Middletown House Hunt Marches On

With a couple of dozen open house events in Middletown this weekend, the hunt for houses marches on. Realtors and sellers alike are awaking from their long winter’s nap to get the jump on spring, and the open house market is heating up. We grabbed a half dozen listings from Realtor.com and posted the details of each in the captions above. You’ll find pricing, housing features, and the times of the open houses, all occurring this Sunday, March 4. So make like the wind and roar into March, to Read more [...]

Plantations that rarely changed hands now see market glut in South Carolina

Randall Hill / ReutersA circular driveway leads to the main house at Silver Hill Plantation in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17. The house was restored in 1999 by the current owners of the property. Silver Hill is listed for sale with Friendfield Plantation that includes 3264 acres of land along the marsh outside of in Georgetown, S.C. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, more than a half-dozen antebellum plantations, which don't change hands often, are for sale.Randall Hill / ReutersGrounds manager Ed Carter Read more [...]

Listed win for Drunken Sailor at Flemington

Drunken Sailor winning for Damien Oliver at Flemington   PICTURE: Getty Images   Report: Australia, Saturday Flemington: Roy Higgins Quality (Listed) 1m5f, turf, 3yo+ THE former Luca Cumani-trained Drunken Sailor (Mike Moroney/Damien Oliver) put himself in line for a crack at the Adelaide Cup with this Listed victory in Melbourne. The seven-year-old's jockey Damien Oliver bounced back from a horror fall the night before at Moonee Valley when Like An Eagle snapped both forelegs as he was Read more [...]

Don’t get too attached: A primer on the semi

You’re moving to Toronto from farm country, where the houses are acres apart, and you’re wondering: What would possess sensible people to live in a house that butts up against the neighbours? Fair question. But a high percentage of the homes in Toronto are semi-detached and tens of thousands of people have no problem forking out hundreds of thousands to live in them. Jesse Mirsky offers the uninitiated a rough primer on the realities of the semi. Q So semi-detached houses are cheaper than Read more [...]

Novadaq Announces NASDAQ Listing

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 1, 2012) - Novadaq® Technologies Inc. (TSX:NDQ)(NASDAQ:NVDQ), a developer of real-time imaging systems for use in the operating room, today announced that its common shares have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ) under the ticker symbol "NVDQ". Novadaq expects that its shares will begin trading on the NASDAQ exchange today, March 1, 2012. Novadaq will retain its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol Read more [...]

Mayor lists Montana town and its 681 population for sale at $1.4M

By Nina GolgowskiLast updated at 7:47 PM on 3rd March 2012 For a cool $1.4 million, a five-acre Montana town complete with a general store, post office and listed population of 681, can be yours.The current mayor of Pray in Paradise Valley, whose population is largely outside its center, is inviting a new hand in running the rustic town that aside from its recently modified post office, has all but stopped in time.'It's right now just existing and I think somebody else can make it thrive,' Read more [...]

Not Being Listed on Company Papers Should Lift Suspicion: Democratic Chief

During the past few months, several allegations have been made against Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum by witnesses testifying in Muhammad Nazaruddin’s trial. We round them up here, along with responses from Anas himself sent by e-mail to the Jakarta Globe. Allegation 1: Anas is a ‘boss’ at Permai Group. Made by: Ahmad Rivai, lawyer for Mindo Rosalina Manulang (“Rosa”); Oktarina Furi, former Permai Group staffer. In evidence, Ahmad has Read more [...]

House Hunt : Newly Listed Homes

This week House Hunt features Open Houses in Acworth and Kennesaw ranging in price from $105,000 for a two-bedroom townhome on Mastic Pointe in Acworth to $249,000 for a lovely four-bedroom traditional home on Duck Hollow Drive in Kennesaw. Also featured are two beautiful traditional homes that are newly listed in Cartersville's prestigious, sought after neighborhoods. Click on a picture in the photo gallery to see a listing description. Click on an address listed below and get directly linked to Read more [...]