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Jeff Bezos Is Spending $80M on Fifth Avenue Condo Spread

He's buying penthouse, two condos directly beneath it: sources

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos is living the high life, according to source who spoke to the Wall Street Journal : The billionaire Amazon founder is about to finalize a deal to purchase three condos at 212 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, they say. Specifically, he's buying the penthouse and the two units directly...

Couple&#39;s Giant Pics: &#39;Proclamation of Love,&#39; or Petty?
Real Estate Mogul 
Has 'Massively
Mean' Way of
Showing Love
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Mar 16, 2019 1:24 PM CDT

Real Estate Mogul Has 'Massively Mean' Way of Showing Love

Harry Macklowe hung giant pictures of new bride outside 432 Park Ave. after nasty divorce

(Newser) - Harry Macklowe calls his gesture a "proclamation of love"; Complex calls it petty and "massively mean." Whatever it may be, two photos (see them here ) plastered on the side of the tallest residential building in the world —and the second-tallest building in New York City—...

Booby-Trapped Knife Nearly Kills Home Investor

'It's like Home Alone ... Philly style'

(Newser) - A Philadelphia real estate investor says a home he was scoping out came with an unadvertised surprise—a stairway booby-trapped with a swinging knife, the AP reports. Ekrem Uysaler says he and his team were looking at the home in January when one of his co-workers saw a small line...

For $110K, Own a 'Unique Piece of Chicago History'

That would be the former home of gangster Al Capone

(Newser) - A "unique piece of Chicago history" is for sale, and as long as the buyer is handy (or knows someone who is), it could be a steal. Before he lived in luxury in Miami , Al Capone hunkered down with his mother, sister, and wife in a two-apartment brownstone in...

This Just Became America&#39;s Most Expensive Home
This Just Became
America's Most
Expensive Home
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Jan 27, 2019 10:33 AM CST

This Just Became America's Most Expensive Home

Hedge fund boss Ken Griffin nabs NYC condo, London mansion in same month

(Newser) - Billionaire Ken Griffin, who has several very nice homes, has just added a crown jewel—one that cost roughly $9,917 per square foot. The Citadel hedge fund founder has purchased the penthouse at 220 Central Park South in New York City for $238 million, making it the priciest home...

This $1.3M House Is Yours With a Winning $19 Essay

Canadian homeowner announces contest for home near Rocky Mountains in Alberta

(Newser) - When Canada's Alla Wagner tried and failed to sell her home in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, she took inspiration from the movie The Spitfire Grill and came up with a writing competition of her own. The contest has a $19 entry fee and involves participants submitting a 350-word...

Homes on Golf Courses Used to Be Hot. Not Anymore

'Wall Street Journal' looks at how declining interest in the game is hurting real estate prices

(Newser) - For a while, it was all the rage to develop housing on or near a golf course. Today, however, interest in golf is on the wane. Put those two things together and you've got a giant headache for everyone involved—homeowners who once paid a premium are watching home...

Skyscraper Famous for Its Sneaky Stunt Up for Sale
A Famous Part of NYC
Is Up for Sale
Jan 10, 2019 8:05 AM CST

A Famous Part of NYC Is Up for Sale

Chrysler Building, owned mostly by government fund from Abu Dhabi, is on the market

(Newser) - One of the most famous skyscrapers in the world is up for sale. The Chrysler Building of New York City, which briefly held the title as the tallest building in the world, is on the market, reports the Wall Street Journal . The building is currently owned by a government fund...

Manhattan Home Prices Fall Under $1M—but Why?

A luxury-condo boom is only part of it

(Newser) - What a deal, folks: You can now buy a Manhattan home for less than $1 million. The city's median price for condos and co-ops in the fourth quarter slipped 5.8% from a year before and hit $999,000, the first sub-million mark since 2015—and those who sold...

A Hated House Is on the Market
A Hated House
Is on the Market
Dec 28, 2018 3:33 AM CST

A Hated House Is on the Market

'Not exactly a masterpiece of domestic architecture'

(Newser) - There’s not much middle ground when it comes to the home at 154 Hamilton Street South in Toronto. It’s seen either as a “wonder of modern architecture” or an “overpriced monstrosity” (mostly the latter), per the Toronto Star . And it’s currently on the market for...

ZIP Code 94301 Has a No. 1 Distinction

Palo Alto area is the priciest in the nation

(Newser) - Some ZIP codes are pricier to live in than others, and 24/7 Wall St has crunched data to determine the priciest in the nation. It's likely no surprise that ZIP codes in California show up frequently on the list of the top 50, but perhaps a little more surprising...

For Sale: $975K Home of Accused Salem 'Witch'

After release from jail in 1693, Sarah Clayes settled in this Framingham house

(Newser) - A once-run-down historic home that stands where a woman accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials settled after she was spared the noose is on the market after an extensive renovation. The home in Framingham, Mass., known as the Sarah and Peter Clayes House, hit the market Thursday...

For Sale: One of the Falkland Islands
For Sale: One of
the Falkland Islands
Dec 13, 2018 11:10 AM CST

For Sale: One of the Falkland Islands

Name your price, because the sellers aren't sure

(Newser) - Have a huge affinity for penguins? A family in Wales is accepting offers on one of the Falkland Islands, where tens of thousands of penguins from five species run amuck. An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area, as well as the third largest offshore island in the archipelago at 20 miles...

Home Listing&#39;s Racy Photos Create a Buzz Near Houston
Home Listing's Racy Photos
Create a Buzz Near Houston
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Dec 1, 2018 12:45 PM CST

Home Listing's Racy Photos Create a Buzz Near Houston

Main realtor website removes them, but listing agent doesn't mind the controversy

(Newser) - More than a month ago, real estate agent Kristin Gyldenege put up a listing for a standard-issue three-bedroom house in the Houston suburbs. Crickets. It barely registered on potential buyers' radar, with fewer than 1,000 views over 40 days. Then, as the Houston Chronicle explains, Gyldenege struck upon a...

Buyer Sees Opportunity After Fire Station Mistakenly Sold

Rather than fork over $1.1M, a Swedish town is suing

(Newser) - A town in northern Sweden is in a heated fight to get its fire station back after it accidentally sold it. The municipality of Storuman sold several buildings to a private real estate group in 2014, unaware its fire station had been added to the property register listing two years...

Kushner Didn't Pay Federal Taxes for Years: NYT

Documents show how real-estate developers avoid paying

(Newser) - Seems President Trump isn't the only one who avoids paying taxes . Jared Kushner paid little to no taxes from 2009 to 2016 by exploiting a quirk of the tax code that benefits real-estate developers, the New York Times reports. A review of his private financial documents shows that Kushner—...

'This Smells Like a Crime': NYT Probes How Trump Got Rich

Investigation finds alleged tax avoidance and fraud

(Newser) - President Trump, a self-made man? Not according to a New York Times report that he received at least $413 million in today's dollars from father Fred Trump's business empire, often by dodging taxes in the 1990s—and sometimes by committing flat-out fraud. Trump says his dad only lent...

These Are the Best Places To Buy a House for 2018

WalletHub looked at 300 cities

(Newser) - Looking for a place to buy a house and put down some roots? You might consider Texas. Cities in the Lone Star State take the first three spots on WalletHub's new list of best places to buy a house (and five spots total in the top 10). WalletHub looked...

Thinking of Buying a NZ Home? Not So Fast

Country just passed law barring foreigners from buying houses there

(Newser) - New Zealand home prices are among the highest in the world , and it's finally had enough. The country's plan to make the real estate market more affordable for locals: Bar foreigners from buying homes there (with very few exceptions) in an attempt to drive the housing supply up....

'Brady Bunch House' Bought by Familiar Name

HGTV outbids Lance Bass, among others

(Newser) - The " Brady Bunch House " has a buyer, and it's HGTV. "I'm excited to share that HGTV is the winning bidder and we'll restore the home to its 1970s glory as only HGTV can," David Zaslav, CEO of parent company Discovery, announced Tuesday in...

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