Monthly Archives: April 2011

Is Chatsworth’s Housing Market Finally on the Upswing?

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Recession Over? Depends on Who You Ask So reads the title of a recent article by Mark Brenner on the website Labor Notes. The same could be said of Chatsworth’s housing market, except that it also depends upon which factors you’re looking at and the periods of time being compared. For instance, according to Trulia.com, a real estate search engine that lists homes for sale and provides local real estate information, median sales prices for January to March 2011 were $370,500. That’s a decline Read more [...]

Body mass index to be listed in report card, unhealthy food banned in school …

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Body mass index to be listed in report card, unhealthy food banned in school canteens PETALING JAYA: Students' body mass index (BMI) will be listed in their report cards while unhealthy food will be banned in school canteens effective immediately, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said these were new measures to help parents monitor their children's health. "By listing students' BMI on their report cards, parents have the Read more [...]

House Hunt: Romeoville Real Estate Update, April 17

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Journal Star seeks Red Letter Dates

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The Journal Star is seeking announcements of Peoria-area fine arts events and performances for Red Letter Dates, a special quarterly feature that will appear in the ArtsPlus section. The submission deadline is May 15. This is not a general listing of festivals. To be listed, an event must be related to the arts and occur during June, July or August. Please include times, dates, ticket prices and a telephone number the public may call for more information. Please e-mail information to gpanetta@pjstar.com. Read more [...]

Zaragon Place listed for sale as owner seeks to define Ann Arbor student …

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Posted: Apr 17, 2011 at 5:55 AM [Today] Yet another sign that Ann Arbor’s student housing market is changing comes from an early leader among the many recent shifts here: Zaragon Place. The 66-unit apartment building on East University Avenue replaced the former Anberay Apartments less than a block from the University of Michigan campus and the entrance to the Diag. It’s been 100 percent leased since it opened in 2009, and it’s the model for a second similar building Read more [...]

Green Way Home Listed for $929900

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Pickup in home sales misleading

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2-->In late 2005, Richard and Mary Truax decided their four-bedroom Viera home was more house than they needed and put it on the market.Five years later, they stopped trying to sell it. They had two offers during that time. “We took the first offer, only for them to back out,” Mary Truax said. “The second offer came in much too low.” Across the country, thousands of homeowners are in similar situations. They face competition from a glut of new homes Read more [...]

Do we need restrictions on foreign ownership?

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Housing prices are on a steep climb again in Metro Vancouver, causing some to react with suggestions that restrictive measures are needed to cool what they perceive is an overheated market.A new wave of overseas investment interest, primarily from mainland China, is creating a frenzy in some parts of the market. Bidding wars are erupting over houses listed for sale in Richmond and on the west side of Vancouver.We are experiencing the spillover effect in other parts of the market as well. The lag Read more [...]