Thinking of Selling Your Own Home? Read This First

If you are considering selling your house, you have a few major decisions to make. Do I sink some money into the house in the hopes of making it more attractive and valuable? What's a good starting price to list your home for? And possibly the most important decision: Should I hire a real estate agent, or attempt to sell the house myself? Source: Images of Money. This last question will most likely have the largest financial impact on the sale of your home, either in a positive or negative way. Read more [...]

Ice skating lessons offered at Hoyt Park during second event of the season – The Saginaw News

SAGINAW, MI — The second in a series of free, public events is taking place today at Saginaw's Hoyt Park. A "school spirit skate" will take place from noon until 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, complete with skating lessons. Dr. Colleen Linehan Dr. Colleen Linehan, a surgeon with Covenant Healthcare and a former captain of the Harvard women's hockey team, is ready to teach inexperienced skaters the ways of the ice from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. The warming house at the park, located at Ezra Rust and South Read more [...]

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian are moving on to a new episode

Odom and Kardashian bought the house in 2009 — the year they were married — for $3.95 million. She filed for a divorce in December and resumed using her maiden name. The Mediterranean-style villa sits on three-quarters of an acre in gated Mulholland Park. Entered through a two-story foyer with a sweeping staircase, the 8,000-square-foot home features custom closets, mosaic tile details, a den, a home theater, seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Read more [...]

Anonymous buyer snags stately home

Comments (0) SPECULATION continues to mount after a mystery buyer shelled out a reported £13 million for a stately home near Castle Cary. The Hadspen House Estate, which lies between Ansford and Pitcombe off the A371 has been acquired by an anonymous buyer. The Land Registry lists the new owners as the Regent Trust, an offshore trust in Jersey. This week, media fuelled speculation over the mystery buyer’s Read more [...]

FDA to revise nutrition facts label

WASHINGTON — Those nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read. The Food and Drug Administration says knowledge about nutrition has evolved over the last 20 years, and the labels need to reflect that. As the agency considers revisions, nutritionists and other health experts have their own wish list of desired changes. The number of calories should be more prominent, they say, and the amount of added sugar and percentage of whole wheat in the food should be included. Read more [...]

So much to explore at this fine listed farmhouse home

Wingfield Farm is a fine Grade II-listed house, offering well proportioned family accommodation arranged over three floors. An interesting and diverse property offering an obvious attraction to equestrian users of an extensive stable block and around 4.5 acres of fenced paddocks. Located in Wingfield it has two principal reception rooms featuring inglenook fireplaces with bressumerbeams and enjoy a double aspect over the grounds. The garden room could provide an ideal Read more [...]

Pascagoula historic homes face demolition, last-ditch effort underway to save them

View full sizeCharles Petty discusses a home that has been in his family since the 1860s. He has filed an application to demolish the home, located at 3611 Frederic Street in Pascagoula. PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- The Pascagoula Historic Preservation Commission is trying to work with two property owners to salvage three of the city's oldest homes from demolition, but the chances of saving them are slim. James Platt owns two homes on Front Street that were on the Mississippi Heritage Trust's top Read more [...]

Blue Cloud Movie Ranch Listed for Sale

Rene Veluzat’s world-famous Blue Cloud Movie Ranch in Saugus is on the market with an asking price of $7.5 million. Listed for sale Jan. 3, the ranch on Blue Cloud Road (off of Bouquet) has been home to numerous motion pictures and series including “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Iron Man” and HBO’s “True Blood.” Portion of Afghanistan town at Rene Veluzat’s Blue Cloud Movie Ranch The 94-acre ranch includes an Afghanistan town set that has been used not only in film production, but also as Read more [...]