Bletchley park listed for Art Fund Prize

Published on Tuesday 7 February 2012 19:05 Bletchley Park has today been longlisted for the Art Fund Prize 2012, the UK’s annual ‘museum of the year’ award, and the biggest prize for arts and cultural organisations in the country. Ten museums in total across the country are in with the chance to win £100,000 and the prestigious Read more [...]

Navigating Foreign Property Markets

Here’s the first and most important thing to understand about most real estate markets beyond North American borders: They don’t come with multiple listing services. [See The 10 Best Places to Retire in 2012.] In the U.S., if you want to shop for a house, you can walk into any real estate agency and dictate your criteria for the purchase. The agent types those details into the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) system, which immediately provides the agent with matches. Read more [...]

O.C. foreclosures for sale at 20-month low

Distressed properties were 34% of Orange County homes listed for sale and 48% of the residences recently put into escrow. Steve Thomas of ReportsOnHousing.compublishes every two weeks a report on the supply of local homes for sale and the share of that inventory that's distressed properties -- foreclosures and short sales. His latest report -- as of February 2 -- says … In the past two weeks, the foreclosure inventory dropped by 24 homes and now totals Read more [...]

Tanzanite to Be Listed On Stock Exchange

OPPORTUNITIES for collective ownership of Tanzanite mines located in Simanjiro district, Manyara region have opened wide as Richland Resources Ltd, the company that owns Tanzanite One Mining Limited works on the final stages of listing on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE). "This is to avail opportunity to as many Tanzanians as possible to be part of the tanzanite industry and be shareholders in the largest and most advanced miner of tanzanite. Once listed, the whole of Richland's issued capital Read more [...]

Amadeus bags exclusive contract with Stoneleigh Abbey

Amadeus will cater for all events at the Grade I listed mansion, which sits in 690 acres of parkland and hosts banquets, conferences, weddings, dinners and meetings. It will also manage event marketing and sales for the venue. Amadeus was previously one of a panel of caterers for the abbey. Tony Bird, chairman of Stoneleigh Abbey, said the care shown by Amadeus staff for the historical venue helped to cement the exclusive contract. "They understand the challenges and opportunities that working Read more [...]

Pierce and Thurston County home prices drop 12.5 percent

Down: The median price of homes – both residential and condominium – in Pierce and Thurston counties. Down: The number of homes actively listed for sale.Down: The number of new listings.Up: The number of home sales pending. So much for the first month of 2012.The Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which represents more then 22,000 real estate professionals in 21 Washington counties, on Monday reported data for January.“Given that we lost a week with some of the worst weather in 16 years, Read more [...]

Charges listed for 14 arrested at UMass after Super Bowl

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 AMHERST - Fourteen people were arrested by University of Massachusetts Police Sunday night during large gatherings at the Southwest area of the campus following the Super Bowl. The following 11 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct: Robert J. Callahan, 20, of Stoneham; Ciaran S. Fitzpatrick, 18, of Cambridge; Joseph R. Habackler, 18, of Salisbury, Conn.; James C. Maheras, 21, of Peabody; Trevor J. McGlynn, 20, of Read more [...]

King County home prices drop again

House prices in King County hit another new post-boom low in January, according to statistics released Monday by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. The median price of single-family homes that sold last month was $315,000. The previous low, $320,000, was last year in both October and December. January's median price was down 12 percent from January 2011's $356,000. King County's median condo price fell even more steeply, to $175,000, down 25 percent year-over-year. But King County Read more [...]