
明尼亚波利斯飞多伦多…达美航班降落时翻倒19伤
世界新闻网
02/17/2025

达美航班17日降落多伦多皮尔森国际机场(Toronto Pearson International Airport)时翻覆,机轮朝天,造成19人受伤,其中三人伤势严重,但是全体76名乘客和4名机组员幸无死亡。
机场在X平台上说,这架从明尼亚波利斯起飞的班机抵达多伦多机场时发生「事故」,机场随即出动紧急救护人员。
现场录像显示,这架三菱CRJ-900LR型客机肚皮朝天躺在满是大雪的跑道上,急救人员拿着水管,喷扫附着机身的大雪。
救护车人员说他们把重伤的小孩送到多伦多病童医院,另两名重伤的成人送往城里的医院。
美联社说,事故原因尚无法断定,但「天气」可能是一大因素。加拿大气象局说,出事当时机场漫天大雪,风速每小时32哩,最大阵风时速40哩,气温为16.5℉(-8.6℃)。
Toronto plane crash: Crews respond to damaged Delta flight on runway at Toronto Pearson Airport
机场塔台录像纪录显示,该班机下午2点10分左右获准降落,不过塔台警告飞行员,滑行道上可能遇到气流阻碍,因为前面一班飞机刚刚降落。出事后,机场停飞两个半小时。
佛州圣彼得斯堡「安全运作系统」飞安顾问公司首席执行官考克斯(John Cox)说,「这种事情很少看到。我们见过一两个起飞时,飞机翻覆过来的案例,但这也很罕见。」
考克斯当过美国航空业界的飞行员25年,也担任过运输安全委员会的调查员,他说CRJ900型飞机已经商业营运了好几十年,口碑不错,很能应付艰困的气候状况。

急救人员17日在多伦多皮尔森国际机场的达美航空飞机坠毁现场工作。(路透)
他指出,「当时风很大,27-35节的西风约等于时速38哩,算是强风,可是飞机设计足以对付这种情况,两名飞行员也训练有素,经验充足,足以应付。」
调查人员要回答的问题包括飞机为何失去右翼,失去一个机翼容易导致机身翻覆。
联邦航空管理局(FAA)说,加拿大运输安全委员会会负责调查,随时发布调查所得;全国运输安全委员会则说,已率美方调查团队赴加,帮忙加方调查。
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Email: jhuang@meridianbanker.com
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负债、通膨、关税…川普未来的5项经济挑战
世界新闻网
02/17/2025

美国总统川普。(路透)
川普总统竞选时打着改善经济的大旗,承诺强劲成长、高关税、减免所得税、振兴油田等政策。然而尽管就业市场稳健、失业率低至4.1%,美联社指出他仍有五项经济挑战需面对。
1. 物价及通膨
美联社VoteCast广泛调查去年选民,有四成将通膨列在投票考量的「最重要因素」,这些人约有三分之二投给了川普;近几个月通膨实际上缓缓上升,从去年9月的月增幅2.4%到12月的2.9%,
共和党人经常就物价抨击拜登,现在也可能变成回力镖。过去一年来美国消费者的咖啡仅涨1%,但国际货币基金组织(IMF)指出咖啡豆的实际价格却涨55%,这表明咖啡价格可能很快又会上涨。住房亦是令人沮丧的议题,它贡献消费者物价指数的37%,虽然房价涨势减缓,但住房成本每年仍上涨4.6%,疫情前的年平均涨幅为3.3%。
2. 关税
关税是川普实现政策目标的工具,也声称这能增加国库数兆元的收入。川普第一任期关税收入增加了一倍多,达到854亿元,尽管看似很高但仅相当于国内生产毛额(GDP)的0.4%。而各个机构、专家的分析表明,关税将增加普通家庭的生活成本。

3. 负债
川普喜欢将通膨归咎于国家债务,称拜登的政策向美国经济注入了超出缓冲能力的资金。但负责任联邦预算委员会(Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget)称,36兆元的未偿债务中,约有22%源自川普第一任期内的政策。
4. 移民
川普严厉打击非法移民的同时,恐拖累经济成长并导致每月就业成长放缓,因移民是建筑业、农业、休闲和旅馆业的重要组成,若找不到足够替代来源,经济就面临停滞风险。就算川普只恢复到2017至2019年平均每年75万移民的水平,成长率也可能会从去年预计的2.7%放缓至2%。
5. 贫富差距
川普必须想办法拉近富翁和蓝领选民的差距,尤其是他的内阁、亲近人士由许多富豪组成,连世界首富马斯克都在列。相较之下,人口普查局最新数据显示2021-2022年美国家庭财富中位数增加了9600元,达到17万6500元。

芝加哥通膨问题全美最严重 房价及租金续涨是主因
世界新闻网
02/15/2025

房价以及房屋租金不断上涨,是造成通膨问题短时间难以缓解的主要因素之一。(特派员黄惠玲/摄影)
美国的通货膨胀率在新冠疫情后,达到了40年来的高点,截至2025年1月,年通膨率3%仍比2%的水平高。根据理财网站Wallethub最新报告,芝加哥的通膨问题在全美23个大城中最严重。
WalletHub表示,该份「城市通膨变化报告」比较了23个主要大都市统计区(MSA)两个与衡量通膨的消费者价格指数(CPI)相关的关键指针,即把美国劳工统计局(BLS)公布的最新月份CPI(2025年1月),分别跟两个月前及一年前的数据比较,借此了解通膨在短期和长期的变化情况。
芝加哥在这份报告中,整体通膨问题的严重性名列冠军,该市的CPI跟两个月前相比,名列全美问题严重之城的第六,与一年前的CPI相较,则高居全美榜首。
全美十大通膨严重城市,前五依序为:芝加哥-瑞柏-艾金(Chicago-Naperville-Elgin)、圣地牙哥-卡尔斯巴(San Diego-Carlsbad)、波士顿-剑桥-纽顿(Boston-Cambridge-Newton)、檀香山市区、河滨-圣伯纳汀诺-安大略(Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario)。

第六到第十为:纽约-纽瓦克-泽西市(New York-Newark-Jersey City)、达拉斯-沃斯堡-阿灵顿(Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington)、明尼纳波里斯-圣保罗-布鲁明顿(Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington)、洛杉矶-长堤市-安纳罕(Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim)、坦帕-圣彼得堡-清水(Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater)。
经济学家们对近期通膨原因的争论激烈。联邦储备主席鲍尔(Jerome Powell)近日表示,通膨主要仍是与新冠疫情相关的经济混乱所致。不过,康乃尔大学经济学系教授查赫鲁尔(Ryan Chahrour)并不认同此观点,他表示,史上新高的房价和租金上涨,很大程度的影响着最近的消费者价格指数(CPI)上升。
威廉学院的经济学教授库特纳(Kenneth N. Kutter)也表示,住房成本一直是通膨的主要驱动因素之一。新冠疫情后租金大幅上涨,而租金增速的放缓需要很长时间。此外,他说,通膨居高不下的部分原因是数据的滞后性导致,因为CPI中的租金成分包括所有现有租约,因此即使新租约的租金下降,整体租金水平仍会在一段时间内保持高位。
查赫鲁尔,在中短期内,利率政策仍然是抑制通膨的最佳工具。库特纳表示,政策制定者没有太多任务具来减缓通膨,目前唯一可行的方法是货币政策和财政政策,当联邦储备提高利率时,往往会抑制经济活动,从而降低通膨,而增税和削减支出也能达到同样的效果,但由于显而易见的原因,这类措施更难实施。
经济学家表示,如果财政政策不在考虑范围内,那么提高利率确实是唯一的解决通膨方案,这可能不是一个理想的办法,但却是目前唯一的选择。
「不公开上市」渐流行 让房市卖家试水温
世界新闻网
02/06/2025

「不公开上市」渐流行恐影响房市。(Pexels)
最近,全美最大的房产经纪公司之一的Compass开始推进「不公开上市(Private Listing)」或密售房源。
目前的房地产市场基本是透明操作,买家可以在Redfin和Zillow这样的房产交易网站上看到几乎每一处待售房源。
但Compass却在推动更多买家使用其「不公开上市」服务,就是说只有Compass公司的经纪所代表的买家可以看到这些房源。
Compass公司宣称,卖家使用这一服务,可以得到3万4000名公司下属经纪人和他们代表的正经买家的注意。卖家可以避免在购房网站上留下曾经上市多日无人问津或降价的历史纪录。还表示,就像很多公司先在小范围用户中试水一样,在Compass不公开上市,也可以让卖家在公开出售之前先试水温,收集批评建议,制造早期市场需求。
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Mortgage Loan Officer
Direct Lender | 可办理全美50个州房屋贷款
联系电话:917-385-5330

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该公司同时也对买家宣称,可以通过公司特属房源在供给紧张的房地产市场上抢占先机,最大化自己的竞争力,避免公开上市后的竞价大战。同时还可以避免自家住宅的图片在公开市场流出,保护隐私。
信使报报导,密售房源并不是新生事物,旧金山湾区的很多高价物业都是以这种形式出售的,但在本地房产销售中占比很小。根据购房网站Redfin的数据,只有大约3%。
据Bay Area News Group对Compass.com上房源的分析。截止1月中旬,湾区5县有384处房源只对Compass经纪代表的买家开放,占比所有经纪房源的8%。包括Coldwell Banker和 eXp Realty在内的其他经纪公司也有各自的密售房源,但占比相对较小。
南湾打算购房的汪女士近期与一些买家经纪接触,也得到了一些关于密售房源的信息。在去年房产新政之后,出现了一些只收5000美元平价的买家经纪,她也犹豫过要不要选择传统经纪。但买家经纪除了向她强调自己在竞价方面经验的优势外,更着重提到自己掌握的密售房源,让她感到自己错失了很多良机。但目前市场上对于密售房源的利弊众说纷纭,因此还在犹豫不决中。

串通调涨房租 联邦控6大房地产商
世界新闻网
01/08/2025

司法部告六家房地产公司,指控身为房东却用多种方法串通,让民众负担高价房租。
司法部对六家大型房地产公司提告,指控身为房东的地产公司彼此串通,利用算法订定价格、私下分享敏感消息给竞争对手,赚取更多租金利润,让民众负担高价房租。
美国租屋族持续面临房租的压力,薪水增加赶不上房租调涨。根据最新统计,2022年当中,租屋族约有半数的30%收入用来缴房租与水电费,比率创下历年新高。
司法部与包括北卡罗来纳州、田纳西州、科罗拉多州、加州等十州,对六家房地产公司联合提告,指控业者彼此勾结串通,导致住在43州与华府特区、共计130万名租屋民众房租变贵。
被告之一葛瑞斯塔房地产股份有限公司 (Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC) 在网站发布声明表示:「葛瑞斯塔向来以最高诚信经营事业,从来不曾参与任何反竞争手段。」声明指出,将在诉讼中极力证明清白。
司法部指出,被告之间通过电子邮件、电话或群组聊天彼此分享房租、租屋率等敏感消息给竞争对手,消息内容包括房租续约比率、演算公式建议的房租价格获得采纳几率如何、例如「一个月免房租」等优惠活动的促销成果,以及下一季房租价格如何订定。
司法部表示,六家被告房地产公司之一,已有一家同意与检察官合作。根据司法部提出的和解协议草案,未来房地产公司订定房租价格时,不得继续使用竞争对手的数据数据与算法。
司法部主管反托拉斯 (antitrust) 事务的代理助理部长米基 (Doha Mekki) 7日在记者会上说,针对软件公司RealPage 与六家房地产公司的提告,目的在于终止这些业者把营利摆在客户之上的手段,并让全国各地数百万民众租屋时能得到更加实惠的房租。RealPage 软件提供建议房租的演算公式。

For Rent ($4,300/month): 279 Terrie Dr, Sterling, VA 20165
279 Terrie Dr, Sterling, VA 20165
MLS# VALO2085672
Total Finished SQFT: 2,576
Date Available: 12/30/2024
Rent: $4,300/month
PARKLIKE SETTING!! FABULOUS EXPANDED CALVERT MODEL WITH UPPER LEVEL BUMP OUT & SUNROOM ON PRIVATE LOT BACKING TO TREED COMMON AREA. LARGE MBR SUITE. CONVENIENT 2ND FLOOR LAUNDRY. ISLAND KITCHEN HAS RECESSED LIGHTING, DOUBLE PANTRY, DESK, & BAY WINDOW. SUNROOM HAS SKYLIGHTS & VAULTED CEILING. FAMILY RM W/ FPL. CUSTOM DECK. NEW ROOF, WINDOWS, PADIO DOOR AND SLIDING DOORS. BRAND NEW WASHER, DISH WASHER, REFRIGERATOR, DISPOSER. NEW CARPET ON MAIN LEVEL. MOVE IN READY.
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DIY Landlord – Renting out Properties Safer and Quicker!
By David Chen
12/07/2024
Q. We purchased our first home some years ago, and are about to move to another home. We are considering to keep our first home as an income property. We heard of the free ads on CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com, but some landlord friends told us it could be a challenge to find qualified tenants through CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com. Is there any way to rent our property out quicker and safer with minimum cost? We are the kind of persons who would like to try things ourselves, and have some spare time.
A. You may have already done the initial research and have figured out the range of monthly rent of your property.
If the monthly rent is low such as $2000.00 or below, you may want to do it through CRAIGSLIST, https://postlets.com/, zillow.com, or similar web sites. The renters interested in the low-priced rentals may not go to the Realtors community for assistance.
If the monthly rent is $2000.00 or above, you may want to consider listing your rental on brightmls.com for the Realtors community to market it for you.
Bright MLS is made up of nine forward thinking MLSs (43 Associations) in the Mid-Atlantic region who put aside their differences and came together with a shared vision to help solve MLS market overlap and empower everyone to get more out of the MLS. Bright will serve parts of 6 states plus Washington, D.C. encompassing 85,000 real estate professionals who serve over 20 million consumers and facilitate approximately 250,000 transactions a year that are valued at more than $70 billion.
Dozens of public real estate websites (such as: zillow.com, redfin.com, brightmlshomes.com, etc.) pull data from brightmls.com through syndication. In a few hours, your listing will show up on dozens of websites and will get the maximum exposure. It is a lot quicker and safer finding qualified tenants than doing it through CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com. You may talk with a Realtor for assistance. Please be aware some Realtors take rental jobs, some don’t.
Over the years I have helped some landlords in the community renting their properties out with very low cost. A popular arrangement is to help the landlords ‘DIY’, which has been working well for those experienced landlords.
The good side of ‘DIY’ is that the landlords can ‘screen’ the potential tenants from the very beginning, have 100% control of the whole process, and enjoy the feeling of “on top of things”.
If you prefer minimum service, I can help you ‘DIY’:
1. I provide CMA, list your rental on brightmls.com, put a realtor’s lockbox at the front door if needed, provide the access log (if needed), support you through the whole process.
I charge a flat fee for the minimum service.
2. If you would like me to prepare the lease or review the lease, there is another reasonable flat fee. This service is optional.
3. You answer phone calls, work with the tenant (if the tenant doesn’t have an agent) or the tenant’s agent, run credit check, verify employment, check references, etc.. You pay the tenant’s agent (if there is one) directly on the move-in date – usually 25% of first-month rent.
If you need full-service, the commission is first-month rent – which includes the commission to be paid to the tenant’s agent.
If you need any customized service (between minimum service and full-service), we can work out an agreement.
Some information:
CMA stands for Comparable (some called Competitive) Market Analysis, that will help you determine the market value of your property for sale or for rent.
I use Sentry-key lockbox. Any Realtor with membership of NVAR (Northern Virginia Association of Realtors) or any other VA Realtors association can access and show the property.
The access log tells when the agents enter the property and their contact info. which can help you follow up with the agents.
If you like the DIY experience, I would recommend you to use the minimum service.
Please feel free to reach me if you need any assistance.
—
David Chen
Realtor (Licensed in VA) | Neighborhood Specialist (McLean, Falls Church, Vienna)
Libra Realty, LLC
dchenj@gmail.com
703-395-5406
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Websites that will show your flat fee mls listings
3/05/2024
Almost all real estate websites that offer the ability to search brokerage listings use a data feed from the MLS called Internet Data Exchange (IDX) to pull in listing data. Depending on the number of sites tapping into your MLS, your listing could appear on hundreds of websites. We do not control the content of any of the websites listed below. updated periodically & subject to change at any time Here are some examples of national websites by area that pull listings from the MLS:
- Zillow
- Trulia
- Move.com
- MSN.com
- REALTOR.com
- REMAX.com (in markets where they have an office)
- ZipRealty.com (in markets where they have an office)
- Yahoo.com / Prudential (in markets where they have an office)
- Google Base
- Redfin
- Yahoo Classifieds
- AOL Real Estate
- HomeGain
- Lycos
- Oodle
- Hotpads
- HomeSeekers
- ColdwellBanker.com
- Cenutry21.com
- HouseFront
- CondoQuickFind
Here are just a few examples of local media websites that pull listings from the MLS in their area:
- AZCentral.com (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Chron.com (Houston, Texas)
- DallasNews.com (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas)
- DenverPost.com (Denver, Colorado)
- LATimes.com (Los Angeles, California)
- MySA.com (San Antonio, Texas)
- RGJ.com (Reno, Nevada)
- SignOnSanDiego.com (San Diego, California)
- StarBulletin.com (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Tucson.com(Tucson, Arizona)

Here are just a few examples of local brokerage websites that pull listings from the MLS in their area:
- BishopRealty.com (Payson, Arizona)
- Boulderco.com (Boulder, Colorado)
- C21MoneyWorld.com (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- ColdwellBanker-Idaho.com (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho)
- Ebby.com (Dallas, Texas)
- Floberg.com (Billings, Montana)
- LongRealty.com (Tucson, Arizona)
- SantaFeSIR.com (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- TB.com (Spokane, Washington)
Additionally, here are just a few examples of local REALTOR® Boards or MLS’s that have a public view portal. (Not all boards have this feature):
- ABQREALTORS.com (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
- AlaskaRealEstate.com (Anchorage, Alaska)
- AustinHomeSearch.com (Austin, Texas)
- HAR.com (Houston, Texas)
- HavasuRealtors.com (Lake Havasu City, Arizona)
- HICentral.com (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- mlslistings.com (San Jose, California)
- SFAR.com (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- TARMLS.com (Tucson, Arizona)
These are just examples. Your listing could literally show up at hundreds of other websites.
Source: https://www.congressrealty.com/Flat-Fee-MLS-Listings/Sites-with-Listings/default.aspp


