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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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U.S. home resales fell in March but the supply of properties on the market tightened and prices inched higher, giving mixed signals about the pace of recovery in the still-struggling housing sector. KKR Makes First U.S. Retail Real-estate Investment
Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) closed a $196 million investment in Yorktown Center, a Chicago-area mall, marking its first retail real estate investment in the United States. Significant Development in Retail Property Sector in Oman
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. 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. 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. 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. Hong Kong, China Shares Rebound; Property Spurs Mainland Gains
Hong Kong shares bounced back after two days of losses on Wednesday as stronger overseas markets and a turnaround in the mainland bourses, led by the property sector, spurred some short-covering.
