Clark County home sales increase slightly in December, but still down for the year

Published: Monday, January 17, 2011, 2:15 PM     Updated: Monday, January 17, 2011, 2:31 PM By Elliot Njus, The Oregonian Follow Share Email Print View full sizeAt December's sales rate, it would take 9.1 months to sell all the homes actively listed for sale. Inventory in months is a measure of supply and demand in housing. Clark County home sales climbed in December with fewer new listings, Read more [...]

Ringo Starr puts exclusive riverside US ranch up for sale

Beatles legend Ringo Starr is selling his ranch in Aspen, Colorado, which he bought over 20 years ago and which has one of the longest river frontages in the area.The 70 year old Beatles drummer and his wife, Barbara, are asking $4.5 million for their three bedroom holiday home which sits on around 16 acres in Woody Creek with a frontage on the Roaring Fork River.Being sold exclusively through Christies International Real Estates, it is described as being a boutique ranch and was built in 1987 Read more [...]

Wrigley Co. former CEO lists $9.99M Lake Forest 7B

William Wrigley Jr. II has listed for sale a seven-bed, 7.4-bath home at 1345 North Lake Road in Lake Forest for $9.99 million. Wrigley paid $9.9 million for the property in April 2003. The 11,013-square foot home was built in 1908 in Lake Forest East. Ned Skae of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is the listing agent for the property. Wrigley is the former chairman and CEO of the famous William Wrigley Jr. Company in Chicago. He is the great-grandson of William Wrigley Jr. and son of the late Read more [...]

Holiday closings listed

January 17, 2011 <!--TOTAL ELEMENTS IN ARRAY: 7TOTAL CHARACTERS IN ARRAY: 790TOTAL CHARACTERS IN PAGES: LAST PAGE CONTAINS: 790--><!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7-->The following are closings and schedule changes in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday:Government officesHattiesburg, Petal, Forrest County, Lamar County, Lumberton, Sumrall and Purvis: Closed today.SchoolsHattiesburg, Petal, Forrest County, Forrest County Agricultural High School, Lamar County and Read more [...]

HCPD: shooting victim listed in critical condition

LONGS, SC (WMBF) – Officers with the Horry County Police Department are investigating the shooting of a 21-year-old Longs man Sunday afternoon. Lt. Raul Denis, spokesman for the Horry County Police Department, said officers responded to a reported shooting along Sweet Bay Road in Longs around 2 p.m. Officers found a vehicle in a ditch as well as what appeared to be a bullet hole in the vehicles front passenger door. Upon further investigation, a victim was found at Seacoast Medical Center in Little Read more [...]

Homeowner Speaks On Family House On The Market

Featured this week in Hauppauge's real estate is 416 Evergreen Ave. This ranch is listed at the asking price of $399,000 within the Hauppauge school district by the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island.  "They [the homeowners] have been there 37 years. The house was originally built in 1962, so I think they are the second owners. When they were just moving in the golf course was just being built," said Michael Scarito, realtor of the property.  Scarito said the major reason you should consider Read more [...]

WSM tower would stand out among local historic sites

<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9-->There are 138 Williamson County sites on the National Register of Historic Places.Most are houses, and the vast majority list years of significance in the 19th century.We don't have anything similar to a National Register site in Pine Bluff, Ark.; the only known surviving single-arch McDonald's hamburgers sign, erected in 1962 and listed on the register in 2006.If the State Review Board recommends it today, and the Department of Interior agrees, Brentwood's Read more [...]

Foreclosure Listings Dominated By Government Repossessions

Nearly 60% of the foreclosures posted for sale in Harris County, Texas, are owned by government entities, according to a new study from RealtyStore, a provider of foreclosure listings and discount-property data. Of the 5,858 foreclosures recorded in the county, 2,514 houses are currently posted for resale. Fifty-seven percent of these foreclosure listings are owned by government entities.Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae foreclosure listings account for 45% of the foreclosed houses for sale in Harris County. Read more [...]

We don’t want homes destroying our green

We don’t want homes destroying our green 1:40pm Monday 17th January 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) A PARISH council has refused to give its backing to plans to build homes on an old Worcester golf course until members have seen the whole plan. Chairman of Warndon Parish Council Ray Morris said there was a risk that “piecemeal” plan for housing developments on the former Tolladine Golf Course Read more [...]