That fuelled the rise of Shiv Sena, which, with the MNS, wins the urban Marathi-speaking vote.

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Fabrizio Uberti Bona of residential brokerage firm MNS Real Estate says that most discounts for property along Second Avenue will be modest.

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Real estate prices in the north Brooklyn neighborhood have been steadily rising, says Justin Daly, a Williamsburg-based realtor with MNS. His firm reports that Williamsburg rents in July were 23% higher than a year ago.

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Shiv Sena and its breakaway Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), headed by Thackeray's nephew, claim to be champions of Maharashtrian issues, especially economic issues, as hundreds of thousands of migrants from a number of impoverished states are lured to Mumbai for jobs.

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