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Celebrity Real Estate: Historic Townhouse of Charlie Parker in Alphabet City For Sale For $9M

The townhouse at 151 Avenue B in Alpha City is the place where jazz legend Charlie “Bird” Parker, along with his common-law wife Chan Richardson, lived from 1950 to 1954. It was in this garden-floor apartment where, at the height of his career, Parker and his family would share Sunday dinners.

Celebrity Real Estate: Actor and Oil Heir Balthazar Getty is Renting L.A. Hillside Home for $35K a Month

Anyone can actually live without paying for the down payment for the Hillside Home in L.A. of oil heir Balthazar Getty. The actor and heir to the Getty Oil Fortune have put the place up for rent just five months after his attempt to sell it. The rent cost is a mere $35K a month.

Real Estate Trends: Marty McFly’s House is Doing Fine as of October 2015; ‘Back to the Future II’ Had Their Prediction Wrong

Most of the predictions in “Back to the Future II” about 2015 have come true - drones, video conferences, flat-screen TVs, virtual reality glasses, and holographic advertising. But it got wrong in the prediction of Marty McFly’s house.

3 Significant Benefits of Property Management Software

In previous decades one could say that a property manager is extremely compelled by loads of paper works. But Thanks to some online applications, tenant portals, and other electronic process, property management offices are made more effective and efficient.

Real Estate News: Existing Home Sales Rise More than Expected

Existing homes in the United States that are being sold rose more than the expected amount last month.

Maryland Real Estate News: Anne Arundel Residents View House Flipping TV Shows as More Entertaining than Reality TV Shows

Reality TV shows documenting the house flipping business have become more popular in the recent years despite the pitfalls in flipping houses.

Real Estate Used as Tax Shelter by the Rich

There are several ways to exploit the system and find loopholes in the tax regulations of the United States. These loopholes can be used by anyone, but those who have the money will be the ones to enjoy the full benefit of tax shelters.

Celebrity Real Estate: Marc Bulger, Retired Rams Quarterback, Cuts Price on Historic St. Louis Home

Former Rams quarterback, Marc Bulger, has been trying to sell his 22-room mansion in the St. Louis area. Now, he’s trimming down the listing price of the historic home, known locally as the Percy Orthwein House, to $5,995,000. The mansion was originally listed in May 2014 for $7,499,000.

Real Estate Unique Homes: If You Dare to Buy Real-Life Haunted Houses, There are Six Houses You Can Buy Right Now

If you’re brave enough, you can buy one of these six real-life haunted houses – if you dare. If you're brave enough, you can buy one of these six real-life haunted houses - if you dare.

Celebrity Real Estate: Nets Rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Shares a NJ Apartment with Two Roommates because He Can’t Afford NY Rents

No one can suck Nets rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson off thousands of dollars a month for staying in a New York apartment. As reported, the 20-year-old rookie player has called the city’s rents “ridiculous,” and even though he’s earning $1.33 million for his first year with the NBA team, he’d rather live with a roommate than blow all that cash on an apartment.

Realty Hot Report: Seattle Has the Nation's Hottest Housing Market

If you have tried to buy or sell a home in Seattle recently, then you should know that you have been trying to do it in the nation’s hottest real estate market for single-family homes. A report recently ranked Seattle this Fall as the hottest housing market for single-family homes.

Manhattan Real Estate News: Carsharing to Become a Real Estate Perk

A new category of faux car ownership has emerged amid the fierce competition of car sharing services.

Celebrity Real Estate: Actress Hayden Panettiere’s Childhood Home Hits the Market for $1.75M

Actress Hayden Panettiere is selling her charming Palisades, NY house (not far from Angelina Jolie’s childhood home) for $1.75 million.

Real Estate Trend: Older Buyers, Bigger Homes

The median age of a homebuyer is now at 43 and homebuilders prefer building larger homes to cater to these older homebuyers.

Baltimore Housing Authorities Face Lawsuit Over Alleged Sex- For- Repair Controversy

Baltimore housing authority are now facing controversy over repairmen who allegedly demanded sexual favors in exchange of doing basic and necessary home repair for public housing residents.

Blackstone Real Estate Group Set to Acquire Manhattan's Biggest Apartment Complex

The Blackstone Group has signed a contract to purchase Manhattan's largest apartment complex, the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, for $5.3 billion.

'Darden' Board Approves the Company's Real Estate Spin- Off

The board of Darden Restaurants Inc. has approved the upcoming real estate spin off in some of its properties that will let the company's new shares to be distributed in November 9.

San Francisco Mayor Develops New Affordable Housing Plan for 500 Educators

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee pushes a new affordable housing program to provide housing units for 500 educators by the year 2020.

In the Midst of Realty Market Collapse; HNI Vacation Homes Demand Increases

According to Residential Services CEO Ashwinder Raj Singh, vacation homes consist of five to seven percent of the country's total home sales, including places like Kerala, Shimla, Goa. Places around Mumbai, such as Khandala and Lonavala, are the most favored locations.

Mortgage News: Freddie Mac to Buy Loans with Down Payments as Low as Three Percent

Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Mel Watt, has instructed his company and Freddie Mac to buy loans with down payments as low as three percent.

Dixon Real Estate News: Real Estate Seller Sentenced to Federal Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Former real estate salesman Hubert Rotteveel was sentenced to three years and four months of imprisonment for one count of mail fraud. Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb passed the sentence last Tuesday.