SHANGHAI — A luxury hotel opening outside Shanghai is offering guests with deep pockets the chance of a very deep sleep.
The 18-story Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel has been built into the side of a huge hole in the ground […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction fell 5.3 percent in September, a sign that recent hurricanes and rising mortgage rates may be weighing on the market.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that housing starts slipped last month to a seasonally adjusted […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of existing homes slipped for the fourth consecutive month, declining 0.7 percent in July to the slowest pace in more than two years as the real estate market shows signs of cooling.
The National Association of […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. existing home sales slipped 0.4 percent in May, as the prolonged shortage of properties on the market is deterring home-buying.
The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. home sales slid 3.6 percent in December, as rising prices and a declining number of available properties stifled purchases.
The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that sales of existing homes fell last month to a seasonally […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Donald Trump wrote “The Art Of The Deal,” but it was Florida’s Seminole Indians who made a truly amazing deal to buy the opulent casino built by the man who is now president of the United States.
The […]
NEW YORK — Apprentices no more, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are now at the helm of the Trump Organization and adjusting to the reality presented by their father’s presidency. They’re eyeing ways to use the new lease on the […]
NEW ORLEANS — Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold their home in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
Documents filed with the Land Records Division of the Orleans Parish Clerk of Court’s Office show the property sold for $4.9 million.
Pitt and […]
WASHINGTON — Americans stepped up their purchases of new homes in July to the fastest pace in nearly nine years, as low mortgage rates and a steady job market are fueling a real estate surge.
New-home sales jumped 12.4 percent […]
LOS ANGELES — The deal is done, and the Playboy Mansion has a new owner.
Daren Metropoulos, who lives next door, said Tuesday that escrow has closed on his $100 million purchase of Hugh Hefner’s man cave.
But the 33-year-old principal […]
NEW YORK — The World Trade Center’s newest, $2.5 billion skyscraper reached its full 80 stories Thursday — one of three high-rises now up at the site, with one more to go.
Almost 15 years after the twin towers collapsed, […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s eponymous business seminar program created a class to teach students how to cash in on U.S. mortgage foreclosures during the housing crisis.
Trump University promised in 2009 that its “Fast Track to Foreclosure Investing” would teach […]
NEW YORK — Billionaires’ Row.
That’s what New York real estate experts have dubbed a lineup of a half-dozen new superluxury skyscrapers overlooking Central Park that are home to some of the world’s most expensive apartments.
One penthouse on the 89th […]
LOS ANGELES — The Playboy Mansion is up for sale but longtime resident Hugh Hefner wants to stay put.
Playboy Enterprise announced the West Los Angeles estate, the backdrop of many film shoots and wild parties, was listed on Monday […]
WASHINGTON — For most of a decade, Bayrock Group LLC partnered with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and other developers on luxury real estate deals. For many investors, lenders and condo buyers the Bayrock deals ended in losses — and […]
WASHINGTON — More than one in four U.S. renters have to use at least half their family income to pay for housing and utilities.
That’s the finding of an analysis of Census data by Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit that […]
LOS ANGELES — Living in an apartment? Expect your rent to go up again.
Renting has gotten increasingly expensive over the last five years. The average U.S. rent has climbed 14 percent to $1,124 since 2010, according to commercial property […]
HONOLULU — A sprawling beachfront home used in the filming of the 1980s television show “Magnum, P.I.” has sold for $8.7 million to a close friend of President Barack Obama.
An attorney for Marty Nesbitt said Thursday that his client bought […]
Feb. 23 — Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell more than expected in January as a tight supply forced up prices, showing the residential real-estate market faces an uneven recovery. Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu reports on “Market Makers.”
She once called Donald Trump “a maggot, a cockroach and a crumb.” This week, he remembered her as “an impossible person.”
The woman who became a folk hero for resisting decades-long efforts by big-name developers like Trump to displace her Atlantic […]
The Windy City won over the “Star Wars” creator with some choice real estate: a spot just south of Soldier Field near The Field Museum.
These are good times for U.S. landlords. For many tenants, not so much.
With demand for apartments surging, rents are projected to rise for a fifth straight year. Even a pickup in apartment construction is unlikely to provide much relief anytime […]
WASHINGTON – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged to a 5-1/2-year high in January, possibly easing concerns of a sharp slowdown in the housing market.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that sales jumped 9.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted […]
Pop mega-star Katy Perry is the proud new owner of $11.2 million worth of real estate in the Hollywood Hills. She is most definitely now a California Gurl.
Perry bought two properties — neither was listed for sale at the time […]
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