Patrick Square, Clemson’s first traditional neighborhood development (TND), has opened three fully furnished models of its Village Homes. The models represent the various sizes and price ranges of the seven distinct Village Home styles. Featuring Colonial, Carolina, Craftsman, Greek Revival, Georgian, and Victorian architecture, the Village Homes were designed by renowned TND Urbanist/Designer Lew Oliver of Whole Town Solutions.

“Patrick Square has a traditional look, but it is an ultra modern community incorporating the latest sustainable construction practices and fiber-to-home technology for digital services,” said Patrick Square’s President Michael Cheezem.

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Maas Companies of Rochester, Minn. will auction the former Wind River Mushroom Farm facility including real estate, equipment and three late model modular homes Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. onsite at 1008 West 7th Street, Shoshoni, Wyoming.

Wind River Mushroom Farm operated from 2004 to 2006 but was forced to close two years later after a repeated labor shortage. The facility is state of the art and cost more than $8 million to build.

The auction will offer as one parcel: 158 acre site, 82,902 sq. ft. heavy industrial processing warehouse, 10,000 sq. ft. industrial shop and three late model modular homes. The property has tremendous potential and the ability for on-site staff housing.

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Most mortgages have the option to allow payments to be made on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. This option may be desirable for two reasons. The first is it can save you money as you can expect to pay off your mortgage about 4 years sooner. This can save you dramatically over the life of your mortgage. The other reason why these options are so popular is that if your employer pays you on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, you can simplify your budgeting by making the payment line up with the way you paid.
 
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WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve, trying to stabilize a shaky U.S. financial system, may give squeezed Wall Street firms more time to tap the central bank’s emergency loan program, chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. And, in an effort to prevent a repeat of the current mortgage mess, Bernanke said the Fed next week will issue new rules aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices.
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Before we start, let us give you one reason to not buy a new home right now. How long do you intend to live there?
A rule of thumb is that it rarely makes sense to buy if you expect to move within two years. That’s because when you do sell, there are costs associated with selling. We’re not just talking about sales commissions to the buying and selling real estate brokers. Most owners rely on home appreciation to pay those costs and to provide the down payment and closing costs when they buy their next home. So buying a home when you expect to move before too long is a risk, especially in an uncertain market.
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Here are tips that could be helpful when looking at homes for Sale. Looking at homes for sale via the internet is fun and exciting.
At first. After a while, it gets a little frustrating, but you’ve learned a lot. You have a general idea of what homes look like in the area, prices, differences in costs for numbers of bedrooms and bathrooms and you have ideas about what community you want to search. Read more »