Expired Real Estate News

Benny L. Kass: Woman bought 2.5 acres but belatedly discovers appraisal was for 5 (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)

	Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:09:44 GMT
	DEAR BENNY: I own a home that I bought approximately three years ago. I was going through my paperwork and realized that my initial appraisal was done on the house and indicated that it contained 5 acres. However, I bought only 2.5 acres.

Qatar Buys Sainsbury Stock for Second Time in 2 Weeks (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

	Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:03:58 GMT
	July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar purchased stock in J Sainsbury Plc , the U.K. supermarket chain it proposed buying last year for 10.5 billion pounds ($20.8 billion), for the second time in as many weeks.

Mayor, others to testify at July 31 hearing (The Harrisburg Daily Register)

	Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:15:34 GMT
	HARRISBURG - Harrisburg Mayor Valerie Rose Mitchell hopes to be accompanied by a large party when she makes a trip up north to Springfield to testify at hearings of the state Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.

Cotton was king in the valley (Pahrump Valley Times)

	Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:31:22 GMT
	In 1971, what is now Pahrump was dominated by cotton and alfalfa farms, small country stores, and ranches, where hired hands worked and lived without any idea that just 30 years later, the valley located in southern Nye County would be one of the fastest-growing communities in Nevada.

East Village tailor getting ready to say sew long (The Villager)

	Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:26 GMT
	This month, Michael Alter is reaching two milestones. First, July 2 is his 65th birthday, the age of retirement. Second, on June 30, the lease on his tailor shop at 159 Second Ave. at Stuyvesant St. expired.

D.C. schools crack down on enrollment (The Washington Examiner)

	Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:10:17 GMT
	D.C. school officials may soon be making house calls.

The artful dodgers (Portland Tribune)

	Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:07:07 GMT
	Rent can be a downer – if you actually pay it. But for much of the past four years, Lester “Tedd” White and Teresa Loucks lived in at least seven nice homes in and around Portland with their two dogs, Rigel and Sirius. And for a large portion of that time they did so for free ...

Strike shuts down major construction (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

	Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:33:40 GMT
	A union strike shut down 25 major construction projects in King and Pierce counties, including projects in downtown Seattle and Bellevue.

Permit Extension Act smells like bad milk (Examiner)

	Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:24:47 GMT
	Most foods in your refrigerator or pantry are stamped with an expiration date for a very good reason - they go bad, even with preservatives. Foods are perishable, and you can end up with a sickening mess if you don't toss them out in time.

SEC probe ends without action (Seattle Times)

	Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:15:06 GMT
	The Securities and Exchange Commission has ended an investigation of WSB Financial and its Westsound Bank subsidiary without taking any...