Monthly Archives: June 2011

£100k for razing listed building

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6 June 2011 Last updated at 16:09 GMT Courts can now fine developers up to £100,000 if they demolish a listed building or fell trees which are protected by a preservation order. The new fines are three times higher than those previously in place. They are part of the DOE's new Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. Environment Minister Alex Attwood said they would act Read more [...]

Sellers wonder when housing market will hit bottom

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Fearing further discounts, the neighbors on her cul-de-sac are now upset at her for selling. "It's tough now," Roberts said. "But housing prices could go down even further."There's no good time to sell right now, unfortunately."After years of assuming the housing market couldn't get any worse, a growing number of Triangle homeowners and agents are now resigned to the fact that no one seems to know when it will hit bottom.Last week, a key national housing indicator, the Standard Poor's/Case-Shiller Read more [...]

5Things June 6: Council Meeting Tonight

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Lake Forest home market faster than OC

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The overall Lake Forest home market -- older parts of the city, Foothill Ranch and Portola Hills -- had 302 residences listed for sale as of May 26 with 111 new deals opening in the past 30 days. That means, by one theory, it would take 2.72 months to sell all inventory at current pace of new escrows in the Newport region vs. 3.68 months countywide. That's the buzz from the biweekly housing market report from Orange County broker Steve Thomas. Read more [...]

Egypt Agrees to Cancel Tax on Listed Companies’ Dividends

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Egypt’s Finance Ministry agreed to a stock market demand that listed companies be exempt from a proposed tax on dividend payments, Egyptian Exchange Chairman Mohamed Abdel Salam said in a telephone interview today. The bourse argued that the tax would deter investors and discourage companies from going public, Salam said . “We convinced them by showing the numbers,” he said. “The 400 or 500 million pounds ($67 million to $84 million) the tax was Read more [...]

Own a piece of architectural history

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The Andrew B. Maude Cooke House, a "hemicycle" beach house in Virginia Beach, Va., is one of 17 Frank Lloyd Wright designs currently on the market featured on SaveWright.org.The work of Frank Lloyd Wright tends to inspire almost slavish devotion from his admirers, many of whom undoubtedly dream of owning a home designed by the iconic architect.Turns out, opportunities to buy Wright-designed homes are more plentiful than one might think, according to Janet Halstead, executive director Read more [...]

SeaEnergy focuses on marine business after £31 million sale of wind farms arm

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11:03 am by Ian Lyall The wind farm support industry is growing exponentially. The planned sale of its offshore wind farm business provides Sea Energy (LON:SEA) with the capital to grow its marine operations, according to Gurpreet Gujral of City broker Ambrian Capital.   The group, which started life as oil exploration group Ramco Energy, has aspirations of becoming a service provider to the offshore wind industry rather than developing Read more [...]

No Odds Listed For ABDC Season 6 Finale, Fans Make Their Own Predictions

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June 5th, 2011 – Written By Bonnie America’s Best Dance Crew has really thrown down the moves in season 6 and tonight team I aM mE battles head to head with Iconic Boys for the official title of season 6 of ABDC and the bragging rights for being America’s Best Dance Crew. ABDC is an American competitive dance reality television series that feature performers that have the moves to back up their dreams of becoming a professional dancer. America’s Best Dance Crew is no Read more [...]

House Hunt: 29 Open Houses June 5

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