For seniors, a high-end boom in rental housing

Tucked beside the Maine Turnpike, across from the Maine Mall, is the site where Resort Lifestyle Communities plans to build its version of senior citizen nirvana. The 128-unit housing complex would feature fully equipped luxury apartments, social programs and shuttle service, along with a pharmacy, bank, hairdresser, gift shop, health club, movie theater and two …

Forced Sellers Could Get More in Florida

Florida lawmakers are considering closing a legal loophole that allowed real-estate investors to force some condominium owners to sell their units for less than they paid for them. Bills in Florida’s House and Senate seek to force bulk buyers of condo complexes to pay more for the holdout properties needed to complete a transaction and …

Developers moving in on Florida mobile home parks w/video

Not so long ago, Rainbow Court mobile home park was a peaceful, pleasant community of senior citizens.Today it is a Mad Max, dystopian landscape of broken and abandoned trailers.Windows are shattered, some hammered over with plywood. Doors open to rooms stripped of everything that could be carted away. All is eerily quiet but for the …

Real Estate Rivals: Where In The U.S. Are Most Homes Cash Buys?

While all-cash purchases are accounting for a smaller share of U.S. homebuying than they used to, they’re still high: about 36% in the latest-recorded month, November. A year earlier, the total was 39%.House hunters face the most cash competition in Detroit and South Florida, says an analysis by real estate data firm CoreLogic. The analysis …

Dining room design ideas to put style into mealtimes

Enjoying mealtimes together can be a fantastic way for families to experience each other’s company, and devour some tasty treats together. However, the dining room itself is often a neglected room, and many families choose practicality over style and comfort. Isn’t it time we learned to enjoy mealtimes in style? Dining room dreams Dining room …

L.A.’s Star-Studded Neighborhood

With homes that average 20,000 square feet, a vacant lot asking nearly $30 million and enough resident movie stars and film execs to fill a red carpet, the gated community of Beverly Park is one of the most exclusive, expensive places in Los Angeles, a land of exclusive, expensive places. Celebrity residents include Denzel Washington, …