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Widespread Faults In Newer Homes - News.com.au
"cowboy" builders and renovators are to blame for the high number of faults reported in newer homes, building advisory service archicentre says. analysis of 20,000 pre-purchase house inspections in south australia has found that illegal building work ...
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Brightwater Golf Course Breaks New Ground
brightwater is a private, gated residential community featuring 535 homes along the 18-hole, 72-par course. the back nine holes of the brightwater golf course will open for play at the end of september.
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Hurricane Fatigue In New Orleans?
after gustav, and ike still a potential threat, residents are starting to wonder whether evacuation fever has gone too far
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Property Sales Plunge To One House A Week - Times Online
the number of homes changing hands plunged in august, with some estate agents selling only one home a week, as the number of first-time buyers dwindled to record lows. the royal institution of chartered surveyors (rics) said that, on average, estate ...
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Acquisition And Expansion Propels Hilltop Log & Timber Homes Forward - Market Wire
sidney, me--(marketwire - september 9, 2008) - hilltop log & timber homes is excited to announce its acquisition of the highly visible model home on route 95 north in sidney, maine, formerly operated as dostie's log homes. on august 29, 2008 hilltop ...
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Appleton Looks To Hold Banks Responsible For Foreclosed Homes' Condition
people living next to foreclosed, abandoned homes in appleton say there's a problem, and city leaders agree. the properties are becoming eyesores in the community.
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Nursing Homes May Fix Hospital Bed Shortage: Robertson
the state government says it will not sell queensland's publicly owned nursing homes, but is considering using them to fix the hospital bed shortage.
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Housing: Uk Property Auction Prices Slump 23%, While Loans To First ... - Guardian Unlimited
the average price of a house sold at auction plunged by nearly a quarter in the year to august, dealing a further blow to britain's battered property market, according to data unveiled today. calculations by the liberal democrat treasury spokesman ...
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Bt Plans £1.5bn Fat Pipe Upgrade - Silicon.com
bt is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. the plans aim to give 10 million uk homes fibre access by 2012 with bandwidth of up to 100mbps - and potentially up to 1 ...
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New Mining Land-use Designation Gets Initial Ok
commissioners agree to impose new procedural requirements on commercial excavations. tuesday was a significant day in the evolution of mining regulation in charlotte county.
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Stricter Rules To Be Developed For Collier County Abandoned Homes
collier county is looking to tighten its grip on abandoned homes. with foreclosures continuing to rise, county commissioners on tuesday directed staff to develop new registration, maintenance and security requirements for properties taken back by lenders.
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Death Toll From Egypt Rockslide Tops 50 - Tehran Times
cairo (afp) - more than 50 people were killed in a massive rockslide which flattened homes in a cairo shantytown, a security official said, with yet more bodies pulled from the rubble two days after the tragedy. many other bodies are feared entombed ...
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Rebirth At High School Fields - Dearborn Press & Guide
edsel ford high school athletic director rob picano stands on the school's new football field monday, part of the reconstruction of all the outdoor athletic facilities at all three dearborn high schools. dearborn - renovation is one thing, but what's ...
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Beaumont Council Ok Gets Ymca Started On New Building
with tuesday's permission to accept an out-of-town bond, construction on the new west end ymca could begin next month, said jack koch, beaumont metropolitan ymca chief executive officer.
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Property Owner Seeking Ok To Build Four Homes
marlboro — a planning board hearing will continue for a proposed subdivision with four residential lots and one lot for storm water management. the property being proposed for the new homes is at the intersection of conover road, gallya grove and imbrie place.
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Jodhi Meares' Open House Leads To Interior Design Job - News.com.au
after resisting the push to have her broadcast live into lounge rooms for the finale of australia's next top model , jodhi meares has signed up to put her touch on a new homes project. the tv host has turned her hand from presenting duties to ...
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New Markets Mean New Rules For Mobile Giants - Times Online
you could smell the fear at nokia last week when the finns called time on breakneck growth in the mobile phone market. the handset manufacturer said that it had given up chasing sales at the expense of profits and that its market share would slip ...
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First Showcase Of Homes Looks To Draw Buyers, Bolster Local Housing Market
in the midst of a real estate downturn, organizers of the first-ever tooele county showcase of homes are hoping the weekend event will convince buyers to jump back into the local market.
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Widespread Faults In Newer Homes
"cowboy" builders and renovators are to blame for the high number of faults reported in newer homes, building advisory service archicentre says.
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Burma: Cyclone, Starvation - Now Plague Of Rats Devastates Burmese ... - Guardian Unlimited
it is an impressive arsenal - more than 100 weapons, each with a sensitive trigger - but it is a feeble defence against the enemy threatening mgun ling and his village in chin state, deep in the jungles of western burma. theirs is an unconventional ...
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