Monthly Archives: August 2014

New website lists underused or empty buildings owned by government

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Members of the public who have ever looked at a rather forlorn building and hankered after buying it can find out if it is in government hands through a website launched on Wednesday by the Cabinet Office – and make a case for it to be sold on the open market.About 31,000 publicly owned assets are listed on the site, which has been launched to support a drive to encourage individuals and organisations to challenge central and local government about underused property and land. Under a right Read more [...]

Pretty Decent Hamtramck Loft Now Listed For Sale As Condo

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Click here to view the full photogallery. This morning we reported that this Hamtramck loft was for rent. Since that post the realtor has emailed to say that the building owner has decided to go condo and sell all four lofts in the Vet Park Lofts. One has an active listing now and the other three are coming soon. Here's the deal: a 1,500 square foot two-bedroom is asking $169,900. The condo features a two-car garage, basement, hardwood floors, spiral staircase and pet-friendly courtyard. The Read more [...]

Tencent Short-listed in Sinopec Unit Sale

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Special constable recruitment events to be held in Northamptonshire

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People wanting to know more about becoming a special can have a chat with recruitment officers who are out and about this week. Specials come from all walks of life and there are many benefits of joining up such as learning new skills, making a real difference to people’s lives, meeting new people, increasing confidence and doing something new and exciting like assisting at large events. Those interested in finding out more can pop along for a chat at the events Read more [...]

London drives house price increase, says ONS

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19 August 2014 Last updated at 12:06 Annual house price inflation was 10.2% in June, compared with 10.4% in May, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rise was again driven mainly by London, where house prices increased by 19.3% over the year, a slight drop from the previous month's figure. Excluding London and the South East, prices rose by 6.3% across the UK. Prices Read more [...]

Canada’s Couche-Tard makes short-list in $16bln Sinopec unit sale -sources

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HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (ATDb.TO) and China's Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) are among suitors short-listed to buy a $16 billion minority stake in China's Sinopec Sales, the world's largest fuel retail network, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. China Life Insurance Co Ltd (601628.SS), the nation's biggest insurer, Hong Kong-listed ENN Energy Holdings Ltd (2688.HK), privately-owned Fosun Group, Hopu Investment Management and Affinity Read more [...]

When a listed building isn’t, at least according to LV

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I recently renewed my buildings and contents insurance for the third year with LV (I also have car and travel insurance with it). But when I checked the documents I noticed that a new statement had been added, saying: "Your house is not a listed building." Our house is Grade II listed. LV claimed they had never insured listed buildings, but had only put that sentence in the schedule since December 2013 – implying that I must have missed that detail when taking out the policy in June 2011 Read more [...]