Monthly Archives: January 2013

House Hunt: Open Houses in Del Ray

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Here's a listing of some of this weekend's open houses in Del Ray and the surrounding neighborhoods. Homes are open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. this Sunday. If you're having an open house this weekend and would like to add a photo to the gallery, you can click on the upload button above to do so, or you can add text information to the comments section below. 20 E. Reed Ave., listed for $324,900, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath 2208 Russell Rd., listed for $949,000, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths 723 Massey Lane #105, listed Read more [...]

House Hunt: Open Houses in Del Ray

Posted on by Listify Me
Here's a listing of some of this weekend's open houses in Del Ray and the surrounding neighborhoods. Homes are open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. this Sunday. If you're having an open house this weekend and would like to add a photo to the gallery, you can click on the upload button above to do so, or you can add text information to the comments section below. 20 E. Reed Ave., listed for $324,900, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath 2208 Russell Rd., listed for $949,000, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths 723 Massey Lane #105, listed Read more [...]

Huge road ‘puddle’ puts village’s listed cottage at risk

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A huge puddle is threatening a listed building in East Lambrook. A stone wall at Tim Dunk’s thatched grade two listed cottage is being lashed by waves and spray from cars travelling through a flooded road. ​ Flooding at New Cross between East and West Lambrook is eroding away the wall of the grade two listed house belonging to Tim Dunk A stonemason has examined the property and told Mr Dunk Read more [...]

House Hunt: 4 Open Houses in Northbrook on January 13

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In the market for a new home? Click through the image gallery to see a selection of homes in the Northbrook area that are holding open houses Sunday. Times and prices are listed below each photograph. Feel free to add photos, prices and locations of more open houses this weekend.

Know of open houses? Want Patch to feature them? Email northbrook@patch.com

Portland-area home sales jump by $1.3 billion in 2012; inventory a concern

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A house for sale in Northeast Portland. Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian   The final numbers for 2012 are in, and the Portland-area housing market showed improvement -- about $1.3 billion worth. The home-sales numbers for the year, released Friday by the Regional Multiple Listing Service, show transactions jumped 19 percent in 2012 compared with 2011. At the same time, prices halted and started to reverse their spectacular decline. Read more [...]

49ers’ Justin Smith listed as probable for Saturday against the Packers

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NFL, Fantasy, Team News / Analysis, Player News / Analysis, Rumors, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Playoffs, Justin Smith, Aldon Smith, NFL Injuries 49ers' Justin Smith listed as probable for Saturday 5 hours ago in NFL   |   Matthew_Shovlin   |   310 respect San Francisco 49ers' defensive tackle Justin Smith may not be a household name, but he should be. While players like Patrick Willis and Aldon Smith get all the glory for the 49ers' Read more [...]

David Crystal’s book is wrong on spelling

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David Crystal’s book is an enjoyable read, but it is mainly a belittling of the awfulness of English spelling and long excuse for it. It claims that “English spelling isn’t as bad as most people think’” that most of the choices of dictionary makers were quite reasonable and that knowledge of the history of English spelling can help with learning to spell.I analyzed the spellings of the 7,000 most used English root words (i.e. including ‘word’ but not derivatives like ‘worded’, Read more [...]

Hartford’s Ramada Plaza hotel up for sale

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Hartford's Ramada Plaza hotel is back on the sales block, a little more than a year after a South Korean realty firm bought the property out of foreclosure.The 350-room hotel, built in 1973, has been listed for sale by Atlanta hotel brokerage firm Hunter, with an asking price of $13.3 million.The 15-story structure has undergone several renovations over the last few decades and is owned by South Korean investment firm Magilink Group, which took over the property about a year ago.Magilink Read more [...]