Cranes dot the city skyline as high–end residential condos stretch upward. And it seems most blocks around the city feature a home with tarps and scaffolding, indicating a renovation is taking place. The city's vast supply of Victorian homes has …

… via the condo website: http://themontrosegeorgetown.com/. Looking for more? Check out the Georgetown Patch real estate section here for homes at all price ranges, and stay tuned for a round-up of “wow' houses” throughout the region on Monday.

Gold was meandering along in sleepy August morning trading when … bang! Its price surged to a two-month high right after Friday's crummy home-sales data, which also sapped stocks of their morning mojo. It's now hovering a few dollars from $1,400, a …

Gold rose to almost a three-month high, gaining nearly 2 percent, after a big drop in U.S. new-home sales renewed hopes the Federal Reserve will maintain its bond-buying economic stimulus. Silver was another big gainer among precious metals, rising 3 …

MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA – Alexis Perry was a surprise winner in the women's 100m hurdles to start a rush Friday night that produced 11 medals, four of them gold, for Team USA at the 17th Pan American Junior Championships at Alfonso Galvis Duque …

"The reaction to [Fed] minutes was lackluster, under most circumstances you would have gold prices to fall a lot more, and they haven't. That reflects the strong buying and heavy interest in gold particularly out of Asia," Su, who expects gold to cross …

After all, billionaire Gina Rinehart, one of the world's richest people, is the single biggest shareholder in the company. Fairfax does have what it calls a Charter of Editorial Independence that says: “Editors alone shall determine the daily editorial …

Free education is provided to the secondary level and military service is voluntary. Freddy and Dante took us by bus to the historic … Our hotel in Lima was in the Miraflores district which is upscale and relatively affluent. Besides touring the …

Two decades ago, David Pulsifer was still working as CEO of a publicly traded health care corporation when he plunked down $265,000 to buy a cottage on The Broads at Lake Winnipesaukee. Back then, he used it as a summer home. He plowed money into it …