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Monthly Archives: March 2012
House Hunt: Two Oakton Homes Listed Above $1M
Real estate: The source of endless fascination at cocktail parties. A reason for otherwise normal neighbors to turn into peeping voyeurs as they check out the closets of their neighbor during an Open House. The cause for great angst, if a house is out of reach for a would-be buyer, or if it’s priced far below what a new owner just paid for a nearly identical house.
To help keep you apprised of the local real estate market scene, Patch’s weekly House Hunt will highlight five houses that have Read more [...]
Sponsors pull through to rescue women’s World Tour surf event in New Zealand
Last year's Subaru Pro winner Sally Fitzgibbons is excited that so many local businesses have pitched in to safeguard the tour event. "I enjoy our two week stay there every year and winning the event last year was truly a special feeling," she said. "Taranaki reminds me of home. I love the countryside meeting the sea and think it's an awesome tour location. This year's event is much anticipated, and having the community's support makes all the girls feel so welcomed every year."
Fitzgibbons will Read more [...]
Heiress Huguette Clark’s apartments hit the market, listed at $55 million
Brown Harris StevensThe view from one of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark's three apartments, 12W, on the top floor of 907 Fifth Avenue by Central Park. At right is the pond where Stuart Little, the fictional mouse, sailed boats in the E.B. White classic. Clark occupied this apartment from the 1920s until just after her mother died in 1963. She then renovated her mother's apartment on the 8th floor and moved into it. She left in 1992 for a hospital, and died in 2011 at age 104.NEW YORK —The three Read more [...]
TV twins found dead listed each other as next of kin
Medical examiners were performing tests to determine an exact time of death.
Detectives have combed through pictures and documents trying to find a relative to notify. They found a photo of the twins as young girls sitting on Bing Crosby’s lap and another of the pair in tap shoes.
Investigators learned that the sisters appeared regularly on the weekly television musical show "The Hoffman Hayride" in the 1950s and that they entertained troops at several military bases.
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House Hunt: Open Houses for Mar. 10 and 11
To see more information on the properties listed below, visit the Rhode Island Living website and enter the MLS number in the search box.
13 South Long St. MLS# 1011772. Spacious 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath home featuring hardwood floors, an eat-in kitchen, dining room and finished lower level. Open house: March 10 from noon – 2 p.m. Listed at: $159,900. Rose Anne DeAngelis, RE/MAX Five Star, (401) 738-7800.
13 Cavalcade Blvd. MLS# 1010157. Located in the Cherry Hill section of town, this 3-bedroom, 1-bath Read more [...]
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Las Vegas Home Sales Up 18% in February as Inventory Declines
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According to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR), the number of existing homes being sold in Southern Nevada continues to go up, while the number of homes available for sale continues to go down."So far this year, local home sales remain strong and above the record sales pace we set in 2011," said GLVAR President Kolleen Kelley, a longtime local Realtors. "At the same time, we're seeing fewer homes available for sale each month, especially bank-owned homes. With Read more [...]
Fenway Park wins Historic Places register listing
The century-old home of the Boston Red Sox is being listed on the National Register of Historic Places to help ensure decades of new thrills.
Fenway Park has seen heart-stopping wins and crushing defeats and hosted baseball greats Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski .
The register listing means changes to Fenway are subject to review by the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
The Red Sox say they sought the designation and are pleased the ballpark “will be counted among America’s Read more [...]
State Board Recommends 31 Properties and Districts for State and National …
ALBANY, NY (03/08/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Board for Historic Preservation recommended the addition of 31 properties and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, including a Lake Champlain shipwreck, a post-World War II auto dealership, and a 200-year-old Catskill inn that survived the catastrophic floods of Tropical Storm Irene.
"These properties are New York's real survivors – physical links to the past that have withstood strong Read more [...]