPage = 11;
            this.GridPage.NextMorePages.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);
            var results = this.GridPage.Grid.GetItems<Order>();

            Assert.AreEqual(this.testPagingItems[targetPage - 1].OrderId, results.First().OrderId);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(targetPage, targetPage, this.testPagingItems.Count());
        }

        public void NavigateToPageOne_MorePagesPreviousButton()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(11);
            int targetPage = 1;
            this.GridPage.PreviousMorePages.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);
            var results = this.GridPage.Grid.GetItems<Order>();

            Assert.AreEqual(this.testPagingItems[targetPage - 1].OrderId, results.First().OrderId);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(targetPage, targetPage, this.testPagingItems.Count());
        }

        public void GoToFirstPageButtonDisabled_WhenFirstPageIsLoaded()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(11);
            int targetPage = 1;
            this.GridPage.GoToFirstPageButton.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);

            Assert.IsFalse(this.GridPage.GoToFirstPageButton.Enabled);
        }

        public void GoToPreviousPageButtonDisabled_WhenFirstPageIsLoaded()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(11);
            int targetPage = 1;
            this.GridPage.GoToFirstPageButton.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);

            Assert.IsFalse(this.GridPage.GoToPreviousPage.Enabled);
        }

        public void PreviousMorePagesButtonDisabled_WhenFirstPageIsLoaded()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(11);
            int targetPage = 1;
            this.GridPage.GoToFirstPageButton.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);

            Assert.IsFalse(this.GridPage.PreviousMorePages.Displayed);
        }

        public void GoToLastPageButtonDisabled_WhenLastPageIsLoaded()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(1);
            int targetPage = 11;
            this.GridPage.GoToLastPage.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);

            Assert.IsFalse(this.GridPage.GoToLastPage.Enabled);
        }

        public void GoToNextPageButtonDisabled_WhenLastPageIsLoaded()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(1);
            int targetPage = 11;
            this.GridPage.GoToLastPage.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);

            Assert.IsFalse(this.GridPage.GoToNextPage.Enabled);
        }

        public void NextMorePageButtonDisabled_WhenLastPageIsLoaded()
        {
            this.InitializeInvoicesForPaging();
            this.NavigateToGridInitialPage(1);
            int targetPage = 11;
            this.GridPage.GoToLastPage.Click();
            this.WaitForPageToLoad(targetPage, this.GridPage.Grid);

            Assert.IsFalse(this.GridPage.PreviousMorePages.Enabled);
        }

        private void NavigateToGridInitialPage(int initialPageNumber)
        {
            this.GridPage.NavigateTo();
            this.GridPage.Grid.Filter(GridColumns.ShipName, Enums.FilterOperator.EqualTo, this.uniqueShippingName);
            this.GridPage.Grid.ChangePageSize(1);
            this.WaitForGridToLoad(1, this.GridPage.Grid);
            this.GridPage.Grid.NavigateToPage(initialPageNumber);
            WaitForPageToLoad(initialPageNumber, this.GridPage.Grid);
            this.AssertPagerInfoLabel(initialPageNumber, initialPageNumber, this.testPagingItems.Count);
        }

        private void AssertPagerInfoLabel(int startItems, int endItems, int totalItems)
        {
            string expectedLabel = string.Format("{0} - {1} of {2} items", startItems, endItems, totalItems);
            Assert.AreEqual(expectedLabel, this.GridPage.PagerInfoLabel.Text);
        }

        private void InitializeInvoicesForPaging()
        {
            int totalOrders = 11;
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.uniqueShippingName))
            {
                uniqueShippingName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            }
            this.testPagingItems = new List<Order>();
            for (int i = 0; i < totalOrders; i++)
            {
                var newOrder = this.CreateNewItemInDb(this.uniqueShippingName);
                testPagingItems.Add(newOrder);
            }
        }
    }
}


I fully admit I have an addiction of making cookies. It is one of my favorite things to do. Probably because the options are endless, I just love creating new ideas, lol! When I was strolling through the Valentine's Candy isle at Target last week, I quickly saw these lovely Raspberry Kisses and knew I was whipping up something fabulous with them.
These cookies turned out so lovely. The texture, the flavor, it's all in check. There's a bit of a peanut butter and jelly flavor going on with these cookies. Try them for yourself. These got rave reviews, enjoy!
Here they are…..go hunt them down….today!
Peanut Butter! I can't help sticking my nose in the jar every time I open the lid. Smells incredible!
I would highly recommend using Nestle's Mini Chocolate Chips for this recipe. I loved how it turned out with them.
Aren't they pretty? White chocolate raspberry on the outside and milk chocolate on the inside.
Please know the sealed edges do not need to be perfect, it all bakes out nicely.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat liner.
2. In a stand or electric mixer beat the butter and sugars for 3 minutes. This is a must. Add peanut butter, egg and vanilla mixing until well combined. Add flour baking soda, salt and chocolate chips, mixing to combine.
3. Place heaping tablespoons of dough onto baking sheet, about 1 inch apart. Place a Kiss on top of each mound of dough. Place another heaping tablespoon of dough over Kiss and with fingers press dough around edges to seal. Does not have to be perfect or tight. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until baked through. Let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to cooling rack. Serve and enjoy!
Oh I bet these are so good…with the raspberry, chocolate, and PB combo.
The holiday hershey's are always the best! This looks divine!
Holy cannoli! These look amazinggg! My mouth is just gaped open…begging for a cookie. 😉 Awesome, Jenny!
What a fun recipe! I haven't tried the raspberry kisses, but they sound incredible!
Okay – this is one of those recipes that I think I'm going to have to actually try to make. They look amazing!
Now this is my kind of twist on a pb&j!
ooooooh yum, i love cookie versions of PB&J!
These are some SERIOUS cookies and I'm SERIOUSLY in love.
These are fantastic! I love the combination of raspberry kisses with the peanut butter and chocolate chip, yum! So perfect and festive for Valentine's Day!
I've been hanging onto my bag of these kisses for too long. I can't decide what to make with them, but these sound like winners.
Definitely running to Target to look for those Kisses!! Your cookies are gorgeous as always!!
YUM! I love making cookies too and I always come to your site for ideas, thank you!
What a fun cookie- yum!!
Oh I bet they do have a PB&J vibe!! I have cookies ready to bake tomorrow….I should put these next on my list!
I bought these Raspberry kisses a couple of weeks ago KNOWING that you'd come up with some kind of recipe!! I can't wait to try these!!
I didn't even know raspberry hershey kisses existed before seeing these! Chocolate + raspberry is such a good combo, I bet these are amazing.
You and your cookies! These are awesome Jenny!
I love all of your cookie creations!!
I haven't seen those kinds of kisses yet! Heading over to target today!!
oh my, this looks amazing. I've never heard of raspberry hershey kisses before, will have to try it. Love anything with chocolate and raspberry/strawberry. 🙂 Love your site.
LOVE this recipe. I bought those same kisses last week (4 packages of them). They are delish! I was wondering what to do with them. Now I know. Thanks again Jenny!
Amazing recipes always up your sleeve, Jenny. I love the surprise kisses in the middle…I didn't even know that they made raspberry ones. YUM!
Wow! Just the title itself is a mouthfull! Then you get to the pictures and of what the surprise amongst the cookie looks like and you are blown away. What a fantastic creation amongst the super common chocolate chip cookie. I love ideas like this. Thank you for the inspiration.
I love using the special edition Kisses for cookies! I actually had bags of these in my freezer (I stock up on all the holiday flavors) and made cookies with them a few months ago! Your's look so yummy.
White chocolate inside the cookies? Yes, please! I love that the cookies are so thin yet they hold so much inside.
These look so tasty! I wish we got those Hugs here! I would love to make these! I will have to find a substitute! Its my husbands birthday on Valentines day! I think these would make a winner gift!
I love raspberry. Definitely going to have to give these a try. Used to putting the candy kisses on the inside so this will be different. Looks so good. Love all your photographs, by the way, the too! Your kitchenware is nice! I work with Pacific Mechants. They carry beautiful Mason Cash kitchenware, acacia wood servingware and a lot of other really nice stuff. You should check it out. http://www.pacificmerchants.com/specials/new-seasonal-specials-and-sets-1.html To celebrate their 20th anniversary, you can use the code PM20YEARS at checkout and get 20 percent off your purchase.
Fantastic. This Cookie Monster's grandmother approves. I must go buy some of the Hugs and make these. Thanks for sharing.
All the flavours you have going on in this little cookie is making me crave one(*cough* dozen) as soon as possible. The cookie base alone sounds terrific and then the kiss inside …. yum!
I've made these twice in one week!! There are 2 batches in one bag of the kisses so I HAD to make them the 2nd time!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE THESE!!!


It's hard to not participate in some social media games that friends are playing. The latest one currently is the 10-year photo challenge. The object is to post a 10-year-old picture of yourself, and then post the most recent photo in 2019. On the surface, it seems harmless and lots of fun to see the changes in friends and family. But there is a possibly more nefarious reason for the spread of this challenge, according to conspiracy theorists. That reason may be using your picture to train computers on facial recognition and to sell your information to law enforcement or other unknown third parties.
So before you decide to participate in this challenge, you may want to change the privacy settings on your Facebook account.


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The Made-Up Man
Author: Joseph Scapellato
Stanley Arrives in Prague
The man who met me at the airport was made up. He wore concealer and low-key lipstick. On both hands, his fingernails had been lacquered in clear polish. I was meant to notice these unsubtle subtleties, which I did, and I was meant to feel dropped at the front door to a dark, deviant, and complicated mystery, which I didn't.
"I am representative of your uncle," he said, presenting me the key to the apartment.
He was stooped and saggy-faced, a man dragged all the way to the end of middle age. English sounded hairy in his mouth. He wore a black suit, shirt, and tie, but his sleeve cuffs were streaked with white chalk. The chalk, still powdery, poofed when he moved.
He held a poster-board sign that read:
STANLEY?
and included an impressionistic charcoal portrait of a figure that was meant to be me. No white chalk was in it. The way the face was arranged, it looked about to eat itself.
On the intercom a woman spoke in sternly bored Czech. We were standing near the exit, under the airport's huge hangar-like ceiling. I felt sore and foul from the long flight. Around us, backpackers, traveling retirees, and businesspeople tapped out cigarettes on their way to the street, where they stopped to smoke, the gathered cloud looming up above them like a ledge full of gargoyles.
"We are thanking you," said the man.
I took the key from his palm. He stared at me with an exaggerated indifference, as if he wanted me to suspect that he was masking spite, as if his goal, outside of key-delivery, was to make me think myself observant. There was a chance I'd seen him in Chicago sometime, slinking out of my uncle's garage with the other artists. To tell them apart was tricky: their work was to change who they were.
He said, "Are you having question?"
My eyes adjusted to his face: its texture shifted, seeming caked and rubbery. He was maybe more made up than I'd thought. I imagined what it would be like to be him—a willing "representative of" my uncle, an adult who'd agreed to participate in another adult's game of pretend—and what I found myself feeling, instead of pity, was disgust. There were many hateful things I could've said to this man. But if I said them, I might shout them, and if I shouted them, I might shove him. It would be the mess my uncle wanted. I put the key in my pocket.
"I won't have questions," I said.
He lowered the sign. His face jerked. "You will find yourself around?"
I left—I crossed the lobby, I went through the doors. Outside I paused in the smoker's cloud to study my map. The urge to smoke was a stake in my chest. I breathed indulgently.
The made-up man watched me from inside the airport, acting like I couldn't see him. He had put a hand to the glass. He was crying.
A bus took me to a tram that took me to the city center. It worked the way the guidebook said it would. From there I walked, and the closer I came to Old Town Square, the more the tourists, travelers, and citizens clotted up the cobblestoned streets and corners, stuck together with their separate languages. Buildings stacked on the centuries, each one older than the last. The streets narrowed and twisted. Through intersections I caught glimpses of the Square, its broad spaces, its mob, its murmur.
The alley that led to where my uncle had said the main door to the apartment was, though, I couldn't find—I went up and down the same set of streets; I squeezed past the same sidewalk cafés and tour guide stands. The alley wasn't where it should have been.
I widened my search, walking bigger boxes-within-boxes.
The streets re-straightened. Tourist spillage shrank. Locals strode into grocery stores and pharmacies, out of banks and boutiques. They plodded up to their apartments above storefronts. I paused at the open door to a butcher shop, where men and women waited in ordinary boredom. An old man paid for a package of hog guts, and a young woman motioned for a bigger hunk of pork, and a little boy kicked another little boy in the butt.
I didn't want to, but I started to double back to the Square. At a corner that I thought I'd recognize, but didn't, I stopped. I stood through several cycles of traffic lights. Citizens coursed by on foot, not speaking, and in cars and on scooters, not honking. I shifted my bag to my other shoulder.
More people passed, their faces firm.
I didn't know what to say to myself: I was afraid.
A fashionable old woman came to a stop in front of me. She glared. I glared back. She looked like the sort of old woman who completed every task on her own, who maintained her solidity through an unreflective commitment to routine. My being there had bent that routine.
She spoke Czech. Her voice was loud and wet.
I told her, in Czech, that I didn't speak Czech, did she speak English?
The light changed again. She snatched my arm and made me help her cross the street, scolding me, shaming me, and at the opposite corner she tried to tug me off-course, her way. I blushed. When I wriggled my arm free, she raised her voice.
People slowed to watch.
She poked me in the chest, yelling now. Her hands had a pickled stink.
A young mother carrying a kid in a body-sling intervened.
The two spoke. The kid squirmed to get a look at my face. He was mustached in snot.
The young mother squinted at me and said something.
I asked her if she spoke English.
"She is saying you are a relative," she said.
"I'm not."
"You look as if you are from here."
"I am seeing that."
They turned their backs on me together.
For a moment, I didn't move or speak. I couldn't. My fear had peeled away to panic. All of my reasons for being in Prague went bad at once. This was a separate country, a separate people. These were Czechs building Czech lives in a Czech city, thinking and feeling Czech. They themselves were their own reasons for where they were.
A man slammed my bag as he walked by.
The panic crumbled. My mouth was dry, my face was sweaty.
I wandered back the way I'd come.
Near the Square I found the alley I'd been looking for, the entrance shadowed by a busted archway. It could've been a path to a private courtyard. I'd passed it I didn't know how many times. The alley ran straight to my uncle's three-story apartment building, which stood with a sullen pride, shoulder-to-shoulder with its more dignified neighbors. It was wall-like. No first-floor windows, a door that looked like it'd been installed that day. I double-checked the address. The key fit the lock when I jammed and wrenched it. I walked through the lobby and took noisy stairs to the third floor, every step a wincing creak.
The apartment stank a little, a kind of pesticidal sweat worked into the living room, the kitchen, the bedroom. The bed was a full, its sheets coarse to the touch. When I sat on the living room couch the cushions gave out a muffled toot. I slumped. My body deadened, going heavy, and at the same time, my head loosened, going light. It wasn't even noon. I stood up, just to stand up.
That was when a window in me broke.
What broke it came through it: a very bad feeling.
I sat down. The very bad feeling sat down too.
I decided not to think about it.
Copyright © 2019 by Joseph Scapellato
"Scapellato's blend of existential noir, absurdist humor, literary fiction, and surreal exploration of performance art merges into something special. . . . The Made-Up Man is a rare...
"Scapellato's blend of existential noir, absurdist humor, literary fiction, and surreal exploration of performance art merges into something special. . . . The Made-Up Man is a rare novel that is simultaneously smart and entertaining." —Gabino Iglesias, NPR
Stanley had known it was a mistake to accept his uncle Lech's offer to apartment-sit in Prague—he'd known it was one of Lech's proposals, a thinly veiled setup for some invasive, potentially dangerous performance art project. But whatever Lech had planned for Stanley, it would get him to Prague and maybe offer a chance to make things right with T after his failed attempt to propose.
Stanley can take it. He can ignore their hijinks, resist being drafted into their evolving, darkening script. As the operation unfolds it becomes clear there's more to this performance than he expected; they know more about Stanley's state of mind than he knows himself. He may be able to step over chalk outlines in the hallway, may be able to turn away from the women acting as his mother or the men performing as his father, but when a man made up to look like Stanley begins to play out his most devastating memory, he won't be able to stand outside this imitation of his life any longer.
Immediately and wholly immersive, Joseph Scapellato's debut novel, The Made-Up Man, is a hilarious examination of art's role in self-knowledge, a sinister send-up of self-deception, and a big-hearted investigation into the cast of characters necessary to help us finally meet ourselves.
Named a Best New Book of February 2019 by the Chicago Review of Books
"This bold, hilarious, and playfully absurd novel asks the biggest questions out there, but does it with such shrewd grace and charming lightness that you won't feel the existential weight until it's already crashed down upon your head. A perfect amalgamation of the tragicomic and the potentially uplifting, Joseph Scapellato's writing is in the imaginative vein of Jesse Ball and Charlie Kaufman, but with a tenderhearted spirit that is uniquely his own."
—Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
"An experimental and existential noir . . . [The Made-Up Man] keeps its pages turning with absurdist comedy, committed throughout to the idea espoused by Stanley's late grandmother that whatever else he may be, 'Man is a beast that laughs.'"
—Kathleen Rooney, The Chicago Tribune
"Joseph Scapellato's The Made-Up Man reminds me of a bacon-topped doughnut—a mixture of incongruent elements that somehow work well together. And like that sweet treat, Scapellato's blend of existential noir, absurdist humor, literary fiction, and surreal exploration of performance art merges into something special. . . . The Made-Up Man is a rare novel that is simultaneously smart and entertaining."
—Gabino Iglesias, NPR
"The Made-Up Man is a darkly comic, noir-styled novel powered by an energy that's equal parts mischief, good humor, and measured cynicism. Based on conventions lifted out of the old detective story playbook, the novel is told from the perspective of a slippery narrator, whose sense of identity expands, collapses, and shatters against a series of nagging moral questions that are less situational than they are existential. The result is an intoxicating alchemy, something genre-blurring and philosophically riveting."
—Kate Watson, Longreads
"A Czech-based film noir of which Kafka himself would be proud."
—Jon Doyle, Review31
"Wholly original . . . the deviously warped literary noir The Made-Up Man is an unpredictable and thought-provoking tale of deception, love, and identity."
—Nicholas Litchfie, Lancashire Post
"Joseph Scapellato's novel The Made-Up Man is one of the most fun books I have read all year, a smart and absurdist take on noir."
"This absurdist comedy/noir/coming-of-age novel follows Stanley after he agrees to participate in his Uncle Lech's performance art project in Prague . . . Merging the ludicrous and the melancholic, the odd premise provides many laugh-out-loud moments and some curious insights and enables Stanley to explore and understand why he performs the same role each and every day."
—Alexander Moran, Booklist
"In Joseph Scapellato's terrifically innovative and existentially rich debut, a young man gets ensnared in a performance art project that soon upends his life—and uncovers some bold new truths along the way. Playful, striking, and wholly original,The Made-Up Man is an engrossing mystery of the self, the rare kind of novel that challenges the way we see the world." —
Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel
"Joseph Scapellato's The Made-Up Man is a mystery, a playful essay on performance art, and a meditation on the instability of selfhood. It's also great fun. Scapellato is the rare author unafraid of intellectualism but just as invested in storytelling. This is a novel like no other you'll read this year."
—Kerry Howley, author of Thrown
"To read the The Made-Up Man is to move through a labyrinthine hall of mirrors in which every reflection holds Joseph Scapellato's hilarity, verve, curiosity, and compassion. Stanley's unpredictable journey is set within a beautifully off-kilter context (he's the unwilling and resistant participant in his uncle's complex piece of performance art), and here Scapellato's storytelling feels to be an analogue to Escher's artful tessellations. And, like those drawings, Scapellato relies on an uncanny and mathematical precision as he investigates and illustrates Stan's fitfully emergent self-recognition. The Made-Up Man is delightfully inventive and dizzyingly original."
—Alexander Parsons, author of In the Shadows of the Sun
"The Made-Up Man reads banal nightmare like Kafka, and neurotic human chaos like Joy Williams. But this is no derivative novel—Joseph Scapellato writes like no other American writer, full of harnessed energy, compassion, and deeply disquieting dread that somehow combines the best of the European nihilists with the outlandish optimism that American writers do so well."
—Amber Sparks, author of The Unfinished World
"Joseph Scapellato's The Made-Up Man is wild and deep and entrancing fun. Having lost T, the woman of his dreams, Stanley doesn't know who he is, and his life suddenly becomes a Kafkaesque canvas for someone else (his strange performance artist uncle Lech). Scapellato's kinetic prose leapfrogs us into moments both disturbing and startlingly familiar—there's ache inside this comedy, and comedy inside this ache. Read it and be punctured with amazement."
—C. J. Hribal, author of The Company Car
"The Made-Up Man is an amazing book. Its subtle buildup of invention astonished me. Artists are supposed to probe the sociocultural enclosures that imprison us all. They're supposed to plan escapes, to break out and mark a pathway for the rest of us. Joseph Scapellato is different. This book is proof that his deep, dervish mind has never known captivity."
—Alfredo Véa, author of Gods Go Begging


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Bus Wellington to Napier
Catch an InterCity bus Wellington to Napier. Buses to Napier depart from Platform 9 of the Wellington Railway Station and arrive in Napier at the Clive Square terminal at 12 Carlyle Street.
Bus tickets from Wellington to Napier start from just $1 (+booking fee) and the journey takes approximately 5 hours 30 minutes with regular breaks along the way.
Search for a bus Wellington to Napier and book online with New Zealand's most popular national bus network.
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The seaside town of Napier is known as the Art Deco capital of the country. Every February the Art Deco Weekend Festival draws huge crowds to celebrate the city's rebuild after a destructive earthquake in the early 1930s.
The Port of Napier is one of New Zealand's busiest ports and is a stopover for many cruise ships. Napier's wonderful climate gives it some of the highest sunshine hours in the country - no wonder it's the largest producer of apples, pears and stone fruit in New Zealand.
There are many activities to choose from when visiting Napier, including The Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, the National Aquarium as well as winery tours.
Simply walking through the city centre of Napier is a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Admiring the towns unique art deco architecture and strolling along Marine Parade provides views of the ocean, beautiful gardens and interesting sculptures.
For local Napier bus information click here. For further information about things to do during your stay in Napier, visit hawkesbaynz.com
Bus Wellington to Napier using one of InterCity's bus passes. The FlexiPass or the TravelPass provides cheap, flexible travel options, choose the bus pass that suits your travel needs. What's more GOLD seating is now available on selected services from Wellington to Napier, you can enjoy this journey in luxury!


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Sevilla: The Slow Re-awakening of the Real Estate Sector in the Andalucían Capital
2 August 2018 – Eje Prime
Sevilla, the third largest Spanish city by population, is seeing the first signs of recovery in its residential market (…).
The capital of Andalucía, which is home to almost 690,000 inhabitants, has seen its population decrease on a gradual basis since 2012 when it exceeded 702,000 inhabitants. The slow but progressive decline of the population is probably one of the reasons why house prices have not risen there and why new builds account for an all but residual percentage of the market.
Nevertheless, some of the data does indicate that Sevilla is jumping on the bandwagon in terms of the improvements in the real estate market that are being seen across Spain: a sharp increase in prices in 2017, an on-going rise in sales and, finally, investment in the city by groups of the calibre of Habitat and Ayco.
The city of NO8DO, Sevilla's traditional motto, saw its population peak at 710,000 inhabitants in 2003, before falling below the 700,000 threshold in 2007. That figure rose above 700,000 again in 2009 before reaching a decade high of 704,000 in 2010, but it has fallen continuously since then to the current figures.
Real estate dynamism
Despite that, the dynamism in terms of house purchases has been considerable in recent years. In 2013, operations in the sector were still registering strong decreases, with a fall that year of 24.4% to just 4,715 house sales. However, the rises have been unwavering since then: up by 12.1% in 2014; 11.3% in 2015; 15.1% in 2016 and 14.1% in 2017, with a total of 7,732 sales.
According to data from the Ministry of Development, during the first quarter of this year, 2,234 house sales were recorded in the city, of which more than 95% corresponded to second-hand homes. With just 98 sales, new homes accounted for just 4.4% of the residential activity during the first quarter.
Nevertheless, and despite this growing activity in terms of sales, residential prices in Sevilla remain stagnant. In recent years, average appraisal prices per square metre in the fourth quarter of each year have decreased steadily, with the exception of 2014 only, when they rose by a measly 0.3% (…).
Currently, house prices amount to €1,468.70/m2 on average (€1,754,40/m2 for new builds and €1,464/m2 for homes aged five years or more). That value is 26.3% lower than the prices in Sevilla in 2012 and 35.9% lower than the peaks of 2007, before the outbreak of the crisis, when the average house price amounted to €2,316.10/m2.
Governed by the socialist Juan Espadas since June 2015, the weight of social housing in the city is greater than that of many other Spanish cities, at least based on data for the first quarter of 2018. In this sense, 177 of the purchases recorded in the city between January and March involved social housing properties, which accounted for 7.9% of the total.
Habitat is one of the companies that has invested in the Sevillan market this year. In July, the property developer announced a €30 million investment in a new development in the Andalucían capital comprising 199 homes. The acquired land is located in Mairena del Aljarafe, one of the fastest growing areas in the local residential market (…).
Another active player in the city is Ayco, which has acquired a batch of buildable plots this year in the municipality of Camas (Sevilla). In total, that company has purchased land spanning 18,000 m2, where it plans to build around 200 homes.
Another emerging business for the city is the office market, which closed 2017 with 919,173 m2 of space leased, up by 4% YoY, and approaching the records of 2013, according to a report by the Sevilla-based consultancy Inerzia (…).
In the commercial sphere, the Torre Sevilla project is the most important in the city at the moment. Six years after inheriting this macro-project, CaixaBank has let 100% of the office space and the shopping centre is on the verge of opening its doors.
Aenor, Deloitte, Everis, Orange and the Chamber of Commerce are some of the entities present in the 18-storey office block, which account for just half of the skyscraper. The rest of the tower is occupied by a hotel managed by Eurostars, belonging to the Hotusa Group.
Original story: Eje Prime (by C. De Angelis)
Author Carmel DrakePosted on August 3, 2018 August 3, 2018 Categories Offices, Real Estate News, Residential, Retail & Shopping CentersTags Aenor, AYCO, CaixaBank, Camas, Chamber of Commerce, commercial properties, crisis, Deloitte, Eurostars Hotel, Everis, Habitat, Hotusa Group, house builders, house prices, house sales, Inerzia, Juan Espadas, Mairena del Aljarafe, Ministry of Development, new builds, offices, Orange, property developers, second hand homes, Sevilla, social housing, suburbs, Torre Sevilla
Spain's Large Property Developers Own Land to Build 100,000 Homes
5 February 2018 – Expansión
Metrovacesa, Aedas, Neinor, Vía Célere, Aelca, Quabit, Realia and Insur own land spanning more than 15 million m2, which they want to use to take advantage of the new real estate cycle.
The upturn in the residential sector is consolidating and the large property developers want to take advantage of the new cycle to obtain returns from the portfolio of land they have accumulated in recent years. The new generation of property developers Metrovacesa, Aedas, Neinor, Vía Célere and Aelca, and some of the listed survivors of the crisis, such as Quabit, Realia and Insur, now own land spanning more than 15 million m2 with the capacity to build more than 100,000 homes over the next few years.
Metrovacesa, controlled by Santander and BBVA is the property developer with the largest portfolio of land on its books. Following a capital increase amounting to €1.108 billion last June, undertaken through the transfer of assets from its main shareholders, the firm owns 6 million m2 of land, with the capacity to build 37,500 homes. As at 30 September, the firm owned a portfolio of residential land with a gross value of €1.9 billion, of which €1.3 billion corresponded to developable land.
Currently, the company has 51 projects under development to build 2,263 homes and it plans to reach cruising speed in 2021, with the delivery of between 4,500 and 5,000 units per year.
Stock market debuts
Metrovacesa, which plans to debut on the Madrilenian stock market tomorrow (Monday) with a market capitalisation of €2.5 billion, says in its IPO brochure that it does not need to acquire additional land to fulfil its annual house building objectives for the next eight years.
The next firm by volume of land is Aedas. That company, in which the US fund Castlelake holds a stake, owns land spanning 1.5 million m2 with capacity for 13,270 homes. The property developer, which started to trade on the main stock market in October, invested €124 million in land purchases in 2017 alone for the construction of 3,159 homes.
The strategy of the firm led by David Martínez involves reaching its cruising speed in 2022, when it expects to record revenues of more than €1.0 billion and handover more than 3,000 homes per year.
The other listed property developer, Neinor, which was the first to make its debut on the stock market in March 2017, owns land spanning 1.3 million m2, worth €1.3 billion and with the capacity for more than 12,000 homes, according to the most recent public information as at 30 September.
Specifically, during the first nine months of last year, that property developer acquired 24 developable plots for the construction of more than 3,000 homes for €275 million.
The firm led by Juan Velayos will launch 2,500 homes during 2018, will begin construction on another 5,000 units and will hand over more than 1,000 homes this year. In 2020, Neinor expects to reach its cruising speed and hand over between 3,500 and 4,000 homes per year.
Some of the most active property developers in the purchase of land and launch of new developments also include Vía Célere and Aelca, both of which have plans to debut on the stock market soon. Vía Célere owns land spanning 1.43 million m2, with capacity for 12,200 homes. The company chaired by Juan Antonio Gómez-Pintado invested €227 million in land last year.
The other property developer controlled by Värde, Aelca, owns a portfolio of developable land spanning 1.28 million m2 for 12,566 homes. The firm expects to launch 49 new developments in 2018 and will have 86 residential projects underway at different stages of completion.
Meanwhile, the listed property developers that survived the crisis, Quabit and Insur, own land with the capacity for 6,720 and 4,691 homes, respectively. Quabit plans to invest €670 million in the purchase of land until 2022, when it will reach cruising speed with the hand over of 3,000 homes per year, whilst Insur will invest €80 million in purchases until 2020 in order to hand over 600 homes per year.
In terms of the residential business of Realia, the firm controlled by Carlos Slim owns a land portfolio spanning 1.85 million m2, of which 25% is developable (…).
Original story: Expansión (by Rebeca Arroyo)
Author Carmel DrakePosted on February 5, 2018 Categories Land, Real Estate News, ResidentialTags Aedas, Aelca, BBVA, Carlos Slim, castlelake, cruising speed, developable land, house builders, Insur, land, Metrovacesa, Neinor, new homes, portfolio of land, property developer, Quabit, Realia, revenues, santander, stock market debut, via celere
Bankia To Start Financing Property Developers Again as EC Restrictions End
2 January 2018 – Inmodiario
From 1 January 2018, Bankia will be able to launch new lines of activity after the restrictions, established by the Restructuring Plan that the entity signed with the European Commission five years ago, were lifted. These activities will represent the levers for commercial development in the new growth phase that the entity is now embarking on.
José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, President of Bankia, has confirmed that "we are starting a new phase of growth after leaving behind a successful restructuring phase that we have now completed". And he added that "the lifting of the restrictions imposed by the Restructuring Plan opens up new business opportunities for us and places us alongside our competitors once again".
Over the last five years, and as a result of the commitments taken on to enable it to sign the Restructuring Plan (which allowed it to receive aid), Bankia was not allowed to operate in certain activities, such as financing real estate developments or companies with access to capital markets.
With the new objectives in mind, the entity has incorporated a Property Development Division into its new organisation, which was approved recently. It has appointed Alberto Manrique to lead that business and he will report directly to the Business Banking Division, led by Gonzalo Alcubilla.
Manrique joined the group in 1988. Since then, the industrial engineer, who holds a degree in 'ETS de Ingenieros' from ICAI, has taken on several positions of responsibility. Most recently, he has carried out different tasks within the Business Banking sphere, such as the corporate management of the business branch network in the centre of Spain, the management of the Structured Finance and Syndicated Loan product teams and taking responsibility for the online business channels.
The new management team will be responsible for developing financing for property developers at a point when the cycle is recovering, "with growth expected for at least three or four years, during which time we expect that around 150,000 new homes per year will be built", says Manrique.
One of the other new lines of activity that Bankia will develop from 1 January 2018 onwards will be to grant long-term financing to large corporations with access to capital markets, inside and outside of Spain, as well as to finance projects and acquisitions, activities that have been limited in recent years.
In addition to these new lines of activity for the coming year, the growth phase that Bankia is now starting will be marked by its ability to take advantage of the enormous growth opportunities that result from the increase in the client base that the entity has experienced in recent years and as a result of the process to integrate BMN, which consolidates the resulting entity's position as the fourth-largest bank by assets in Spain.
Original story: Inmodiario
Author Carmel DrakePosted on January 10, 2018 Categories Real Estate News, ResidentialTags aid, Bankia, BMN, capital markets, client base, European Commission, financing, growth, homes, house builder, house builders, José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, Management team, new homes, project financing, property developers, recovery
AGV: Almost One Third Of Madrid's Citizens Think More New Homes Are Required
20 November 2017 – Observatorio Inmobiliario
Almost one third of Madrid's citizens believe that there is not sufficient housing in the city to meets their needs in terms of prices and features. This perception increases as the respondents' annual salary and age decrease. Similarly, more than half of future buyers believe that there is not sufficient supply to allow them to choose the most appropriate home and almost 45% think that more housing needs to be built. Those are some of the findings of a study conducted by the Association of Housing Managers ('Asociación de Gestoras de Viviendas' or AGV) amongst citizens of the capital, which reveals the needs of house buyers in the city of Madrid.
The people surveyed, of whom 3 out of 4 were buyers aged between 31 and 39, revealed that buying a home or apartment in a building is their preferred option. The vast majority confirmed that they would choose to buy a private home (rather than a subsidised property). In fact, almost 80% stated that they are most tempted by that type of home; 90.5% of them are aged 40 or over (86.3%), compared with the younger population, where only 56.7% said that they would be able to buy a private home.
The youngest people who do not own their current homes stated that they will invest less than €160,000 in the purchase of a home as they cannot afford more expensive properties. Moreover, only 11% of the respondents said that they would spend a maximum of €300,000 to buy a property in Madrid.
Price and location are the top priorities
Both price and location stood out as the main factors to take into account when it comes to buying a home. More than half of Madrilenians (63.4%) rank price as one of the most important considerations, along with the characteristics of the home. The study confirmed that price and the lack of help or tax incentives are the main obstacles preventing the majority of Madrileños from affording to buy a new home.
In terms of the housing market, potential future house buyers claim to be those who have planned their savings (29.6%), have good prospects in terms of employment (23.9%), and monthly earnings that allow them to afford the expense (35.7%). Of the latter, the population aged between 31 and 39 stands out, with annual earnings of more than €36,000.
Limited information and a sensation of complexity when accessing social housing
The survey confirmed the existence of a firm interest in social housing properties in the city of Madrid, even though only 30% of those surveyed said that they were informed about subsidised housing, and 61% consider that the application procedures are too complex. In fact, almost 60% of women and 63.3% of young people (under 30) consider that they will have to go down this route.
Juan José Perucho Rodríguez, President of AGV, declared that "we are facing a critical situation given that demand from citizens is clear and the situation is not adapting to reflect what is happening in Madrid. The construction of social housing properties is vital for citizens, who have seen their purchasing power diminish, to be able to afford to buy a home. In this sense, we think that starting to discuss the option of creating more homes is necessary to cover the needs of the citizens who demand them".
Original story: Observatorio Inmobiliario
Author Carmel DrakePosted on November 21, 2017 Categories Real Estate News, ResidentialTags affordability, age, AGV, Asociación de Gestoras de Viviendas, buyers, citizens, demand, earnings, house builders, house buyers, housing market, Madrid, new build homes, price, savings, second hand homes, social housing, subsidised housing, supply, tax incentives
Ministry Of Development: Finished Homes Rose By c.40% In YTD August
11 November 2017 – Don Piso
The house building sector is continuing its upward trend in 2017 in a solid way and is confirming its position as one of the main engines of the Spanish economy. And the studies that multiple bodies and private companies issue on the subject are increasingly reporting double-digit YoY increases in the sector. It is clear that in the short term, there is going to be more available new build products for Spanish house buyers.
In this sense, according to data presented in the latest monthly report from the Ministry of Development, between January and August, 35,993 homes were built in Spain, a figure that represents an increase of 39.7% compared to the first eight months of last year. In this way, 2017 is confirming the good trend of the construction sector, which started in January this year, putting an end to nine consecutive years of decreases (2008-2016). In this sense, since the maximum recorded in 2007, when a total of 641,419 homes were finished, the cumulative figure represents a decrease of 94% with respect to the full year 2016.
By type of property, 97.8% (35,150) of the homes finished during the eight months to August corresponded to projects backed by private developers, whilst the remaining 2.2% (783) were constructed as part of initiatives led by public administrations. In YoY, the construction of homes by private property developers grew by 38.4%, whilst in the case of public administrations, the number of completed homes rose from 322 to 783 this year. Finally, the value of the liquidation of the execution material of the construction network rose by 44.8% during the first eight months of the year to €4,736.5 million.
Original story: Don Piso
Author Carmel DrakePosted on November 14, 2017 Categories Real Estate News, ResidentialTags completed homes, growth, house builder, house builders, house buyers, Ministry of Development
BNP Paribas: Land Sales Will Soar To €4,076M In 2017
9 November 2017 – Expansión
The blast of property developer activity and the entry of funds into the residential business have caused land purchases to soar in recent months. According to forecasts from BNP Paribas Real Estate, 2017 is set to close with approximately 22,700 land purchase transactions in total, with a combined value of €4,076 million, which represents an increase of 37% compared to 2016.
The consultancy firm explains in a report about the residential market that interest is focused on the more stable markets, such as Madrid and Barcelona. Nevertheless, the scarcity of available buildable land has led to searches for plots in other markets too, such as Sevilla, Málaga and Valencia.
"After overcoming some very tough years for the real estate market, and in particular the land market, with the paralysis of property developer activity, the segment started to recover over the last two years, in line with the improvement in the fundamentals of the market and the good performance of the economy", explain sources at the consultancy firm.
The report points out that, although there is a lot of available land in Spain, the average time it takes to create buildable land is eight years, due to the administrative processes that are required. "Over the last 10 years, no land has been generated; no one was interested in investing in the market".
In certain areas of the more established markets, that lack of buildable land is leading to an increase in prices, with rises of up to 30% and even 40% over the last two years. In this way, in markets such as Valdebebas, Montecarmelo and El Cañaveral (in Madrid) have seen significant land price increases, as a result of the fact that the supply of buildable land is very limited.
BNP Paribas Real Estate highlights the change brought about in the sector due to the increased demand and the entry of investment funds eager to back the market.
Property developers such as Neinor, Aedas – both of which are listed – , Vía Célere, Metrovacesa and Aelca are taking advantage of the good times that the sector is enjoying and the upwards cycle, in general, to strengthen their presence and launch new developments.
The report points out that, during the eight months to August, 315,795 house purchase operations were closed. It forecasts that the total number of transactions could reach 530,000 homes in 2017, which would represent a return to the pre-crisis levels. The main international market is the United Kingdom, whose citizens account for 14.9% of transactions by overseas players, despite Brexit. In addition to the Brits, the French, Germans, Belgians, Italians and Nordics are the other main buyers of homes in Spain.
Author Carmel DrakePosted on November 9, 2017 Categories Land, Real Estate News, ResidentialTags Aedas, Aelca, barcelona, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Brexit, demand, El Cañaveral, forecasts, house builders, house prices, house sales, investment, investment funds, land, Madrid, Metrovacesa, Montecarmelo, Neinor, overseas buyers, prices, property developers, recovery, residential market, supply, transactions, Valdebebas, via celere
Why Are So Few New Homes Being Built In Spain?
20 October 2017 – Invertia
The construction of new homes is recovering very slowly and proof of that are the 65,000 new homes that were started in 2016; but whilst that figure exceeds the levels seen during the first few years of the crisis, it is still a long way below the 700,000-800,000 homes that were started each year during the real estate boom, which saw builders start work on 1,000,000 units at its peak. The question now is why are so few residential developments being started in Spain?
Paloma Taltavull gives some clues as to why so few homes are being built in her article "The housing sector: now and in the future", published in the Economic Information Notebooks by the Foundation for Savings Banks, Funcas. In it, she analyses the current housing situation, paying special attention to prices and explaining the reasons why rental prices are growing significantly, even though house ownership prices are not. Ultimately, she concludes that "an increase in the supply of rental homes, or owned homes, is the element that could eliminate the tension in the residential markets in Spain".
Taltavull, Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Alicante, considers that at the moment, sufficient demand exists to start building 200,000 new homes. She thinks that "the absence of sufficient property developers is slowing down the processes to build new homes, despite the recovery in demand", given that "the sector suffered badly during the crisis, with a high proportion of construction and property developer companies being destroyed".
"One of the effects of the crisis that still hasn't been resolved is the destruction of the production fabric, which comprised a high percentage of small- and medium-sized companies, which gave the market a great deal of flexibility", explains Taltavull (…).
The Funcas collaborator points out that, currently, there is an insufficient network of house builders because they have disappeared, stressing that the small property developers that remain have not yet recovered their confidence, whilst the medium-sized and large companies do not have the capacity to construct very much.
The professor also highlights that "the price incentive is not giving a strong enough push to the construction sector", given that although "there is surplus demand", "credit is not flowing" because of the labour market and the decrease in wages, which is a logical reaction by the financial institutions. Paloma Taltavull points out that this problem is particularly acute amongst young people, who "have been mistreated in terms of salaries for a decade", given that they are the largest cohort demanding homes, but they do not have the ability to pay and the banks will not grant them loans".
The expert warns that a lack of new housing in the ownership market and an insufficient supply in the rental sector is driving the significant rise in rental prices that are currently being recorded. She considers that a "mix" between the construction of new homes and other measures to promote rental at a break-even point would be ideal. She adds that the Administrations have an important role to play, given that public housing policy is "absolutely key both for revitalising developments in areas that need them and for avoiding poverty".
The professor thinks that the public initiative could push the private one, especially in the construction of the type of housing that people need, given that they would be adapted to their ability to pay (…).
Original story: Invertia
Author Carmel DrakePosted on October 20, 2017 Categories Real Estate News, ResidentialTags administrations, confidence, construction companies, crash, crisis, demand, Foundation for Savings Banks, Funcas, house builders, loans, new builds, new homes, owned homes, property developers, rental market, residential market, small companies, supply, tension
Ministry Of Development: Finished Homes Rose By 39% In YTD July
17 October 2017 – El Mundo
Between January and July 2017, builders finished constructing 33,085 homes in Spain, which represents an increase of 39% with respect to the same period in 2016, according to data from the Ministry of Development.
In this way, the number of finished homes in Spain recorded a positive start to 2017, after registering nine consecutive years of decreases in 2016. From the peak of 2007 (641,419 homes), the figure had decreased by 94% by the end of 2016.
Of the total number of homes completed during the 7 months to July, 97.7% (32,312) were built by private property developers and 2.3% (7739 by public administrations. With respect to a year earlier, the construction of homes by property developers rose by 37.4%, and in the case of administrations, the figure more than doubled, from 318 to 773.
In the private sector, 20,043 of the homes were built by commercial companies, up by 46.3% YoY; 10,706 were constructed by individual people and communities of owners (+22.8% YoY) and 1,287 were built by cooperatives (81.8% YoY). Finally, 276 end-of-work permits corresponded to other types of private developers.
Meanwhile, the settlement value for the execution of construction work rose by 45% during the 7 months to July, to €4,381.1 million.
Original story: El Mundo
Author Carmel DrakePosted on October 17, 2017 Categories Real Estate News, ResidentialTags administrations, building permission, construction companies, growth, house builders, losses, Ministry of Development, new homes, peaks, private sector, property developer, recovery
Allegra & ACR Invest €130M To Construct 600+ Homes
27 September 2017 – Expansión
The construction and real estate group ACR and its partner Allegra Holding, the investment arm of the Losantos family (former owners of Riofisa) have expanded their alliance in the Spanish real estate sector, with three new operations.
The partners have recently acquired three new plots of land, one in Madrid and the other two in Pamplona, with a combined surface area of 45,000 m2. In the case of the first, the plot of land is located in Vallecas, measuring 10,000 m2, where they plan to build 100 private homes, with an estimated investment of around €19 million.
In the case of Pamplona, it represents the first operation outside of the Community of Madrid. Specifically, ACR and Allegra have acquired two plots of land in the El Ensanche area, where they plan to construct between 120 and 140 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom homes.
These latest operations follow others undertaken just a few months ago, when the joint venture between ACR and the firm led by Mario Losantos invested more than €29 million in land, also in Madrid, specifically, in the El Cañaveral district.
In total, both companies have invested €130 million to build more than 600 homes, under the brand Nature. "It is a successful alliance that is continuing to make progress and it demonstrates the strong performance of both companies in the market, which is allowing us to continue evaluating new investment alternatives in Madrid, but also in other locations such as Barcelona, Málaga and Levante", explains David Botín, Director General of Real Estate Development at ACR Grupo.
After years focusing on international real estate markets such as London and New York, the family office led by Mario Losantos returned to Spain three years ago, to invest in plots of land for residential use and to build homes on them. In its first operation, in February 2014, and in partnership with ACR Grupo, they invested around €19 million in the construction of 96 homes on a plot in the north of Madrid. A year later, they started work on 42 exclusive homes in the Puerta de Hierro area.
Beyond the residential segment, Allegra has also invested in office buildings, logistics platforms, as well as commercial premises in Castellana.
Original story: Expansión (by Rocío Ruiz)
Author Carmel DrakePosted on September 27, 2017 Categories Real Estate News, ResidentialTags ACR, ACR Grupo, Allegra Holding, commercial premises, exclusive homes, homes, house builders, investment, investment arm, land, logistics, Losantos family, Madrid, Mario Losantos, offices, Pamplona, property developers, Puerta de Hierro
The RE Kings Are Building Thousands Of Homes In Spain
18 September 2017 – El País
The house building sector in Spain is back after a decade adrift during which many of the large firms went to the wall (…).
But the same crisis (that harmed so many) has also given rise to a new, more institutionalised house building sector, which claims to have learnt from the mistakes of its predecessors (…).
In this new industry, there are some familiar faces, such as Realia, Quabit, Amenabar, Pryconsa, Ferrocarril, and ACR, amongst others (…). But the market now is dominated by new firms. They are the new generation of property developers, or rather, they are real estate giants, and their names include Neinor Homes, Vía Célere, Aelca, Aedas Homes and Kronos, poised to ride the new wave in the residential sector. Ahead, they face some major challenges, such as facilitating housing for young people, cutting costs, the industrialisation of the sector, putting clients first to avoid the errors of the past, and improving the image of the sector by being intolerant to all forms of corruption.
At the helm of these giants are overseas investment funds, which have chosen to back the Spanish residential market, with the economic cycle in full swing – new build permits rose by 29% in 2016. These foreign players are investing thousands of millions of euros in the purchase of large portfolios of land, at still low prices, in strategic locations and they are benefitting from low construction costs, at least for the time being. In this way, the funds have engaged managers with extensive experience in the traditional property developers to lead these firms, such as Juan Antonio Gómez-Pintado (Vía Célere) and David Martínez (Aedas Homes), amongst others (…).
The firms themselves talk about reaching a cruising speed of between 3,000 and 4,000 new homes per year (per firm) over the next three years (…). The largest 50 property developers and managers by volume of homes sold (based on completions due from 2018) "plan to build around 45,000 homes over the next three years", according to Raúl Templado, at Alimarket Construcción. This figure is low if we consider that various trade associations, such as APCE and CEOE, calculate that Spain needs 150,000 new homes per year to ensure a healthy residential market.
That is why international funds are so interested in doing business in a sector that, despite its sharp decline – the number of housing permits represents less than 10% of the level in 2007 – "continues to carry significant weight: 15% of domestic GDP" (…).
Foreign capital
The arrival of foreign funds, such as Värde Partners, Lone Star and Castlelake, has been like a breath of fresh air. "They have provided strategic vision and they made the decision to invest when we were still in a bearish cycle, identifying opportunities and giving credibility to a sector that was and still is attractive for investment, when nobody else was interested. On the other hand, their way of working with a more financial vision has resulted in structural and organisational changes that before were not considered", says Gómez-Pintado (…).
The result is a sector in full transformation, where movements are happening non-stop, and so it is hard to know who is leading the market. The Institute of Governance and Applied Economics, an independent research centre, calculates that the largest 20 property developers in the country will build 80,000 homes between now and 2020. Their ranking is led by Metrovacesa, Neinor Homes and Aedas Homes, although family groups, local businesses and cooperative managers also feature (…).
Original story: El País (by Sandra López Letón)
Author Carmel DrakePosted on September 18, 2017 Categories Real Estate News, ResidentialTags ACR, Aedas Homes, Aelca, Amenabar, APCE, castlelake, CEOE, domestic GDP, Ferrocarril, house builders, Kronos, Lone Star, Metrovacesa, Neinor Homes, new homes, property developer, Pryconsa, Quabit, Realia, residential sector, värde partners, via celere


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Aguanomics: Got ideas on how to reduce NRW? Win a prize!
Got ideas on how to reduce NRW? Win a prize!
I find it ironic that they are targeting NRW in developing countries when English water companies leak about 20 percent of their water and about 5 percent of bills go unpaid (cumulative debt is over GBP 2 billion).
While I agree with you that there is lots of room for improvement in reducing NRW in the UK, the NRW problems in South Asia, Africa and much of Latin America are far worse. I studied cities in India with NRW exceeding 50% and I'm convinced that they were not that atypical.
I applaud Dreampipe for launching this contest and I'd love to join with you and/or some of your readers to submit a sound proposal.
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