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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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Pasadena Native Lost Her House To LA Wildfires One Day After Paying Off Her Mortgage: 'It's Gone'
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How The Mircale Malibu Mansion And Pacific Palisades Home Survived The Devastating LA Fires
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What Happens To Your Mortgage And Property Tax When You Lose Your Home In A Natural Disaster?
British housebuilder Persimmon said it had made a good start to 2012 with both visitor levels and orders up on last year, boosted in part by a new government mortgage scheme. Coty Expands in Empire State Building
Beauty company Coty Inc has signed a new lease for 317,716 square feet (29,517 square meters) in New York City's Empire State Building, adding two floors to the four it already occupied in the iconic skyscraper. Global Regulators Map Out Safer Home Loans
Regulators published global guidance on Wednesday to make granting home loans more rigorous, five years after weak lending standards in the U.S. mortgage market spiralled into the worst financial crisis in decades. Top 10 Hipster Cities In America
What US city provides the ultimate urban bohemia for hipsters? Whether the term elicits an eye roll or admiration, the counterculture types of the 21st century go by one name: hipsters. NYC Will Open 54 New Schools This Fall & A Software Engineering School, Says Bloomberg
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced the city's plan to open 54 new schools this fall, including a high school academy for software engineering. Come September, the Bloomberg administration will have closed 140 schools and opened 589 new ones since 2002, through a longstanding policy that has set out to replace poorly performing schools. The new schools will eventually serve more than 21,000 students. ‘Jersey Shore’ House: What Did Fans Do To The Seaside, N.J., Beach Home? [PHOTOS]
The Seaside, N.J., home that houses the "Jersey Shore" gang has been vandalized! While it might not come as a surprise since the inside of the house was frequently vandalized by its famous reality star tenants, but on the outside has been tagged by hoards of fans. Fed Solicits Bids From Eight Banks For Maiden Lane III Assets
The New York Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it has asked eight dealers to bid on assets from its Maiden Lane III portfolio, which was created during the bailout of insurer American International Group (AIG). Cardboard Cathedral Christchurch: ‘Emergency Architect’ To Rebuild Quake-Wrecked Icon With 104 Tubes [PHOTOS]
"Emergency architect" Shigeru Ban has designed a "cardboard cathedral" to replace the iconic ChristChurch Cathedral in New Zealand's quake-ravaged city. ‘Dirty Dancing’ Hotel: Fire Destroys Grandview Palace, Inspiration For Hit Film [VIDEO]
A piece of movie history went up in flames over the weekend as the inspiration for the 1980's hit "Dirty Dancing" was burned to the ground in a large fire. $87 Million California Mansion Up For Bankruptcy Auction [PHOTOS]
"The house is spectacular. It's unique," Newport Beach estate agent Michael Gosselin said. "For the right buyer, it would be fantastic. I just don't know how many buyers like this are out there anymore. I'll be curious to see what it sells for."
