Talking Real Estate

Hundreds flee Romanian homes as defences break 
Hundreds of Romanians fled their homes overnight when the swollen Danube river breached waterlogged dikes in a south-western region, authorities say.

The birds that blocked 20,000 new homes 
All plans for new housebuilding have been frozen over a massive area of the Home Counties to protect three species of rare birds in the most remarkable clash yet between environment and development in Britain.

Report: Many city workers can’t afford homes 
CUMBERLAND - City housing prices are lower than the 11 other Mid-Atlantic region homes surveyed in a recent report, but many public workers may still have trouble affording homes in Cumberland.

Homes For Heroes 
Business was never my best subject. So when I found out I’d be covering a program that helps military families buy homes in Iowa, I got worried. Would I be crunching numbers and interviewing talking heads all day?

Stock buys Davis Homes Wholesale 
Stock Building Supply, which provides building materials to contractors in the U.S., bought Davis Homes Wholesale.

/ Odd News 
A thief that was only interested in swiping kitchenware puzzled people in Qingdao. According to one resident, the thief often broke into houses at night and stole items such as bowls, pots and pans. During the past 20 days, six families in the resident quarter had been robbed.

Aug. 29 deadline on Katrina houses 
NEWORLEANS, La., April 21 (UPI) — The New Orleans City Council gave hurricane victims until Aug. 29, Katrina’s first anniversary, to clean, gut and board their devastated homes.