Monthly Archives: July 2013

St . Bernard Parish subdivision listed for sale with company citing parish growth

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Advertised as the largest partially developed subdivision in St. Bernard Parish, a 48-acre parcel is on the market in Meraux. The land, listed on Tuesday by RE/MAX Commercial Brokers at about $2.4 million, has 171 residential lots and two commercial lots facing East Judge Perez Drive.In a move to draw people to its population-drained, post-Hurricane Katrina parish, St. Bernard Parish government offers prospective home buyers up to $30,000 through a soft-second mortgage program paid for through U.S. Read more [...]

St. Bernard Parish subdivision listed for sale with company citing parish growth

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Advertised as the largest partially developed subdivision in St. Bernard Parish, a 48-acre parcel is on the market in Meraux. The land, listed on Tuesday by RE/MAX Commercial Brokers at about $2.4 million, has 171 residential lots and two commercial lots facing East Judge Perez Drive.In a move to draw people to its population-drained, post-Hurricane Katrina parish, St. Bernard Parish government offers prospective home buyers up to $30,000 through a soft-second mortgage program paid for through U.S. Read more [...]

Calendar of events

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CookingDinner Party on the Bayou: Load up on skills that allow you to make Shrimp Etoufee, Andouille Sausage, Chicken, Shrimp and Okra Gumbo, Paul Prudhomme-style Blackened Steak, and Bread Pudding With Plum Sauce; 6:30 p.m. Thursday; Well Done Cooking Classes, 1208 E. 29th; 832-782-3518. Tour of France: You and your date will spend an evening creating elegant French cuisine; 6:30 p.m. Friday; Sur La Table, 2210 Lone Star Dr., Sugar Land; 281-242-2238. American Summer Classics: Gazpacho, Read more [...]

Webb: Rescue Mission seeks help out of ‘summer donation slump’

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Donations to local food pantries often drop off during the warm-weather months, even though need continues regardless of season. This year the summer slump seems to have come early, and hit harder, said Boise Rescue Mission Director Bill Roscoe."Ordinarily we have enough canned and dry goods on hand to supply our kitchens and provide emergency food boxes to families. Right now we are having to cut back on the food boxes because we have to be sure Read more [...]

Cvent Files For $100 Million IPO For Event Planning

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Cvent, which provides cloud-based software to manage events, has filed for an initial public offering of up to $100 million. The McLean, VA-based company provides a cloud-based service for planning and managing events and has 30,000 event planners using the service, including free and paid users. The software is integrated with hotels so that planners can send requests for quotes directly through the platform. Cvent has more than 200,000 hotels and other service providers  listed on Read more [...]

Goldfinger’s Alexander Fleming House finally gets Grade II listing

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It was one of the largest, most lauded office complexes in Europe when it opened in the 1960s, and for Ernö Goldfinger, Alexander Fleming House was a crowning achievement. For others, the concrete high-rises in south London were a horrible place to work and represented one of the worst examples of soulless postwar development.Now, 50 years after they first opened, a government minister has decided that the buildings – today called Metro Central Heights – are deserving of major recognition Read more [...]

Median single-family home price in Las Vegas continues to rise – Las Vegas Review

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Statistics being released today by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors show existing home prices continuing to rise as the supply of houses available for sale also increased.  The median price of an existing single-family house sold in Southern Nevada during June was $175,000, up 2.9 percent from $170,000 in May and up 32.8 percent from $131,785 one year ago. In a statement, Realtors Board President Dave Tina said the median existing local home price “is still a long way from our peak” Read more [...]

House prices show no signs of falling: Royal LePage

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TORONTO -- Home prices in Canada are showing no indications of falling this year, a survey by Royal LePage suggests. A report by the real estate company said the average prices for standard two-storey houses and detached bungalows went up 2.7 per cent in the second quarter of this year, compared with a year ago. During April to June, houses were listed for an average price of $419,614, while bungalows had an average price of $386,547, according to the survey released Tuesday. Vancouver Read more [...]