Monthly Archives: February 2012

Pricing correctly drives country house sales

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According to Ed Sugden of buying agents Property Vision, fewer purchasers are looking to buy a country property in February 2012 than there were at the same time last year-up to 40% fewer in some areas. So vendors must get their pricing right if they want their property to get a second look-or even a first look, for that matter. ‘With second-home buyers unlikely to figure much in 2012, in my view, only three types of property will attract buyers. These are houses of exceptional quality, Read more [...]

VIDEO: Five Steps to Claiming Your Business Listing on Princeton Patch

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  When Patch launched in Princeton in April 2011, a slew of contributors and I ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory. The result: Patch Places. Patch Places is the spot to find descriptions, hours, accepted payment methods and more for spots around town. You can even see what your neighbors think of a business before you try it or write your own review. But local businesses get extra bonuses when they claim their free listing. Owners or managers can sign in and Read more [...]

CyberDefender Agrees to Sell Assets to Marketer Guthy-Renker in Bankruptcy

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CyberDefender Corp. (CYDE), a provider of computer technical support and security services, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell most of its assets to a unit of electronic marketer Guthy-Renker Corp. CyberDefender listed $7.96 million in assets and $42.5 million in debt in documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, today. Daily operations “would continue without interruption during the sale process” and buyer Read more [...]

Scituate maritime college plan’s shortcomings listed

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Scituate’s town administrator said a non-profit group’s recent bid to build a maritime community college in Scituate failed to explain how the school was going to be funded, among other flaws. In a letter addressed to Jeffrey Rosen, president of the Marine and Environmental Education Alliance, Scituate Town Administrator Patricia Vinchesi listed seven shortcomings in the group’s proposal to build an Ocean Campus Center on the Driftway. Vinchesi said the group’s bid was “non-responsive” Read more [...]

Rental Properties, Indonesia Listed Lowest

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<!-- -->   VIVAnews – Kuala Lumpur-based company that owns property portal websites, iProperty Group, has listed Indonesia the lowest in property purchase for the purpose of rent offers. Indonesia is still behind Singapore, Malaysia and China (Hong Kong). “Indonesians are now mostly aiming at buying property in efforts to have ownership over it,” Shaun Di Gregorio, iProperty Group CEO, said in a poll on Wednesday, Read more [...]

Wentworth Resources Limited : Q4 2011 Financial Statements and MD&A

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Wentworth Resources Limited ("Wentworth" or "the Company") Q4 2011 Financial Statements and MDA Wentworth Resources Limited ("Wentworth"), the AIM (AIM: WRL) and Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE: WRL) listed independent, East Africa-focused oil gas company, today releases its unaudited Fourth Quarter 2011 and Preliminary Year End 2011 Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis.   HIGHLIGHTS: Mnazi Bay, Tanzania During the 4th Quarter of 2011  2012 work Read more [...]

French Village For Sale, Listed For Just $431000

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If you are in the market for a new home and you have always wanted to live in France the village of Courbefy can be yours for just £278,000 (approximately $431,000). The village is comprised of 19 buildings and includes a swimming pool, stables, family homes and a village hall. The village was put up for sale by judicial authorities in nearby Limoges after the town went more than £400,000 in debt after a man bought the town in 2003 with the hopes of turning it into a tourist destination. As Read more [...]

Marc Stern: Listed stock options eliminate worries

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This is Part 2 of a six-part series aimed at demystifying and examining listed stock option strategies. Part 1 can be found at montrealgazette.com/businessLast week I described the problems that befell AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Bros., which all resulted from Over-The-Counter private transactions (OTC). With OTCs, two counterparties enter into a transaction where the price is negotiated between the parties with no registration, no orderly markets, no disclosure, no pricing transparency, no margin Read more [...]

Lower-end homes selling quickly

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Today, our market is absolutely a seller's market in the lower price ranges. We went from having four to five months of inventory with adequate new properties replacing the ones in escrow to having roughly two months of inventory and not enough properties coming on the market. Homes that are $500,000 or less and are properly priced have been receiving multiple offers and sometimes going for more than asking. Read more [...]

coming events

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Organizations wishing to have their public events listed in this calendar can email Chris Olson at chris@leelanaunews.com or call The Enterprise, 256-9827, before 5 p.m. Friday. TODAY 10-11 a.m. — Overeater’s Anonymous meeting, each Thursday (call 271-1060 for more info.): Leland Township Library, E. Cedar Street, Leland. 11 a.m. — Stories and More for preschoolers (call 326-5361 for more info.): Glen Lake Community Library, Front Street, Empire. — Wigglers Story Time of preschool children: Read more [...]