Archive for March, 2011
Sale of Canal Street property advances
A majority of the Common Council appears prepared to approve the sale of 79 Canal St. to Hydraulic Race Corp. after a Wednesday meeting with the company owner. Clancy Burkwit, the majority shareholder of the company that operates the Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride tour, described his company’s history, plans and reasons for wanting [...]
Hot Property: Kaley Cuoco selling in Sherman Oaks
Also: Linda Evans moves from Beverly Hills Post Office area to Washington state. Actress Kaley Cuoco , who plays the neighbor of two socially inept physicists on “The Big Bang Theory,” has listed her Sherman Oaks home at $949,000.
Foreclosures Slow but Housing Market Still Hurting
Home foreclosures slowed in the fourth quarter, but that is likely to be a brief reprieve once banks move more aggressively back into this area following a review of their mortgage servicing practices, according to a report released by U.S. banking regulators Thursday.
Ruined drywall?
Leaking water can sometimes create a massive water blister in latex paint on a ceiling. You may mistake this for ruined drywall when, in fact, the drywall may not have to be replaced.
Seattle area sees fewer apartment vacancies, higher rents
Things are looking up in Seattle’s apartment market — if you’re a landlord — with the region’s vacancy rate dropping below 5 percent for the first time in several years.
New homes are becoming a bad deal in weak markets – Yahoo Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new home, the dream of many would-be buyers, makes less and less financial sense in many places. A wave of foreclosures has driven down the cost of previously occupied homes and made them even more of a comparative bargain. By contrast …
Home-values news dampens hopes for stemming foreclosures
A report that home values plummeted in January in several metropolitan areas threatened to push more homeowners into distress, even as efforts continued to dismantle both successful and poorly performing programs aimed at reducing record U.S. foreclosure rates.
Home prices nearing new lows
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index shows January home prices in 20 major U.S. cities continued to weaken and approach the recession lows of 2009. Home prices in January remained barely above lows hit during the worst of the recession, according to an index that tracks prices in America’s biggest cities, and many analysts said they [...]
Make room for Daddy – or Granny, or Junior, or . . .
Over the last 39 years, Michael Litchfield has built one new house, acting as both designer and contractor, and extensively remodeled five others. He has written nine books on the design, construction and renovation of houses, including one on remodeling that runs to more than 600 pages, and he w…
Used aircraft carrier up for sale – Sydney Morning Herald
including how they intend to store, maintain and dispose of the ship before the sale can be agreed,” DE&S spokesman Tim Foreman told Reuters. The ship will be handed over to its new owner by the end of the year. Britain’s coalition government said it would …
