Belmont Shore-Naples: Seven New Homes Listed

Seven single family homes were placed on the market this past week in the Belmont Shore/Naples area, bringing the area's total inventory to 93 houses and 33 condos. Here's the new listings: 5920 E. The Toledo - $1,199,000 - Situated on Naples, this Cape Cod style home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms in 2,875 sq. ft. There are two master suites, one with a walk-in closet. The home has dual zoned air-conditioning and a three car garage. 115 Park Avenue - $649,000 to $679,000 - Located in the Read more [...]

Big races all over in busy weekend on Europe scene

Dubai: It's a busy weekend on the flat in Europe with Classics and several showpiece races being staged in England, Ireland, France and Germany. Ireland plays host to a high-class meeting that features the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group One) tomorrow and the Pretty Polly Stakes (Group One) today, while Newcastle stages the prestigious Northumberland Plate. Newmarket's July course will be the setting Read more [...]

Listed infrastructure targets retail investors

By Greg Roumeliotis and Lorraine Turner LONDON | Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:55am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Listed infrastructure funds in Britain expect to benefit from yield-hungry retail investors who take their money out of savings accounts to escape low deposit rates and invest in assets such as schools and hospitals. Record low interest rates of 0.5 percent in Britain are driving many to seek an inflation hedge in infrastructure, a panel of listed infrastructure Read more [...]

Median home price ticks upward for a change

Home sellers and homeowners got a rare bit of good news with the announcement of a rise of median sales prices last month.For Williamson County, the median sales price was up from May 2010 to $335,000 — the highest it has been since 2008, when it was $370,000, according to the Williamson County Association of Realtors.The significance of the median sales price is sort of like the significance of a barometer in a hurricane; it’s a pretty good indicator of how well or how poorly things are Read more [...]

Why ‘Arirang’ Isn’t Listed Among Korea’s Cultural Assets

The government has listed music performed during royal ancestral rites, pansori or traditional Korean narrative song, "Goseong Ogwangdae," a mask dance drama from Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, and royal cuisine as important intangible cultural assets of Korea. But the country failed to list the folk song "Arirang," widely considered Korea's unofficial national anthem, and the world-famous side dish kimchi. The Cultural Heritage Administration this week announced it will now list Read more [...]