The Irish Times - Wednesday, January 26, 2011BANK OF Ireland has settled its court action against Celtic football club manager Neil Lennon in which it had sought €3 million summary judgment orders over a guarantee allegedly provided by Mr Lennon for a loan to a building company of which he was a director.The bank had admitted it had lost the actual guarantee document but claimed it could produce evidence that Mr Lennon had signed the guarantee at Dublin airport in February 2006.The bank sought Read more [...]

The Irish Times - Wednesday, January 26, 2011BANK OF Ireland has settled its court action against Celtic football club manager Neil Lennon in which it had sought €3 million summary judgment orders over a guarantee allegedly provided by Mr Lennon for a loan to a building company of which he was a director.The bank had admitted it had lost the actual guarantee document but claimed it could produce evidence that Mr Lennon had signed the guarantee at Dublin airport in February 2006.The bank sought Read more [...]

At a recent Westchester real estate office meeting in Yorktown, the managing broker summed up 2010 as basically, “Goodbye and good riddance! The same way I felt about 2009!”  The fourth quarter report of this region’s Empire Access Multiple Listing Service (EAMLS), just released last week, would tend to support that sentiment, as would the report localized here specifically to Yorktown, with some good news thrown in. EALMS reports a total of 6,586 closings of Westchester residential real estate Read more [...]

For the first time in years, Montreal-area homes have become less affordable than houses in greater Toronto, a survey by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy says.Montreal is now ranked as Canada’s second-least affordable housing market with one million inhabitants or more – right after Vancouver – the survey published this week by the conservative, Prairies-based think tank says. The survey results are based on data from the third quarter of 2010. To rate housing affordability, Read more [...]

For the first time in years, Montreal-area homes have become less affordable than houses in greater Toronto, a survey by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy says.Montreal is now ranked as Canada’s second-least affordable housing market with one million inhabitants or more – right after Vancouver – the survey published this week by the conservative, Prairies-based think tank says. The survey results are based on data from the third quarter of 2010. To rate housing affordability, Read more [...]

With the real estate buying and selling season upon us, one aspect that's not usually addressed is real estate referrals for either buying or selling in a different area than where you currently live. Specifically, in a different county or state. Most of the time, you're going into an area blind and don't know a local professional Realtor who matches your personality and knows the inventory. I've always taken great pride in setting my clients up with a top notch Read more [...]