Weekly Blend: January 10, 2014

The Weekly Blend is your ‘weekly’ source covering real estate news and stories you may have missed. Our hard-at-work Weekly Blend crew scours the web, newsgroups and forums looking for obscure, bizarre, interesting and informative real estate (or real estate related) stories. If you have one you’d like to contribute, please post it in our comments section or Tweet about it using the hashtag #WeeklyBlend. So, brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy these stories…maybe even share them with friends or colleagues. Happy reading!

Here are my weekly picks:

Here’s a rundown of the top 7 Western Canadian real estate stories of 2013.

These 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom pre-fabricated homes are designed in Hamilton, Ontario made in Edmonton, Alberta and installed in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. And they’re all less than 1,300 square feet.

A former hospital in London, Ontario lands a unique redevelopment opportunity.

A rich guy in Belgium bought a water town and turned it into an amazing home. I want to go there now.

I’d like to begin 2014 with what could very well be the best headline from 2013.

Did you see the top 10 celebrity homes for sale in 2013?

These comic book street lamps will cheer Montreal’s up during the deep freeze.

Neat photo essay showing empty nesters in the rooms their kids left behind.

Have a 360° look inside Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street set.

CES 2014 offered a look at a few gadgets that will make your home a bit more Jetsonian.

Sticking with animation, television’s longest running sitcom finally gets its own Lego set.

Jonathan Baker, our former Speech Writer, contributed to the development of speeches, advertisements, and communications to our membership. Our staff knew him as the go-to guy at 200 Catherine for some comic relief. Prior to joining CREA, Jon worked in the radio industry in Ottawa. If you meet Jon, be sure to ask him to tell you about his encounters with many famous musicians while volunteering at a local music festival for more than 10 years.


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