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Top 1,000 Brokerages Reveal Which Real Estate Firms Are Surviving — And Growing — In The Current Recessionary Market
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Shohei Ohtani And His Agent Settle Hawaii Lawsuit Over Alleged Sabotage Of $240 Million Real Estate Project
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James Corden Locked In Bitter Fight With London Council Over Paving Changes At His $22 Million Heritage Home
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Mortgage Rates Jump Back Above 6% After Iran Strikes Push Oil Prices And Treasury Yields Higher
The commercial property sector in Oman has seen some significant developments, particularly in the retail market, according to the Oman quarter one 2012 report from Cluttons which has been operating in the sultanate for 25 years. UK Housebuilder Persimmon Upbeat as Enquiries Rise
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.
