Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: Rupert Sells for $25 Mil? Holy water tower! Rupert Murdoch might actually do it! By now we all know about the News Corp. boss’s $28 million Soho triplex loft and how much press it has grabbed.
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Caution urged in ‘rent-to-own’ home contracts
Caution urged in ‘rent-to-own’ home contracts Potential home buyers with bad credit can still acquire a home under a lease-option agreement, but there are many pitfalls to avoid. In some metropolitan areas, lawn signs, telephone poles and newspaper advertisements hawk them aggressively to modest-income and credit-challenged consumers who want to buy a home. Stripped to …
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Real estate slump chills ‘flippers’
Real estate slump chills ‘flippers’ Get in, get out, get the next deal. That’s the code of the ”flipper.” But with concerns rising about a slowing housing market, has the world flipped on flippers? Some analysts and brokers think so.
Real estate market gets hotter after storm passes
Real estate market gets hotter after storm passes November brought a booming residential real estate market to parts of the New Orleans area that escaped Hurricane Katrina-related flooding, with the total value of sales climbing 50 percent over the same month a year ago, figures released Friday by a leading real estate firm show. The …
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Condo conversion craze makes finding apartments harder
Condo conversion craze makes finding apartments harder Diana Perez got the letter a few months ago: the apartment complex where she and her family live was converting into condominiums. They had to leave if they couldn’t pay a 20 percent down payment on their two-bedroom apartment, now selling for $185,000. That’s $37,000 up front on …
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21-story condo tower at N. Flagler OK’d
21-story condo tower at N. Flagler OK’d Another stretch of shoreline, another condo. The condo is the latest in hundreds of new condo units that are quickly changing the landscape along what used to be the sleepy northern edge of Flagler Drive. Earlier this year, four condo towers and retail space were approved for the …