New Listings: Homes for Sale in Chantilly

Looking for a new place to call home in Chantilly? There are plenty of homes on the market to choose from. Here is a sampling of homes newly on the market as well as open houses this weekend. If you know of a home holding an open house feel free to add information about the open house to the "Comments" box below. Happy house hunting! OPEN HOUSES this weekend in the Chantilly area: 25584 Fishers Hill Court: $850,000, 5 bedrooms, 4.55 baths. Located in Ridings at Blue Spring. Listed Feb. 9 by Long Read more [...]

Boydville B&B on BZA agenda

MARTINSBURG - Martinsburg's Board of Zoning Appeals will consider at its regularly scheduled March meeting requests for exceptions to the current zoning of the historic Boydville estate. Jonathon T. Mann is the applicant, while the Berkeley County Farmland Protection Board is listed as the owner on the application. Mann and his wife, Meagan, are described as the "prospective owners" in the application's narrative. Members of the BCFPB voted Dec. 7 to sell the 200-year-old mansion and surrounding Read more [...]

Newly Listed Home for Sale has Scenic Lot

This home, at 20432 Scott Dr., has five bedrooms and five bathrooms and a total square footage of 5,011 square feet. The listing price is $419,900, according to AOL Real Estate. The home was custom designed and built by Colabianchi Builders. The home has an open foyer, a great room with high ceilings and a wall of built-in bookcases with a fireplace. The large kitchen has a six-and-half-foot island, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and wood flooring. A finished walk-out basement has Read more [...]

Open House for 63 Charles Road, Listed at $2.795M

Despite it's smaller size, this Sunday's schedule in Bernardsville had as many open houses scheduled as Basking Ridge as of the beginning of the weekend. Home with open houses scheduled for this weekend spanned a wide price range in both towns, with Bernardsville having a wider difference at price — starting with a $225,000 one-bedroom apartment and up to a 8,000 square foot home being marketed for almost $2.8 million. Basking Ridge had more homes in what would be considered a moderate price range Read more [...]

Michael Turner’s release listed as “failed physical”

Getty ImagesAccording to the NFL’s Friday transaction report, the Falcons’ release of Michael Turner was tied to a “failed physical.” A reason for the failed physical was not listed. The 31-year-old Turner has not missed a game in the last three seasons. He was listed with groin and elbow injuries in the second half of the 2012 regular season but managed to start every game for Atlanta. Turner has indicated he wants to continue his NFL career, but where he lands and the type of role he Read more [...]

Romanee-Conti 1961 Listed at Zachys Sale With La Tache

A single bottle of Romanee Conti 1961 Domaine de la Romanee Conti is on sale along with a half- case of La Tache DRC 2002 as Burgundy wines take center stage at Zachys New York auction this week. The Romanee-Conti carries a higher estimate of $7,000 for the single lot, while the six bottles of neighboring La Tache are priced to fetch as much as $12,000 together, according to online catalog. Other Burgundy producers represented include Bonnes Mares Georges Roumier Read more [...]

Traditions Change, Even Here

Almost fully developed by 1940, Bronxville, a square-mile chunk of the town of Eastchester 15 miles from Midtown Manhattan, looks now much the way it did 75 years ago, with some of its still-grand residences dating to the late 1800s. Median prices here are among the 200 highest in the nation, according to Forbes.com’s “America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes.” Census data from 2010 put the estimated median household income at $178,465, versus $80,725 for Westchester as a whole. White residents Read more [...]

Ankeny and Metro Weekend Events: Spring Show Choir Spectacular, Kidsfest …

There’s plenty to do in Ankeny in the days ahead, and if you want to travel into to Des Moines and around the metro, there’s plenty to do there, too. Here are some selected events, with a full list of Des Moines metro events available here. ANKENY Spring Show Choir Spectacular: Don't miss your chance to see all three Ankeny High School show choirs this weekend at the Spring Show Choir Spectacular held at Ankeny High School: Friday, March 1 at 7:00 PM Saturday, Read more [...]

Central Regional Alumni Announce Upcoming Events

The following information was provided by the Central Regional Alumni Association and compiled by the Ocean Signal. 4th Annual Alumni Night The 4th Annual Alumni night will take place on Friday, March 22nd between 6 and 11:30 pm at the Sawmill Restaurant Tavern on Ocean Avenue in Seaside Park. Tickets are $26 and include a drink special and all-you-can-eat pizza, wings and salad. DJ entertainment provided. Tickets can be purchased by sending a Read more [...]

Home Buyers Are Back, but Where Are the Houses?

"Some listings are vanishing from a strategic decision of waiting for an even a higher price later. Some are due to few newly built homes available to trade-up to, hence some current existing home owners are unwilling to list. Some could be related to fear of being unable to buy after selling," says Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. Supplies are down across the nation, not just in the former crash markets, like Phoenix and Las Vegas, where investors decimated Read more [...]