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June a hot month for home sales in Leelanau Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:05AMJune was a very good month for real estate sales, something that people in the business haven’t been able to say in a number of years. “We’re seeing more units moving closer to the asking price,” said Kim Pontius, executive vice president of the Traver read more
Popish, Paws2Help combine for fun to help animals Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:36PMPhoto by Elysia Conner Popish Veterinary Clinic staff Heather Bunner grooms Snickers at the newly remodeled facility July 8. Popish helps Paws2Help provide medical care to homeless animals and make them more adoptable to good homes.
Morrison City Council Honors MHS Championship Softball Team Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:51PMMORRISON – Members of the Morrison City Council met on July 11th at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Many items were discussed, with the highlight of the evening being the presentation of certificates of recognition to the MHS Girls Softball team.
1016 Paseo holds onto ghosts but not owners Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:26PMA question lingers over the diminished but still regal mansion at 1016 Paseo. Those who are intimately familiar with this house — with the wrought-iron fence around it, the crumbling cut-stone terraces, the Ionic columns that hold up a lonely front porch — agree that many quest...
Pinnacle Financial Expands Profitability in Second Quarter 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:50PMPinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. today reported that its net income per fully diluted common share available to common stockholders was $0.14 for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared to net loss per fully diluted common share available to common stockholders of $0.85 for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, and net income per fully diluted common share available to common shareholders of $0.06 ...
Yukoners brainstorm housing crisis solutions Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:19PMNDP Leader Liz Hanson’s question was clear at Monday evening’s public forum on housing solutions: How can we fix our housing crisis before the snow starts to fly?
Will Travers: Primates as "Pets"? Not on Your Life Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:23PMNon-human primates are celebrated as our closest living relatives, but they are still wild animals. Whether acting out of instinct or intent, "pet" primates are capable of wreaking havoc on humans who pay the tragic price when things, inevitably, go wrong.
Meeting planned for beleaguered Hercules project Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:06PMSycamore North could become affordable housing opposed by some residents.
Riverview Bancorp Increases Earnings to $1.1 Million in First Quarter, Led by Deposit and Loan Growth and Continued ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:00PMVANCOUVER, Wash. -- Riverview Bancorp, Inc. today announced that it earned $1.1 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, in its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared to $1.8 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the first quarter a year ago.
Looking Back: July 20, 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:20PMJuly 21, 1886 C.F. Scheers, while returning from the rink late Saturday evening, was assaulted and slightly bruised by a brother of the girls who were recently fined before a justice. The brother objected to Scheers’s comments in the Daily Herald about the case.
In The Pipeline: Construction and Development News for July 17 - 23 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:04AMIn The Pipeline is a column on significant commercial real estate land sales, transactions and trends affecting office, industrial, flex, multifamily, mixed-use, hotel and public works developers. Send us news leads about your new project -- and sign up to be added to our distribution list to receive future In the Pipeline columns by e-mail. Read previous columns and articles. UDR Announces Two ...
The rich and famous find seclusion in Westlake Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:21AMCelebrities are choosing the tony rural enclave for its high security and location between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Housing market gains momentum Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:36AMLow interest rates, low prices and some incentives drove home sales in Shasta County in June to their highest level in nearly four years.
Unreal estate market Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:34AMIt's a Hamptons real-estate renaissance. Fueled by emboldened Wall Streeters, total home sales in the ultra-tony East End's five towns skyrocketed an astonishing 59 percent from the first to the second quarter of this year, according to a study. Southampton, East Hampton, Shelter Island, Southold and Riverhead saw...
Special report: Banks continue robo-signing Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:02PMNEW YORK/IMMOKALEE, Florida (Reuters) - America's leading mortgage lenders vowed in March to end the dubious foreclosure practices that caused a bruising scandal last year.
Closed Palm Desert golf course looking greener Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:10PMPalm Desert Country Club Golf Course is much greener than a month ago, but it is still not close to new ownership.
MC Ionic Solutions US Begins Work on Fite Rd. Site Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:17PM2665 Fite RoadMemphis, TN 38127Permit Amount: $1.3 million Permit Date: Applied July 2011 Owner: MC Ionic Solutions US Inc Tenant: MC Ionic Solutions ...
Wooden boats, paintings on display at Lakeside festival Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:49AMWood boats were on display Sunday at Lakeside's eighth annual Wooden Boat Show and Plein Air Paintout. / Cindy Van Cleve/News Herald correspondent Paintings were on display Sunday at Lakeside's eighth annual Wooden Boat Show and Plein Air Paintout.
Wooden boats, paintings go on display at annual Lakeside festival Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:34AMPaintings, above, and classic wooden boats, below, were on display Sunday at Lakeside's eighth annual Wooden Boat Show and Plein Air Paintout. / Cindy Van Cleve/News Herald correspondent
Prime Plot of Land Available for Immediate Sale in Krabi, Thailand Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:09AMAn extremely rare and exciting investment opportunity to purchase a premier slice of land in a breath-taking mountain location, situated less than 5 minutes drive from the major tourist resort and beautiful beaches of Ao Nang. Suitable for both residential and commercial use and complete with architects plans for a luxury villa complex, this exceptional plot will not be on the market long ...
American Living furniture store opens in Lafayette Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:12AMLAFAYETTE — Now, 3,000 square feet of unique and unusual home furnishings, custom upholstery and lighting are at the fingertips of Lafayette residents, as well as other home decorating enthusiasts in and around Sussex County.
One MILLION acre estate goes on sale in Argentina that is ideal for wine making Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:02PMThe plot in Western Argentina - being sold by a group of British estate agents - is the same size as Kent and three-and-a-half times the size of Hong Kong.
Bob Molinaro sues city of Waterloo over sale of San Marnan Drive Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:36PMWATERLOO, Iowa --- Businessman Bob Molinaro is taking legal action to stop the sale of San Marnan Drive for a housing development along Sunnyside Country Club.
Pawn Stars Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:19AMWhen the economy is tough for everyone else, it still is pretty good for pawnbrokers and it’s easy to understand why. During an economic downturn, more people typically have the need for quick cash. Also adding to the boost pawn shops are getting is the History Channel’s hit realty show, Pawn Stars.
Propery assessments upset some Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:38AMBy Dennis Sherer Staff Writer Chester McKinney Jr. owns property in several areas throughout Alabama. He owns a beach-front condominium in Gulf Shores. He also owns property near Auburn and in three northwest Alabama counties — Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale. He said he is concerned about what he sees each year when he pays property taxes.
Site for sale, again Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:48PMBy the time the Gettysburg Foundry closed, nearly 5,000 tons of toxic waste and 676 drums of metallic sludge had been dumped on the Emmitsburg Road property.
For Ohio home solar projects, funding forecast is cloudy unless lawmakers revive 10-cent monthly fee Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:16PMOhio has awarded millions of dollars in energy grants over the last five years, helping to jump start the solar and wind installations as well as energy efficiency upgrades. The cost to consumers has been a 9-cent monthly charge on their electric bills. Now the program is in jeopardy. The law ordering the fee has expired. And lawmakers haven't renewed it.
June sales up; down from year ago Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:03AMBay Area home sales rose sharply last month from May to the highest level for any month since June 2010, when outgoing homebuyer tax credits gave housing demand a final boost.
Billionaire Burkle buys Wright's Ennis House Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:47AMLOS ANGELES -- Billionaire Ron Burkle has snapped up Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Ennis House at the relative bargain price of about $4.5 million, the building's sellers announced Friday.Ennis House Foundation chairwoman Marla Felber said Burkle, a ...
Update: 2 bodies found in house Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:25AMSouth Reno house fire kills two: A house fire, which might have been triggered by two people inside, burned for hours Tuesday. Both firefighters and SWAT members responded to the call after deputies reported a possible shot fired.
Foreclosure sale rate soars to 232 percent in Genesee County in June 2011 Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:21AMForeclosed homes are the hot ticket on the Genesee County real estate market — sales have soared 232 percent since June 2010.
Landmark Lloyd Wright house sold for $4.5m Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:27AMA landmark house, designed in the style of a Mayan temple, by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is bought for $4.5m (£2.79m).
Businessman Ron Burkle buys Frank Lloyd Wright's Los Angeles hilltop Ennis House Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:21PMLOS ANGELES, Calif. - Billionaire Ron Burkle has snapped up Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Ennis House at the relative bargain price of about $4.5 million, the building's sellers announced Friday.
Bank intends to purchase Paso Golf Club Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:01PMThe Paso Robles Golf Club is on its way to foreclosure, but its lender hopes to purchase the longtim
Businessman buys Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:19PMBillionaire Ron Burkle has snapped up Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Ennis House at the relative bargain price of about $4.5 million, the building's sellers announced Friday.
What's going on in Lane County? A lot Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:45PMEvents in the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region for July 16-31.
Man claims house for $16 as neighbors accuse him of squatting Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:26PMThanks to a little-known law in Texas, a man apparently won ownership of a house for less than $20, but neighbors aren't happy with his deal and are trying to get him out.
Crack cocaine offenders may get early release; neighborhoods hope to avoid reentry problems Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:11PMIt isn't often that a Phi Beta Kappa grad nearly loses his life because he insists on getting a close-up look at the crack cocaine trade.
Mission attorney, former bank chairman, pleads guilty to wire fraud charges Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:29PMA Mission attorney and former bank chairman pleaded guilty to wire fraud a day before jurors were to be selected for his trial, federal prosecutors said. Rogelio “Roy” Ibañez Jr., 46, admitted to defrauding customers of Southern Star Title...
Police Log: Man threatens to shoot officers Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:12PMA possibly suicidal man fires a gun without shooting himself, then threatens officers.
More buyers purchasing multimillion-dollar homes Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:30PMBuyers are showing more interest in multimillion-dollar mansions in Naples.
Briefly... CITY/REGION Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:13AMMortgage fraud alleged John C. Lucidi Jr., 30, of Las Vegas, who once worked in West Chester, was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office yesterday in a $7-million mortgage scheme to defraud seven financial institutions.
Trust backs plan for open space in Harding Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:44AMHARDING TWP. – Fearing that the Township Committee may be on the verge of backing out of a large open space purchase, the Harding Land Trust is urging residents to get behind what it deems as an essen
Susan R. Pollack: Welcome Mat Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:03AMJudy Garrett, also known as "GardenMom," is this week's winner of Homestyle's garden photo contest. Her "Morning Color" photo shows how the annuals and perennials in her Rochester Hills front yard complement each other with bright colors and beautiful blooms. "Yellow and red daylilies and a climbing rose bush on the arbor work well with impatiens, geraniums, petunias, marigolds and clematis ...
Coastal panel orders trailers to leave Marin beach by 2017 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:24AMThe California Coastal Commission has ordered about 200 trailer homes, including many from Sacramento, to leave a Marin County oceanfront campground by 2017.
Stranger moves into foreclosed home citing Texas law Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:37PMFLOWER MOUND - A little known Texas law and a foreclosure could have a man in Flower Mound living on easy street. Flower Mound's Waterford Drive is lined with well-manicured $300,000 homes. So, when a new neighbor moved in without the usual sale, mortgage-paying homeowners had a few questions. "What paperwork is it and how is it legally binding if he doesn't legally own the house?" said Leigh ...
Bacon defends Hickory Lake buy Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:35PMSMYRNA — In his State of the City address on Thursday, Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon applauded the city’s decision to purchase the aging 726-unit Hickory Lake Apartment complex on Windy Hill Road by South...
New air-conditioning unit gives homeowners chance to go solar Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:56PMThis year's brutal summer sun is hammering hard on our energy bills, but some homeowners are fighting back.
See San Clemente home for sale by owner Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:51PMWe write often about real estate transactions made by agents, but very seldom do we explore the FSBO (for sale by owner) market. Especially in a down economy, sellers might look to different alternatives to sell their home and opt to sell it on their...
Homeowners fed up with trailers at entrance to neighborhood Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:18PMHomeowners who live in a Jackson County subdivision off Hamil Farm Road say two trailers located an the entrance to their neighborhood are in violation of the county's zoning law. They want them removed immediately. Petitions have been signed and letters written. Doug Walker takes a look at the controversy.