Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:43am EST * Purchase would give exposure to North Sea oil assets * Offer amounts to around $192 million, or C$0.85/share* Follows financial assistance to Sterling Resources* Sterling Resources shares up 75 percent to C$0.83By Emma FargeGENEVA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Top oil trading house Vitol plans to offer C$192 million ($192 million) for Canada-listed oil and gas group Sterling Resources, to gain a foothold in the North Sea oil and gas sector.The Read more [...]

Staffordshire-based Cameron Homes Limited has applied to Sandwell Council to build the four-bedroom detached houses. The properties are earmarked for land opposite the park, along with at least 21 parking spaces. A homes scheme for seven houses or six bungalows was discussed for the site in Hill Lane two years ago but no plans materialised until a report was submitted recently.The report to the planning department says the development aimed to create an attractive living environment on currently Read more [...]

LOVELAND -- Northern Colorado's real estate market, which rebounded strongly last year, is poised for more growth, the president of The Group Inc. said Tuesday at his company's annual forecast event. Using a Monopoly game theme during his talk at Loveland's Embassy Suites hotel, Eric Thompson laid out the rules of the "game" of real estate in this market. One rule, he said, is that all markets are driven by supply and demand. In Northern Colorado, the supply of houses for sale is shrinking: New construction Read more [...]

The window of opportunity for vendors is when there are more buyers than homes, demand is high and stock is low / File WILL your home really sell quickly? One common mistake sellers make is to presume their home will sell easily.Thinking this way is not the end of the world, of course, but what it can do is give you a false sense of security: you relax a little, so maybe Read more [...]