This country house near Linlithgow and Edinburgh has five acres of pretty woodland and gardens Mannerston House is an immaculate B-listed family property much of which was built to an L-plan in the late 17th century. The house has had subsequent additions, on top of which, the current owners have carried out an extensive programme of renovations. Inside, the elegant principal rooms are well-proportioned and period features include open fireplaces with timber surrounds and ornate ceiling cornices Read more [...]

10 April 2014 Last updated at 09:45 The China and Hong Kong exchanges are to collaborate on a pilot scheme China is boosting stock market ties with Hong Kong with new measures allowing cross-border stock investment between Hong Kong and Shanghai. China's regulator said it would allow mainland investors to trade shares in designated HK-listed firms. At the same time, Hong Kong investors will Read more [...]

OTTAWA — The Mike Fisher and Carrie Underwood home in West Carleton has been sold to a Kingston buyer.The home, built by the couple in 2010 on 11 acres in West Carleton, was listed for sale after they relocated to Underwood’s Nashville home base and realized they had little time to spend in the Ottawa home once Fisher was traded to the Nashville Predators. It had been originally listed at $2.2 million but it was later dropped to $1.95 million. It had five bedrooms, three fireplaces, Read more [...]

The median list price for the San Bernardino/Riverside, Calif. market is $292,800, up 24.6% from the same month last year, according to the National Housing Trend Report for Feb. 2014, published by Realtor.com. This puts the median list price well above the national average of $199,000, and the San Bernardino/Riverside market near the top of the list for the 146 metropolitan regions ranked in the report in terms of total number of listings. This market also had one of the largest year-over-year Read more [...]