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Celebrity Real Estate: Billy Corgan, Frontman of Smashing Pumpkins, is Selling His Beverly Hills Home
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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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?
Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, purchased a mansion in early November in the Pacific Heights neighborhood in San Francisco, for a whopping price of $9.95 million. The classic home was last listed on the market in 2012, when it was sold for $7.4 million. New York Crowdfunding Firm Offers Real Estate Investors With Return Rates Of Up To 10%
InvestSelect, the crowdfunding company's newest platform, issues loans instead of investing equity in real estate. Participants who invest $25,000 or less are promised a 9% return from interest rates. Those who shed out at least $30,000 are offered a higher return rate of 10%. 2016 Real Estate Trends: Booming Bargain Belt, Millenials Trading Up, and More
In the yearend of last year, the U.S. Federal Reserve was predicted to raise interest rates for this year which propelled prospective homebuyers to take action, however, 2015 proved that prediction wrong. This time, that pattern may no longer come to be. Indonesia Amends Luxury Property Tax Rules
Indonesia is changing its rules on taxing luxury properties. In this move that could iron the uncertainty that is plaguing the real estate sector, certain apartments and houses are now to be valued based on value instead of size, The Business Times reports. Federal Reserve Reported Economic Growth Due to Increased Home Sales and Higher Spending
Americans can expect good days as Federal Reserve announced that the economy grew this fall due to higher home buying and construction as well as higher spending. Real Estate Tips: Ways to Ensure Your Cash Buyers are Legitimate
As a seller, you must know some ways in order to determine the legitimacy of the prospect buyer. It can be stressful having to work with bogus home buyers. Experts Share Real Estate Trends To Watch Out For In 2016
Top 5 predictions for the 2016 real estate market revealed. More homebuyers expected to head south next year. What Real Estate Local Markets Are Expected to Have Remarkable Progress by 2016?
In 2016, there will be an expected remarkable progress in housing markets according to a forecast released on Dec. 2. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Midcentury Modern Style Home Is Up for Sale for $1.65 Million
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti together with his wife, Amy Wakeland, are selling their home featuring a midcentury modern design for $1.65 million. A Look Into India's Luxury Real Estate Market
India's real estate market has evolved from houses with great location to a fresh and vibrant concept of branded homes. These branded houses make up this emerging luxury housing concept where houses cost more than $300,000 for 2000 square feet as with starter size for apartments, and into larger and bigger sizes depending on the category that the project is going for. It is currently considered as the fasting growing cluster in residential housing and based on studies, it would take 1.5 million luxury homes to be able to cater to the demand in the coming 15 years, Business World reports.