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  • $$ New Homes Hit Record as Builders Cap Supply

    BY ROBBIE WHELAN Home buyers are paying more for newly built homes than they ever have, as U.S. home builders continue pushing up prices and limiting the number of properties hitting the market. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the median price of a new home hit $271,600 in April, while the average new-home price reached $330,800, both record highs. The price gain for new homes ...

  • What next for property market

    A real estate company representative introduces housing projects to buyers at a property fair in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on April ...

  • Baseballs most overlooked young phenom

    BALTIMORE - He is just 20 years old having stormed inside a Washington-area beltway from a glamorous hometown where fantasy is the great commodity. Last fall, a baseball team rode his first taste at the major leagues to an improbable postseason. People marvel at the way he changed from his natural position to a new one in the big leagues. They say the switch was seamless. They gasp at his ...

  • Healthy tea not what it claims to be

    Also on Shine: Can Drinking Green Tea Help Fight Breast Cancer? Researchers tested 26 types of green tea beverages and supplements and found that some ready-to-drink teas were mostly sugar water. Some of the supplements (which claimed to speed weight loss or help combat cancer) had high levels of caffeine which weren't listed on the labels, and some bagged teas, especially those ...

  • Fixed-Rate Jumbo Mortgages Make a Comeback

    Just a year ago, a 30-year, fixed-rate jumbo mortgage was hard to find in some high-price markets. Now, many lenders are offering fixed jumbos--with very competitive ...


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Mondo Trasho

The title of John Waters' "Mondo Trasho" pretty much sums up the movie. Basically an hour and a half of amateurly produced celluloid garbage, this movie is memorable only as the first serious outing of one of America's most provocative, fiery, satirical, and ultimately hilarious filmmakers. Well, I guess "serious" isn't the right word. I'm not sure that anything John Waters has ever done is seriou ... ...

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  • Honolulu transit-oriented development plan includes Blaisdell Center redevelopment

    From the redevelopment of the Neal S. Blaisdell Center into a residential project to a full service grocery store and a limited amount of hotels for travelers and business professionals, the Hawaii Community Development Authoritys Kakaako transit oriented development overlay plan is aimed at utilizing TOD to improve the existing quality of the area as a whole. The public will get its first look ...

  • U.S. options clearer moves to end trade type dominated by Nasdaq

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The clearinghouse for all stock options said Thursday it will adopt a policy aimed at abolishing a dividend-linked trading strategy that critics say could destabilize markets if left ...

  • Lanai committee OKs Ellisons plan for new hotel industrial development

    The Lanai Community Plan Advisory Committee has given the OK to a new ultra-luxury hotel that majority owner Larry Ellison has proposed, and to set aside 200 acres for industrial development. The Lanai Community Plan Advisory Committee has approved plans for a new ultra-luxury hotel and to set aside 200 acres for industrial development, committee member Alberta de Jetley told PBN. The plan ...

  • Average US mortgage rates rise for 3rd week

    mortgage rates rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March, but still remained close to record lows. Here's a look at rates for fixed ...

  • Graystone joining housing rush in Castro

    Icon: 18 units coming to Market Street Graystar is fueling up on Castro apartments. The South Carolina-based developer, which has 200,000 rental housing units under management, has filed an application to build 87 units at 2198 Market St., a former Shell gas station. The project is being designed by HellerManus. The project site consists of a triangular shaped lot with frontage on Market and ...

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