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Rent with a view, style: Luxury buildings take off [Boston] Boston has never been known as a mecca of stylish, contemporary high-rise apartment buildings – that is, until now. While Boston’s condo market is in the midst of a downturn, the luxury-rental market is booming. One thing driving luxury rentals is the softness in the …
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One year later, many New Orleanians unable to find affordable insurance Attorney Vallie Schwartz fell in love with the 130-year-old Victorian shotgun in the French Quarter, which like all grand houses in this former Spanish enclave has tall, cathedral ceilings and brightly painted cypress shutters. A successful personal injury lawyer, she could comfortably afford the …
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Four Corners Of Frustration [Central Florida] Welcome to Four Corners, one of the hottest growing communities in the shadow of Walt Disney World. To some, however, it’s the Twilight Zone, a loosely defined area where four counties collide and residents have to cope with seven ZIP codes, three area codes and a trio of water …
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Welcome to Gentrification City [Los Angeles] Teardowns. Evictions. Investment. Rebirth. And the significance of that new gelato stand. The perils and pleasures of gentrification Paul Giannotti couldn’t wait another day to embrace the big city. Bored in his placid corner of the San Fernando Valley, he had been searching for a shorter commute, an apartment …
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Judge: Brasota ‘tricked’ investors Paperwork worthless in recovering claims after company’s fall Mayez Zeine sold his business and invested a large chunk of the proceeds in the stock market. He invested some more in Brasota Mortgage Co. The Sarasota man who is legally blind told his daughter about the company. She invested, too.
Tech Booms, Real Estate Busts? Just as the Silicon Valley job market starts to heat back up, home buying hits the skids in the land of venture capitalists and tech startups. The dot-com bubble is long over, but then there’s that other bubble—the one that folks in Silicon Valley often insist never happened here—real estate. …