Weyerhaeuser will close box plant in Iwilei (Honolulu Advertiser)Weyerhaeuser Co. said yesterday it will close its Honolulu box production plant in May, terminating work for about 85 employees and a major supply of corrugated packaging for local businesses.

Peter G. Miller: Market, not lowest asking price, will determine if house sells (San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5)Q: My house has been on the market for four months and has had only four people look at it. We have lowered the price as much as we can and are below the average price per square foot in our neighborhood, but interest has not picked up.

Gimme Shelter (West Side Leader)The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has handed investors and second-home owners a new gift in the form of a safety net that provides a ?safe harbor? for taxpayers who wish to swap the property via a Section 1031 tax-free exchange even though they have enjoyed personal use of the property.

Emma store to stay ... for now (The Aspen Times)ASPEN The Emma Store won't fall yet.

South Africa: Black Buyers Heading South (AllAfrica.com)PROSPECTIVE black buyers now make up a significant portion of Gauteng residents looking to relocate to Cape Town because of rising crime and violence.

Can't Sell Your Home? Try Something Else (TheStreet.com)More homeowners are trying alternatives to an actual sale amid such depressed house prices.

Restoring this Orange Street Home Took Time, Sweat, Vision (The Lakeland Ledger)LAKELAND | John Sadri has been friends with Katherine Carrucini of Lakeland for several years. And he often compliments her to others on her outstanding business sense.But he said he had his doubts when Carrucini asked him to take a look at the property for sale at 705 E. Orange St.''What a mess," Sadri said.

Economic Development Night is hit in Godfrey (The Telegraph)GODFREY -- New and old businesses, along with curiosity-seekers, turned out Wednesday for Godfrey's first Economic Development Night. Godfrey farmer Richard Walters showed up at the Godfrey Knights of Columbus Hall, among 120 RSVPs from 65 businesses for Godfrey's business appreciation night.

Hi'ilani for sale (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)To enter Hi'ilani -- the home Al Masini built on Hawaii Loa Ridge -- is to walk into a grand entrance inspired by 18th-century French Versailles. Except that there's a floor-to-ceiling view of Diamond Head and the ocean beyond looking straight ahead.

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