London and Vancouver have both come up with ways to tax occasional residents Number 220 Central Park South is one of New York City’s swankier addresses. Its amenities include a golf simulation room and a saltwater swimming pool. In January Ken Griffin, the founder of Citadel, a hedge fund, bought a …
SEOUL, March 11 (UPI) — Real estate prices are taking a dive in North Koreafollowing the collapse of the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi, according to a recent press report. The pace of apartment sales is slowing in North Korean cities like Pyongyang and Sinuiju, where prices are in sharp decline, …
A funny thing happened on the way to the United States becoming a nation of renters: people started buying homes again. New data indicate that in 2016, in defiance of myriad prognostications, the decade-long decline in the homeownership rate abruptly reversed. Once-rapid growth in renter households stalled, and the long-stagnant number of …
The record-breaking sale is for one of 220 Central Park South’s penthouses One of Manhattan real estate’s worst-kept secrets is a secret no longer: The Wall Street Journal reports that Ken Griffin, the hedge fund billionaire who’s the richest man in Illinois, has closed on a penthouse at the Robert A.M. Stern-designed 220 Central Park …
A glut of unwanted apartments gets part of the blame for a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. In some places, homeowners are taking to the streets. JURONG, China — For Hu Peiliang, Jurong was a city of cranes, concrete and opportunity. He was so sure it was on the …
Take a dip in the pool Location: Kauai, Hawaii Price: $6,950,000 As the last days of fall start to dwindle into winter, people who pine for sunny skies may dream of moving to a place where summer never ends. And if we’re dreaming—hello, price tag—we might choose this four-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath contemporary in Hawaii. …
At $245 million, the estate of late Univision billionaire A. Jerrold Perenchio is the most expensive home for sale in the U.S. The Bel-Air estate of late Univision billionaire A. Jerrold Perenchio will chart its next course on the public market. After being quietly shopped since last year as a …
The residents of a Manhattan condominium called “Trump Place” have voted to remove the president’s name from the tower’s facade, the latest in a string of properties that have distanced themselves from the Trump brand since Election Day 2016. Unit owners in the Upper West Side building, a 46-story tower at 200 Riverside …
It could rival the bursting dot-com and real estate bubbles of 2000 and 2008 Amid the havoc Hurricane Michael caused on blocks of waterfront property in Mexico Beach, Florida, a single home stood out after the storm cleared, a survivor of winds that made buildings “buck like an airplane wing.” This so-called …
Not all LGBTQ establishments are being embraced amidst the city’s growth. What’s the true cost? The clientele at Model T, a dive bar tucked beneath Poncey-Highland’s aging Ford Factory Lofts, is more a family than a collection of customers. On Sundays, the owner, Jill Darmer, serves lunch to patrons free …
A live-work space in paradise Location: Key West, Florida Price: $2,599,000 You may think of breezy seaside villas and palm trees when you imagine the Florida Keys, but this four-bedroom, five-bath beauty proves that there are also plenty of historic gems. Constructed at the turn of the nineteenth century using a stone found only …
