April 2010 
There are 3 blog entries for April 2010.
Existing-Home Sales Rise on Home Buyer Tax Credit and Favorable Market Conditions
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at 8:42pm. 929 Views, 0 Comments.
RISMEDIA, April 23, 2010—Buyers responding to the home buyer tax credit and favorable affordability conditions boosted existing-home sales in March 2010, marking the beginning of an expected spring surge, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 6.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million units in March from 5.01 million in February, and are 16.1% above the 4.61 million-unit level in March 2009.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said it is encouraging to see a broad home sales recovery in nearly every part of the country, with two important underlying trends. “Sales have been above year-ago levels for…
With Paragallo Animal Abuse Trial Over in NY, Thoughts Turn to the Welfare of Horses in Kentucky
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at 12:45pm. 920 Views, 0 Comments.
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With the Kentucky Derby close on the horizon, the thoughts of many animal lovers turns to concern for horses that are so prevalent across the state of Kentucky. As in any industry or location that deals with animals, the safety and well being of the horses is, for most people, of the utmost importance. Unfortunately, there always seems to be a few individuals who look at horse breeding and racing as just a money maker and not an industry that deals with living creatures that deserve proper treatment. |
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As we've seen recently with the trial of Ernie Paragallo in New York, there are some horses that are treated very poorly by the very people who have taken on the responsibility to ensure…
Keeneland By The Numbers
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 at 6:50pm. 480 Views, 0 Comments.
You could spend a lot of time at Keeneland just counting: horses, attendance, dollars waged, forsythia bushes By Amy Wilson awilson1@herald-leader.com
There are big numbers at Keeneland.
Like 11 million. That's the number of Daily Racing Form pages that will be digitally saved by the Keeneland Library and University of Kentucky's preservation project undertaken this year.
There are little numbers.
Like one. That's the number of legendary dogs buried on the Versailles Road race course. (That'd be Dolittle, the mixed-breed best friend of former track superintendent Hobart Burton, buried now under a pine tree in front of Barn 40.)
There are some kinda big numbers.
Like 20,000. That's the number of tons of Keeneland stable straw bedding and manure…
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