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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
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. announced on Tuesday, March 12, that it will be opening 50 new hotels by 2017 in the regions of Middle East and Africa (MEA). The step comes as an effort to expand into the developing economies of the world. Nigerian Slum Makoko to Welcome Floating School
The floating slum on Lake Lagos, Makoko is gearing up to welcome an architectural brilliance – a three story floating school. The project is being developed by Nigeria-born Netherland based architect, Kunle Adiyemi and the Heinrich Boell Stiftung; a Germany based green project foundation to meet the social, civil and physical needs of underprivileged people of the slum. William and Kate Making Room For Baby? Royal Couple Improves New Home at Anmer Hall
The future home of the royal Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was recently permitted to have a variety of improvements made, reported The Daily Mail. James Franco Disturbing Neighbors From His Home-Based Production Company (PHOTOS)
James Franco's Silver Lake abode is now the new home for his "major production" company, reported The Daily Mail. Supermodel Cheryl Tiegs Lists $12 Million Balinese-inspired Estate (PHOTO)
You may recognize Cheryl Tiegs on the cover of three decades-old Sports Illustrated issues, and more recently on "Celebrity Apprentice" as the first contestant to be eliminated. Now she's on another mission to sell her prestigious $12 million Balinese-inspired estate. “Journeys to School” - New York Teen Travels Longest Commute to School in the World (VIDEO)
At the photographic exhibition - "Journeys to School", it was revealed that a Bronx High School of Science student, who lives in Queens, travels the farthest from his home, everyday to reach school. The journey includes two bus trips, two subway trips and a ten minute walk as well! Papal Conclave Boosting Rome’s Struggling Recession Hit Economy and Hotel Business
As the rituals of selection of a new Christian head- the Papal Conclave starts Tuesday, March 12, Rome will not only welcome a new pope but has also been garnering economic hope. Since the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, Pilgrims have been flocking the Italian capital, boosting business for hotels and souvenir shops. Overseas Union Enterprise to Buy Tallest Tower in California, US Bank Tower
Overseas Union enterprise Ltd. (OUE), a major Singapore based hospitality and property group has announced that it will be buying the U.S. Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles, California for $367.5 million in a bid to expand its portfolio in the country. Blackstone CEO, Steve Schwarzman, Bets Big on U.S. Residential Real Estate
Since 2012, Blackstone acquired a whopping 6,500 of the homes that foreclosed in the eight major metropolises of the U.S., spending more than $1 billion in the process. Now as the largest owner of individual houses, rather than buying out or selling them the company will be renting properties. Trulia Files For $150 Million Follow-On Offering
Trulia, the real estate lister and search engine, announced they will be raising $150 million to offer additional shares previously not released, or follow-on offering, so they can expand business ventures, reported TechCruch.
