Monthly Archives: July 2012

Are the Real Estate Bellwethers Finally Ringing? Check out the Numbers

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In case you’re still a nonbeliever that housing has finally crawled its way into recovery mode, ask yourself: What are the bellwether indicators of the early stages of a rebound? You can probably rattle them off. Rising home prices in the vast majority of the country’s major markets. Tightening of the supply of houses listed for sale. Quickening rates of turnover of the available housing inventory – how fast houses listed for sale are put under contract. You Read more [...]

Rightmove advertises Bristol Zoo ‘gorilla house’ on site

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Posted on: 18/07/2012Rightmove is collaborating with Bristol Zoo in a bid to raise money for a new gorilla house at the south-west tourist attraction through an online marketing campaign. The property website is listing the gorilla house on the site, with Bristol Zoo Gardens seeking to raise £1 million to enlarge their enclosure. Climbing facilities, ropes, play equipment and a new pool will feature at the house, which will also include an enhanced viewing facility for visitors. Read more [...]

Supply of for-sale homes slips further in north Washington County

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North Washington County, the Portland area’s tightest housing market, saw its supply of homes for sale slip further in June.A blog covering real estate news in Oregon and the Portland area.» Subscribe (RSS)» @ORFrontPorchA June home-sale report released Thursday by the Regional Multiple Listing Service showed 118 homes sold in June. Buyers and sellers reached agreements for another 120 homes, 23.7 percent more than a year earlier.At the last three months’ sales rate, it would take only Read more [...]

Singapore Exchange toughens listing rules

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SINGAPORE, July 19 | Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:31am IST SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) - Singapore Exchange Ltd is toughening rules for companies looking to list on its main market in the wake of a series of accounting scandals at small Chinese firms listed on the bourse. Recent scandals at companies such as KXD Digital Entertainment have dealt a blow to the reputation of SGX-listed companies, and the exchange said on Thursday that it was tightening its regulations Read more [...]

No-fly listed? How about a pilot’s license instead

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Potential terrorists could still learn to fly, and even to obtain a pilot's license without interference from US government agencies, highlighting Washington's failure to provide adequate protection in the skies. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported on security loopholes at 935 accredited American flight schools to the House Committee on Homeland Security. The GAO presented its findings after cross-referencing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) database, which tracks Read more [...]

House owned by stylist to the famous is on the market

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Richmond, Va. -- A famous house in Richmond, owned by a New York hairstylist who fashions the tresses of famous people like Madonna, is on the market. The Spanish-style white stucco house of Garren DeFazio and his partner, Thom Priano, is listed for $1.3 million. "The house is fabulous … it is definitely not Richmond," said his agent, Lucy B. Williams with Select Properties of Virginia, referring to the preponderance of Colonial-style houses in the area. According Read more [...]

Welcoming back the Assembly Rooms

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Occupying a prime spot in the very heart of Edinburgh’s famed New Town, the Grade A-listed Assembly Rooms has long been the grand old lady of George Street, with her opulent ballroom and grand music hall setting the scene for hundreds of years’ worth of social events, dances, fairs, dinners and cultural occasions.Built in the late 1780s at a cost of just £6300 from a public subscription, it is the place where Sir Walter Scott unmasked himself in 1827 as the author of the Waverley Read more [...]