House Hunt: Five Yorkville Homes Listed For $145K or Less

Welcome to House Hunt, a regular feature designed to give you a peek at Yorkville's real estate market. This week we spotlight Yorkville single-family homes that are being listed between $100,000 and $145,000, courtesy of Aol Real Estate. • 2036 Muirfield Drive $100,000 • 506 Madison St. $122,900 • 310 Mill St. $125,000 • 7144 North Rt. 47 Highway $139,900 • 332 Bertram Drive $145,000 In the future we may feature homes that have been listed for months, newly listed homes - or simply homes Read more [...]

Report: auction houses listed on stock market and the financial crisis

New York, 11 August 2011, Art Media Agency (AMA). Although the turmoil reigning in the financial markets does not affect art directly, auction houses listed on the stock exchange will not escape the consequences of the financial crisis. Artprice, which has shown very positive growth since the beginning of the year, saw their stock drop by fifteen per cent in one week. Nevertheless, the results since 1 January remain good, as the share price has increased by 150%. Sotheby’s, one of the Read more [...]

Get a taste of D.C. Beer Week

SUNDAY Great Lakes Cask Night 2 p.m. ChurchKey, 1337 14th St. NW. www.churchkeydc.com. When Great Lakes Brewing Co. made its Washington debut at the Big Hunt last summer, the line of Cleveland expats looking for a taste of home stretched down Connecticut Avenue. Expect a similar reaction when ChurchKey debuts five cask- conditioned ales — traditional English-style beers served with excess carbonation — at a special tapping party. MONDAY 2nd Annual Brooklyn Brawl 7 p.m. Kramerbooks, Read more [...]

Las Vegas Home Sales Slower in July, Prices Continue to Dip

Las Vegas, NV According to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR), more local homes are being sold at lower prices when compared to the same time last year."After a strong June, July's statistics show that we sold more homes than we did a year ago, but not as many as we sold a month ago," said GLVAR President Paul Bell. "The decrease in sales between June and      July was similar to what occurred at the same time last year, when we also saw the number of homes sold decline Read more [...]

INVENTORY SHRINKING, PRICES UP

Median Sales Prices* July '11 June '11 July '10 Fredericksburg $265,000 $208,950 $283,250 Stafford $245,000 $251,000 $242,500 Spotsylvania $195,450 $195,000 $199,900 Caroline $158,500 $119,900 $126,000 King George $240,000 $239,900 $215,000 Orange $145,000 $175,000 $163,000 Fauquier $278,750 $316,000 $299,850 Culpeper $185,000 $174,500 $162,500 Fredericksburg area** $219,450 $212,000 $215,000 * Median is the middle price. For example, if 11 homes were sold, the median would be Read more [...]

Calgary castle boasts $12M price tag 0

It’s been said your home is your castle. But it’s literally true with one dazzling $12-million property in the city’s southwest suburbs — possibly the priciest ever to be listed in Calgary. The 14,500-sq.-ft. French chateau-style home clad entirely in Rundle rock quarried from the Golden, B.C. area is the picture of opulence — the type of home its builder, Read more [...]