http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/555 Category: Realty News en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 26 May 2012 19:16:13 -0400 Buy low, and sell high. It's as simple as that for Harbor Group International. The Norfolk-based real estate investment and management company announced Wednesday that an affiliate had sold a 1.1 million-square-foot office building in lower Manhattan to two investment firms. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/harbor-group-says-ny-deal-biggest-company-history Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 NEWPORT NEWS Residents of Norfolk's East Beach community apparently will have to live with an apartment complex nearby. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to overturn a decision by the Norfolk Wetlands Board last month to deny developers a permit to build the East Beach Marina Apartments, which would be built next to the more fashionable East Beach community. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/state-panel-votes-allow-east-beach-apartment-site Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 A partnership between two Connecticut-based companies has purchased The Sanderling Resort & Spa in Duck, N.C., according to a news release. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/connecticut-companies-buy-outer-banks-resort Tue, 22 May 2012 20:20:51 -0400 NORFOLK The deterioration of the Carter's Grove mansion near Williamsburg is far worse than previously revealed. State historic preservation inspectors have become so concerned about the property that they worry the mansion might explode due to a hazardous condition in the basement. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/court-hears-problems-carters-grove-mansion Sun, 20 May 2012 22:25:56 -0400 CHESAPEAKE T.E. Jones knelt and grabbed the open box of drywall screws, printed with the words "Made in America" next to an image of a rippling Stars and Stripes. The homebuilder paid roughly $235 for the box - nearly $200 more than he would spend on a typical box of screws from China. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/homearama-builder-goes-allamerican-materials Sun, 20 May 2012 21:56:25 -0400 NORFOLK On Thursday, the city's Board of Zoning Appeals continued an appeal from the owner of the Travelers Inn motel and will review it at the panel's next meeting in June. Kapan Enterprises LLC, which owns the motel, is appealing in the hopes of rebuilding at 800 E. Ocean View Ave. Only 16 of 33 units of the motel remain after a fire in February. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/ocean-view-motels-zoning-appeal-continued-june Thu, 17 May 2012 15:31:13 -0400 Foreclosure filings picked up in Hampton Roads in April as lenders repossessed and auctioned an increasing number of homes with delinquent loans, according to a report to be released today. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/local-foreclosures-april Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 CHESAPEAKE Despite homeowners' objections that it would crowd schools, increase crime and lower property values, the City Council has approved plans for an apartment complex in Edinburgh, an upscale community in the southern part of the city. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/chesapeake-oks-plans-336unit-apartment-project Tue, 15 May 2012 23:47:20 -0400 Home sales rose in South Hampton Roads last month and prices ticked up, according to a report released Monday. The Real Estate Information Network, a Virginia Beach-based multiple-listing service, reported that 1,037 existing homes sold last month, up 8.9 percent from March and up 13.6 percent from April 2011. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/homes-sales-and-prices-jump-again-april Mon, 14 May 2012 22:24:56 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH Retailers are seeing green as an environmentally friendly structure replaces a hamburger joint at the intersection of Virginia Beach and Independence boulevards. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/usaa-mattress-store-moving-old-fuddruckers-site Mon, 14 May 2012 11:57:26 -0400