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☆ These baby-boomer homeowners have seen their home values soar. Now they can't afford housing to retire in.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As many baby boomer homeowners look to cash in on their home equity and downsize, some are grappling with a shortage of suitable homes. AdvertisementOlder homeowners are increasingly staying put, as mortgage rates and housing costs remain stubbornly elevated and inventory— particularly of affordable and accessible homes — is scarce. She says the homes she's looked at would need a lot of work and aren't in familiar neighborhoods. Courtesy of Kim Cayes'A lateral financial move'Some boomers who can afford to stay in their homes don't want to endure the costs and possible stress associated with downsizing. Andrea's income is lower than she expected it to be at this point in her life — she's struggled to work since suffering from a head injury in a car crash in 2021.

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“We’ve been dealing with severe challenges due to gang violence, which has essentially cut off ground transportation,” Thelemaque said. “Although the FAA says the ban will lift on Dec. 12, most airlines are rescheduling flights for February,” she said. “Families are consumed by the news of worsening violence and are mourning senseless killings.”The flight ban is also disrupting long-standing holiday traditions in this mostly Catholic and Christian country. “Now, that opportunity has been taken away.”Williams noted that the ban extends beyond Port-au-Prince to airports throughout the country, further isolating Haitians. “Some passengers have had to return to Europe or elsewhere.”Police officers coduct searches in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday.

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☆ My friends and I sailed around Belize for 3 days on an all-inclusive private yacht. The price per person felt like an incredible value.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Anny Caba | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

My friends and I booked a private yacht for three days and three nights in Belize. The total for eight was $1,004 a person, which included a skipper, a chef, meals, and fuel. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . With some extra planning and organization on my end, I was able to charter a private yacht for three days and three nights — and I was shocked at how great of a value it was.

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Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and Les Cayes, Haiti (CNN) When Pauline Philippe found out she was pregnant with twins, she felt a flash of happiness. "I thought about everything that could happen," Phillippe told CNN. In 2017, he unveiled a four-pronged strategy focused not only on ending impunity, but also on prioritizing victims' rights and dignity. He appointed the UN's first Victims' Rights Advocate and created a "trust fund" to support victims. Hers is the "smallest, newest and poorest" department in the UN, Connors told CNN.

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☆ Haiti: Gang violence is tearing the country apart. Here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Caitlin Hu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Waves of crime and unrest have hit Haiti since the assassination of former President Jovenel Moise in 2021. His successor, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, has struggled to staunch the violence, which is also a major impediment to holding crucial long-delayed elections in the country. For months, Henry and the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have called for a military intervention in the country. The mission, if eventually approved by the UN Security Council, is hoped to “restore normalcy” to Haiti, Mutua said. The Bwa Kale movement successfully deterred some gang activity, according to Haitian monitoring group CARDH, with kidnappings slowing in early summer.

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☆ 4.9 magnitude quake strikes southern Haiti; 4 dead, dozens injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The town of Jeremie in Haiti's southwest region was struck by a moderate earthquake on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern Haiti early Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 36 others, authorities said. The quake struck before dawn near the southwestern coastal city of Jeremie at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. "There were so many people out on the street, and a lot of panic," he recalled of the moments after the quake struck. The earthquake struck almost two years after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti and killed more than 2,200 people, with Les Cayes sustaining the most damage.

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☆ Meet an island salesman who started as a tour guide and now helps the super-rich buy and sell private islands all over the world
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Founder Chris Krolow runs a marketplace for buying, selling, and renting private islands. More than 20 years later, Krolow is now an island expert and the owner and operator of Private Islands Inc., a marketplace for renting and selling islands around the world. From tour guide to island salesmanSapodilla Private Island, one of the properties Krolow owns with his business partner, David Keener. He'd stumbled on a smart formula: Marketing a private island individually is expensive, as the audience for rentals or sales is small and dispersed. People aren't just crazy about renting islands, but they'll pay a premium to own one," he said.

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