Top 200 Best Real Estate News, Resources & Services

• $1bn for empty space: the saga of the world's most valuable real estate - "Skepticism abounds over 157-acre LA-area lot once linked to Brad Pitt & Iran’s shah, amid questions over sellers’ motivations."
• 5 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before Buying a Home - The New York Times.
• 8 houses built in impossible places - "Architecture can flirt with nature in expressive yet subtle ways. The idea is, often, to harmonize, not dominate, the landscapes."
• 10 MOST EXPENSIVE STREETS IN THE WORLD - survey by Wealth Bulletin 2009.
• 10 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes in 2021 - "10 Areas Surpass $4 Million Median Sale Price."
• $15-Million Estate On Kauai’s North Shore Is The Largest For Sale - "Go big or go home. This mansion on Kauai holds the distinction of being the largest luxury house for sale on the Hawaii island at more than 11,100 square feet."
• 2015 Global Luxury Residential Real Estate Report - Sotheby's International Realty.
• $4,000 HOMES THAT CAN BE PRINTED IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS - The Verge.
• $100 Million Resort-Like Estate Is The New Jewel Of Bel Air - "Majestically perched atop a canyon with unobstructed views of Bel Air, this newly built, hillside compound dubbed 'UNICA' spans over 40,000 square feet and completely redefines ultra-luxury living."
• $160M Beverly Hills mansion could become most expensive house ever sold at auction - "The 20,000-square-foot, 13-bedroom, Villa Firenze is set across more than 9 acres of land in Beverly Hills, and can be accessed via its own private street, according to Concierge Auctions, which is handling the sale. The home is decked out with vaulted ceilings, multiple fireplaces and 25 bathrooms, while the wider estate features three separate guest houses."
• 432 Park: The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks - "432 Park, one of the wealthiest addresses in the world, faces some significant design problems, and other luxury high-rises may share its fate."
• A Beverly Hills Estate Is Asking $65 Million, or The Bitcoin Equivalent, To Take It Off The Market - "Purchasing real estate with cryptocurrency is on the rise, and America’s largest-known cryptocurrency deal happened in Miami in June with the sale of the city’s most expensive penthouse, valued at $22.5 million. While purchasing real estate with cryptocurrency dates as far back as 2014, it hasn’t quite infiltrated the mainstream."
• A Cave Home for Millionaires - "A 5,500-square-foot cave built as a bomb shelter is marketed as a luxury home with rock walls and stalactites."
• 'A family against a billionaire': twist in battle over Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaiian estate - "Parcels near Facebook CEO’s property auctioned off amid lengthy fight over Native Hawaiian land rights."
• A Four-Bedroom Apartment on the Right Bank of Paris - The New York Times.
• A Massive Palm Beach Estate Has Sold for $94 Million - "Owned by the Ziff family, the property spanning the width of a barrier island in Manalapan was one of the priciest real-estate listings in the U.S."
• A New Dimension in Home Buying: Virtual Reality - The New York Times.
• Actor Michael Douglas voices his own real estate ad - "After struggling to sell his Mallorca mansion since 2014, Michael Douglas is now lending his voice to his own real estate video promoting the $32 million listing."
• All-cash offers are king in this hysterical real estate market. Here's what you need to know - "In this wild housing market, with 21% fewer homes on the market than last year and demand pushing prices to record highs, the competition for a home is fierce. One thing that can put a potential buyer on the top of the heap is an all-cash offer."
• America's Highest Paid Actor Purchased A $28 Million Home Through A ‘Pocket Listing’ - And Many Others Are Too - "Pocket listings - homes for sale that aren't made available on major public databases - are used across price ranges, and are gaining traction in this hot market."
• Anders Povlsen: Why a Danish billionaire bought the Highlands - "Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife Anne recently thanked the people of Scotland for their support after three of their four children died in the Sri Lanka attacks in April."
• apartment on Central Park just sold for $238 million. That's the highest price ever paid for a home in the US - "The most expensive home in the country sold in New York for $238 million. Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin closed on the Manhattan property at 220 Central Park South on Wednesday his spokesperson said."
• Architect Alex Nerovnya Discusses Futuristic Compound Concept For L.A.’s Enchanted Hill - "There are things you can do when a property doesn’t sell: finish major repairs, add new paint or even change up the staging. But what do you do when the property is a massive hilltop? Turn to social media, of course."
• Barbados: 50 years of independence & still a luxury property haven for expats - The Telegraph.
• Barron Hilton’s Historic Bel-Air Estate Is Listed For $75 Million By The Hotelier’s Son & Grandson - Rick & Barron N. Hilton - "After nearly 60 years, the family is parting with the historic Los Angeles property, which has only had two owners - the other was a cofounder of CBS."
• Basement extensions & the rise of the Iceberg Home - The Telegraph.
• Beautiful Italian towns sell homes for $1 - "Buying a $1 Italy dream house just got even easier."
• Before the Trumps, There Were the Wendels - The New York Times.
• Belgravia mansion set to become London's first £300 million home - "One of Qatar's richest men has sought planning permission to transform London's Forbes House."
• Best Countries Ranking Full List - "The overall ranking of Best Countries measures global performance on a variety of metrics." US News.
• 'Beverly Hillbillies' mansion sells for $150 million -- a new California record - "A mansion with a starring role in the classic US sitcom 'The Beverly Hillbillies' has become California's most expensive property after it reportedly sold for around $150 million."
• BIGGER POCKETS - "Knowledge, Networking, Dealmaking." The Premier Real Estate Social Network Community & Real Estate Investing Resource Directory.
• billionaire addresses - "Mansions & Home Addresses of Billionaires, Millionaires, and CEO's."
• Billionaire's Row Documentary 2020 - YouTube 41:40.
• Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard Seeks $46.5 Million For Mansion In Los Angeles - "Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard is hoping for a knockout in the real estate market. He recently relisted his Pacific Palisades estate for $46.5 million, tapping a trio of agents, including luxury real estate specialist Drew Fenton of Hilton & Hyland, to handle the sale."
• CANDY & CANDY - "World leaders in creating innovative, glamorous and elegant ground-breaking interior design." Interior decorators of One Hyde Park, London W1, U.K.
• CASTLES FOR SALE - real estate directory of castles, palaces, chateaux and medieval buildings for sale, rent or to buy in Europe, America and the world.
• Castles Seek Knights in Shining Armor - Poland is offering investors the chance to become lords of their own manors at knockdown prices in a bid to rescue hundreds of the aristocratic mansions that flourished in its pre-communist past.
• Castlesworld.com - "Brings the world of castles closer to you. Castles are some of the most popular historic sites on the planet. We have designed our site to give a smooth and simple user experience, with you in the central part of the action."
• CATELLA PROPERTY GROUP - a leading advisor on the European real estate market with operations in 15 countries.
• China puts hundreds of uninhabited islands up for rent - "China's northeastern Liaoning province is home to hundreds of uninhabited islands -- and they're available to rent."
• CHRISTIE'S GREAT ESTATES - international luxury real estate specialists.
• COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL - a global affiliation of independently-owned real estate services firms with 12,700 employees in 294 offices in 61 countries.
• Cost of Living Index 2018 - Numbeo.
• CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD - "Global real estate solutions."
• De Beers Diamond Heiress’s Futuristic Washington State Home Sees Huge Price Cut - "Built in 2005, this two-story circular-shaped home was modeled after New York’s Guggenheim Museum."
• Dirt - since 2007. "Luxury Real Estate News."
• Discover the Most Expensive Homes in Los Angeles - Mansion Global.
• Do the Nordics make the best cities? - "What the Nordic nations can teach us about liveable cities."
• Dubai's audacious Heart of Europe megaproject nears first stage completion - "What strikes home as the shuttle boat approaches the $5 billion megaresort being constructed off the coast of Dubai is its sheer audacity."
• DUPONT REGISTRY MAGAZINE - a buyer's gallery of fine homes.
• Earnest payment - a specific form of security deposit made in some major transactions such as real estate dealings or required by some official Procurement processes to demonstrate that the applicant is serious and willing to demonstrate an earnest of good faith about wanting to complete the transaction.
• Edge Retreats - "Exceptional Villas of The World". With insider access to the world’s best luxury villas - we work with owners and property managers across the globe to bring you over 4000 of the finest properties in 50 countries and 20 private islands. Whether you’re searching for a high-end honeymoon, family get-together, special occasion or corporate retreat, your personal villa consultant will ensure you discover your perfect villa, every time.
• Entire Yorkshire village frozen in time on sale for £20m - The Telegraph.
• Estates Gazette - since 1858. Weekly business magazine published for the UK commercial property market. "Building on over 150 years of experience, Estates Gazette continues to deliver market-leading intelligence tools that enable our customers to make faster, better informed decisions and to win more business in the real estate market."
• Estates Gazette's Power List 2017 - "The ultimate guide to this year’s 50 most influential property players."
• Everything You Need to Know About Buying Your First Home - TIME Magazine.
• Expats buy Japanese country house for a song and get way more than they bargained for - "In a country known for sky-high real estate prices, buying a large country home (or 'kominka') in Japan is still affordable. There are no restrictions on foreigners buying land or property in the country, and no citizenship or resident visa is required. That said, without a work visa or permanent resident status, obtaining a loan can be difficult. Foreign buyers typically opt to pay cash for this reason."
• family seat of Britain's greatest ever war hero up for sale for £12m - The Telegraph.
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• Floating Homes - "We design and build floating homes in the UK using concrete hulls and pontoons."
• Former Beverly Hills Home of Jennifer Aniston & Brad Pitt Asks $49 Million - "The California mansion, built in 1934, has a tennis court and guest house."
• Former Kennedy Palm Beach Compound Reportedly Sold By Billionaire Jane Goldman For $70 Million - "The storied seaside Palm Beach estate that big daddy Joseph P. Kennedy bought in 1933 has had three owners since the Kennedy clan sold it in 1995."
• Four-Pack - "City Hopping Among the Wealthiest."
• FREEDOM SHIP INTERNATIONAL - "City at Sea."
• Gated community - in its modern form, a gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences.
• GLOBAL PROPERTY GUIDE - site for residential property investors who want to buy houses or apartments in other countries.
• GLOBAL RESIDENTIAL CITIES INDEX Q4 2015 - Knight Frank.
• global super-rich in London is booming - "Boris Johnson has led cheerleading for the global super-wealthy as they buy up the capital’s best housing, says damning report."
• Guide to Residential Styles - "Every house has a style. Sometimes it has two or more; because of renovations and new, eclectic mixes, fitting a home into one specific category can be daunting or even impossible. Thankfully, there’s no need to memorize complicated architectural terminology. REALTOR Magazine has compiled a convenient compendium of common styles. Delve in and learn to highlight the details that give a home character, history, and romance."
• Harry Macklowe on New York Real Estate - The New York Times.
• HAUTE RESIDENCE - "A Millionarie's Global Guide to Luxury Real Estate."
• He bought a cheap house in Italy. This is what happened next - " Italy's cheap homes bonanza continues to lure hundreds of interested buyers, despite the pandemic. But what happens once someone takes the plunge and invests their (small) chunk of change in a crumbling corner of a remote town?"
• Here's how much you need to make to afford a home in every state (USA) - "Affordability varies widely by region. See which states have median salaries that top the amount you'd need to make in order to buy a home."
• Home staging - the act of preparing a private residence for sale in the real estate marketplace. The goal of staging is to make a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling a property more swiftly and for more money.
• HOMES OF THE RICH - "The Web's #1 Luxury Real Estate Blog."
• Hong Kong sets $1.3m parking space price record - "It was one of several spots sold at an ultra-luxury development in the city's affluent The Peak residential area, local media reported."
• HOOKED ON HOUSES - "A Fun Place to Get Your House Fix."
• House for sale in London, good location, overlooks park, a bargain at £185m - "Developer seeks to cash out of investment in John Nash-designed terrace with views of Regent’s Park."
• House price rises outstrip wage gains - Financial Times.
• House sitting - the practice whereby a landlord (or "homeowner"), leaving their house for a period of time, entrusts it to one or more "house-sitters", who by a mutual agreement are entitled to live there rent-free in exchange for assuming responsibilities such as taking care of the homeowner's pets, performing general maintenance (including pools, lawns, air-conditioning systems etc.), keeping trespassers off the property, readdressing the mail, and in general, making sure that everything runs smoothly just as if the owner was at home.
• Housing for Inclusive Cities: the economic impact of high housing costs - The Global Cities Business Alliance.
• how America's richest zip code stays exclusive - "Atherton, California - home to Silicon Valley heavyweights like Eric Schmidt and Nick Clegg - isn’t technically a gated community. But its laws create walls of their own."
• How Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for the Ultrarich in N.Y. - "About one-fourth of the 88 floors at 432 Park Avenue, one of the world’s tallest residential buildings, have no homes. Instead, they are reserved for structural and mechanical equipment."
• How the Grosvenor property empire spread across the world - The Telegraph.
• how the super-rich customise their homes in 2018 - The Telegraph.
• HOW TO 3-D PRINT AN ENTIRE HOUSE IN A SINGLE DAY - Wired.
• How to buy a house when you have student loan debt - "The majority of millennials don’t own a home - and many have student loans to blame for that. According to a recent survey from Bankrate, a whopping 61% of millennials don’t yet own a home, and nearly a quarter of them say student loan debt is the culprit."
• How to buy a property in France - Enness.
• How to get around planning rules - "Build three styles of house into one".
• How you can create space in a tiny home - The New York Times.
• IBS | INTERNATIONAL BUILDERS SHOW 2016 - January 19-21. Las Vegas.
• Iceberg Home - "How basements of the rich cause hell for their neighbours."
• Insert a Gym, Then a Lounge: Older Buildings Add Amenities - The New York Times.
• Inside LeBron James’ New $36.8 Million Beverly Hills Mansion - "LeBron James closed on his third home in Los Angeles this week, a 13,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills. He paid $36.75 million, slightly below the original listing price of $39 million."
• Is Rila Mobile App The Instagram of Real Estate? - "Buying, selling, renting and listing a home is too complicated. Rila, a new mobile real estate app wants to flip that reality on its head. Just launched, Rila makes this process as easy as Instagram—a platform that’s accessible, informative, interactive and viral. The responsive social media-based app offers a wide variety of crowdsourced, on-and-off-market listings while encouraging engagement, networking, and lifestyle matching."
• Italian castle is yours for $100 - "A fairytale Italian castle wedding for $100? It's on offer in Roccascalegna."
• Jeff Bezos Is Buying Three NYC Condos Worth a Combined $80 Million - "The tech giant’s chief executive officer is buying three condos at Manhattan’s 212 Fifth Ave. with a total value of about $80 million."
• Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan mansion sold for approximately $51 million - CNN.
• Jeffrey Epstein’s Notorious Mansions In New York And Palm Beach List For Combined $110 Million - "Talk about a hard sell. Two of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious estates in New York and Palm Beach simultaneously hit the market for a combined grand total of $110 million, according to reports. The late disgraced financier’s palatial Manhattan mansion is offered at $88 million while his Palm Beach waterfront estate lists just shy of $22 million."
• Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach estate has been demolished - "Developer Todd Michael Glaser bought 358 El Brillo Way for $18.5 million in March, and announced his plans to raze the property."
• JFK's Former Georgetown Home, Where He Lived When He Met Jackie, Sells for $4.2M - See Inside! - "The 35th president lived in the Washington D.C. residence with his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, from 1949 to 1951."
• Kathy Griffin Lists Majestic Bel Air Estate For $16 Million - "A red-head, a comedian and a bitter critic walk into a bar hurling insults... Decades later comedian Kathy Griffin is selling her Bel-Air estate for $16 million."
• Kaufmann Desert House, A Modernist Masterpiece, Is For Sale For $25 Million - "At its best, modernism produced poetically beautiful buildings whose spare simplicity belied their sophisticated design. A stellar example is Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann Desert House. Located in modernism’s spiritual epicenter, Palm Springs, California, it is considered to be among the most important and iconic houses of the 20th century. Now it is on the market for $25 million."
• KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS - London's number 1 "Gold Street", with an average property cost of £18m.
• Kim Novak’s Former Estate In California Hits The Market For $12.5 Million - "Her primary residence from 1961 to 1973 was 170 Spindrift Lane in Carmel, California, which Novak referred to as the Gull House. Now, the home is officially on the market for $12.5 million. Not only was this her Hollywood escape, but she also used the home as her art studio, as she is a talented painter."
• 'Kleptocracy tours' expose state failure to stop dirty money buying up London - "More than 35,000 London properties have offshore owners, with no one knowing who they belong to or where the money came from."
• L.A. Condo Market Hits New Heights With Sale Of Presidential Penthouse - "The Presidential Penthouse at The Wilshire, one of the most exclusive developments along the Wilshire Corridor, has traded hands for $10.3 million. The $2,240 a square foot paid by the buyer is the the second-highest amount paid for a condominium this year, records show."
• LA BELLE EPOQUE PENTHOUSE - Monaco. World's (new) most expensive apartment / penthouse: 17,500 square feet sold for €240 million by British developers Christian and Nick Candy on September 13, 2010, reputedly to Greek billionaire Constantine Alexander-Goulandris.
• Lachlan Murdoch Sets L.A. Record by Paying $150 Million for a ChÂteau-Style Mansion - "Once listed for $350 million, the Bel-Air estate of late media tycoon A. Jerrold Perenchio is the second priciest home ever to have traded in the U.S."
• Larry Page's dream of building a 'Google Island' could be coming true - The Verge.
• LeadPro - "Premier property marketing event, which incorporates the world’s leading professionals sharing their best practices of marketing and sale of high-end real estate".
• Leonard Bernstein's Famed New York Apartment Listed for $29.5 Million - "Set within less than two miles of both Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, the two-story trophy property is perched atop a prewar limestone-and-brick building on the Upper East Side. The 21-story Art Deco cooperative, built in 1929, features white-glove service in keeping with its old-world glamour."
• Listing contract - contract between a real estate broker and an owner of real property granting the broker the authority to act as the owner's agent in the sale of the property.
• Location, Location, Location - phrase to remind people that the most determining factor in the price of a house is the location.
• Location, location, location: how the world is tackling issue of empty homes - The Guardian.
• London At Risk Of Becoming A ‘Ghetto Of Wealth’ - "London has been labelled an 'epicentre of the elites' and a 'ghetto of wealth' as social mobility in the U.K. capital plummets to new lows."
• London Mansion Sale for Over $262 Million Set to Shatter Record - "A Chinese property magnate is close to breaking London's house-price record with the purchase of a 45-room mansion in Knightsbridge, London, U.K."
• London’s Best and Most Secretive Address - The New York Times.
• LUNAR EMBASSY - "Buy yourself some space!" The founders and leaders of the extraterrestrial real estate market. THE ONLY COMPANY in the world to posess a legal basis and copyright for the sale of lunar, and other extraterrestrial property within the confines of our solar system.
• LUXURY HOME DIRECTORY - "Enjoy a little luxury in your home."
• Luxury London homes still used to launder illicit funds, says report - "Luxury London homes are an 'attractive method to launder illicit funds', a government report has said as the National Crime Agency steps up its McMafia-style 'dirty money' investigations into suspect funds flooding into the country."
• luxury manmade island concept where homes cost up to $1 billion - "Packing up and moving to an exotic island has been a long-held dream for many globetrotters, but it seems the prospect is becoming even more attractive due to the global pandemic."
• LUXURY REAL ESTATE.COM - "The most viewed luxury real estate website in the world." An international network with more than 60 countries representing the finest residential luxury estates and property brokerages.
• Lyford Cay - private gated community located on the western tip of New Providence Island in The Bahamas.
• Malibu Breaks Records With New Mansion Listings Including A $125 Million Estate - Forbes.
• Malibu Breaks Records With New Mansion Listings Including A $125 Million Estate - Forbes.
• Man ordered to demolish $64M home - "This custom-built chateau cost $64 million -- but a court has ordered its owner to knock it down."
• Marlon Brando’s Former Hollywood Hills Home Lists - "The hilltop home was designed by famed architect A.F. Leicht in the 1920s". Now on the market for $4.295 million.
• meet Japan's 'hardcore' minimalists - The Guardian.
• Michael Jackson: Neverland Ranch 'sold to billionaire for $22m' - "The Neverland ranch of the late pop star Michael Jackson has reportedly been sold to a billionaire investor for a quarter of its initial asking price."
• Michael Jordan Lists Chicago Estate For $14.9 Million After ‘The Last Dance’ - "The icon’s Highland Park, Illinois home was recently price-chopped again, listed for $14.9 million (roughly half its original $29 million ask price). On the market since 2012, 2700 Point Lane has attracted some renewed interest following ESPN’s critically-acclaimed Jordan documentary. It may be Air Jordan’s final trophy from his Bulls heyday."
• Millennials rethink Sicily's €1 home schemes - "In 2019, the Sicilian town of Cammarata made headlines around the world with its daring bid for new residents. There was just one problem. So many people applied for the scheme that the town authorities were overwhelmed. Without staff dedicated to the project, the project stalled -- and then Covid hit. Not a single house was given away."
• MIPIM - since 1991. (Le marché international des professionnels de l’immobilier) is an international property event hosted in Cannes, France each March. The event aims to facilitate business between investors, corporate end-users, local authorities, hospitality professionals, industrial and logistics players and other real estate professionals.
• Mipim Worldblog - "Connecting property professionals".
• MOBILE WEALTHY RESIDENCY INDEX - see the 11 preferred jurisdictions.
• MONDINION.COM - international real estate listings.
• Monocle: you've seen the mag – now buy the apartment - The Guardian.
• Mortmain - perpetual, inalienable ownership of real estate by a corporation or legal institution; the term is usually used in the context of its prohibition.
• MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE for sale in the world 2016 - aerial photos - Billionaire Addresses.
• Multiple listing service | MLS - suite of services that enables real estate brokers to establish contractual offers of compensation (among brokers), facilitates cooperation with other broker participants, accumulates and disseminates information to enable appraisals, and is a facility for the orderly correlation and dissemination of listing information to better serve broker's clients, customers and the public.
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• NAIL HOUSE - a private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of huge monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government.
• New Apps and Services for Renters - The New York Times.
• New beachfront ‘spec’ house priced at $140 million, a record in Palm Beach - "New house at 535 N. County Road stands on land President Donald Trump once sold to a Russian billionaire, who no longer owns it."
• New York’s First-Ever Penthouse: A 54-Room Upper East Side Mansion Built for a Cereal Heiress - 6sqft.
• New York City’s Evolving Skyline - "A high-rise building boom, mostly of luxury condos, has transformed New York City’s skyline in recent years - and there’s more to come."
• Notting Hill of Ibiza - The Telegraph.
• NYC financier pays record $122.7M for Donald Trump’s former Palm Beach estate - "New York financier Scott Shleifer, co-founder of Tiger Global Management’s private equity unit, has been revealed as the mystery buyer who splashed out $122.7 million - cash - to buy an oceanfront spec house in Palm Beach that was once owned by Donald Trump. It’s the most ever paid for a Palm Beach estate, or, for that matter, a home anywhere in the state of Florida."
• Off-the-grid homes - are autonomous; they do not rely on municipal water supply, sewer, natural gas, electrical power grid, or similar utility services. A true off-grid house is able to operate completely independently of all traditional public utility services.
• ONE HYDE PARK (PENTHOUSE) - world's second most expensive apartment: £140 mio. Knightsbridge, London SW1, U.K.
• Own a French chateau for less than $60 - "Own part of the French chateau of Ebaupinay for less than $60."
• Palm Beach County Mansions Scooped Up in Hot Pandemic Market - "Florida’s Palm Beach County hasn’t lost its luster with wealthy homebuyers. Purchase contracts for single-family houses priced at $10 million or more surged 306% in March from a year earlier, the biggest gain since the pandemic started, appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate said in a report. For condos priced at $5 million or more, deals jumped 392%."
• Palm Jumeirah, Dubai's iconic man-made islands, turns 20 - "Those islands make up Dubai's iconic Palm Jumeirah -- a man-made, palm tree-shaped archipelago home to luxury hotels, pristine beaches, and nearly 80,000 people."
• Personal Palaces: 4 Homes Fit For Royalty - "After a year-plus of staying at home, it's natural for people to want more space. This collection of properties, from Gothic European chateaus to a Portuguese palace, have precisely that. "
• Piano nobile - (Italian, "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, bel étage) is the principal floor of a large house. This floor contains the principal reception and bedrooms of the house.
• Pierre Cardin’s Retro-Futuristic Bubble Palace in Cannes Is On the Market - "The otherworldly estate owned by the late fashion designer mimics prehistoric cave dwellings with a Space Age twist. On a rocky outcrop of the Massif de L’Esterel mountain range on the French Riveria, the iconic Le Palais Bulles, or Bubble Palace, has resurfaced on the market following the recent passing of its owner, legendary designer Pierre Cardin."
• Pocket listing - real estate industry term used in United States which denotes a property where a broker holds a signed listing agreement (or contract) with the seller.
• Preparing Your Home for Sale - The New York Times.
• PRICEY PADS - luxury real este blog.
• Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Cut A Great $14.7 Million Deal On Sergey Grishin’s Montecito Estate - "In the number of luxe abodes that they have inhabited and summarily abandoned - four, to date - the last 36 months have been eventful ones for the world's most celebrated self-de-royalized couple, but then again, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are nothing if not agile when it comes to fleeing whatever situation does not strike their fancy. Clearly, also, their purchase of the highly contested Russian oligarch Sergey Grishin's former 7.4-acre, 9-bed, 16-bath Montecito estate for $14.7 million in early July is an admirable attempt at putting down roots in Southern California. The buyers got a lot of bang for their buck, by California standards."
• Princess Diana's Bahamas vacation home is up for sale - "Here's a home we wouldn't mind isolating in: a Bahamas beach house with a pool, five bedrooms, a terrace and 180 feet of private white-sand frontage."
• Princess Diana's St. Tropez Love Nest, Castle St. Therese, Is For Sale Again - Daily Mail Online.
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• PROJECT UTOPIA - BMT Nigel Gee Ltd.
• PROPERTY LAW - Wikipedia.
• Property tycoon Patrick Diter ordered to demolish $70 million French palace - "The picturesque Chateau Diter between Monaco and Cannes has been the subject of a 15-year legal battle. In December la Cour de Cassation, France’s highest judicial court, upheld a 2019 appeals court ruling. Now the $79 million chateau must be abolished and the countryside restored to its original state."
• Quitclaim deed - Wikipedia.
• Rent-a-Foreigner in China - rural Chinese real estate companies believe that filling their remote buildings with foreign faces, even for a day, suggests that the area is “international,” a buzzword in provincial areas that often translates to “buy.”
• Rental Affordability Index (2017) - Nested.
• RICS | ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS - "The mark of professionalism worldwide."
• Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR) - contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transaction with a third party. A first refusal right must have at least three parties: the owner, the third party or buyer and the option holder. In general, the owner must make the same offer to the option holder before making the offer to the buyer. An ROFR can cover almost any sort of asset, including real estate, personal property, a patent license, a screenplay, or an interest in a business.
• Rihanna's London mansion up for sale - "Rihanna is saying goodbye to her lavish London home -- and it could be all yours, if you have a spare $41 million. The Barbados-born superstar has been renting the North London mansion since 2018, but the house is now up for sale, giving fans a rare look inside her home."
• Rooms With a View (and How Much You’ll Pay for Them) - "The best views in New York City come at a premium, with a Central Park vista edging out Hudson and East River sight lines."
• Sienna Charles - since 2008. "Luxury Travel & Lifestyle Services." Sienna Charles curates and designs the ultimate ultra-luxury travel & lifestyle experiences, exclusively for family offices & CEO’s. With unparalleled taste & expertise in all aspects of luxury, our Black Book encompasses the finest experiences money can buy. Our success lies in Jaclyn Sienna India’s rigorous travels unearthing the sublime, coupled with her insight into the complex needs of ultra-high net worth individuals, informing our personalized approach. ESTATES: Privacy, security, and the ultimate in relaxation, Sienna Charles has hand-picked the premier luxury estates around the globe from Paris to Africa. Whether traveling with your family, group of friends, or romantic getaway, we have an exquisite luxury home for every occasion and stay length, paired with the ultimate in personalized service.
• SIMON CONN - "Overseas Property & Finance Specialist." Can arrange residential mortgages in over 50 countries around the world.
• Sly Stallone Seeks $130 Million for Beverly Park Estate - "The thrice Oscar nominated and still remarkably pumped 'Rocky' and 'Creed' star, now in his mid-70s, purchased the slightly shy of 3.50-acre spread in the late 1990s for an unrecorded amount and soon custom built a stately pan-Mediterranean mansion that measures in around 21,000 square feet and carries a horse-choking annual tax bill in excess of $125,000."
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• Somnio - "This Epic 728-Foot Superyacht Will Soon Be the World’s Largest and House 39 Luxury Condos." World's first 'yacht liner' unveiled. Somnio is to be the largest yacht in the world "by both length and volume" when it launches in 2024.
• SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY - "The Sotheby's International Realty network provides access to luxury real estate and homes for sale worldwide. Our website lets you search property listings globally, and includes a large inventory of luxury homes that match your lifestyle choices such as waterfront, golf, island, vacation, mountain and many others."
• 'Streetonomics': What our addresses say about us - "From unseen gender bias to hidden historical patterns, you can tell a lot about where you live by looking at the names of the streets."
• Super rich buying up Italy's mansions under new tax regime - "‘You get the same sort of tax savings you get in Jersey but you get to live somewhere you actually want to live’."
• Switzerland Seen as Best Country - "The overall ranking of Best Countries measures global performance on a variety of metrics." US News.
• Sylvester Stallone 'buys $35M Bermuda-style, seven-bedroom Palm Beach estate' in Florida - "Three-time Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone has reportedly purchased a Bermuda-style estate on the North end of Palm Beach in Florida for $35.375M."
• Sylvester Stallone’s Beverly Hills Mansion Is Fit for a King, Yours for $85 Million - "It's not that often that A-list celebrities publicly list their properties, let alone with such incredible memorabilia as Sylvester Stallone is offering with his. But whenever it happens, you can bet it's something impressive. This also applies here."
• teddy bear test & other challenges facing the rich who try to flee high-tax states - Los Angeles Times.
• The Art of Home Staging - The New York Times.
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• The Floating Seahorse - essentially a boat, not a villa. Will boast three levels, one underwater, one at sea level and an upper deck.
• The most expensive house in the US: JFK & Jackie Kennedy’s honeymoon home on sale in Beverly Hills - "The palatial Beverly House has featured in 'The Bodyguard', 'The Godfather' and Beyonce's 'Black Is King' album. The most expensive residential property in the United States is now on the market. The stylish and storied Beverly House is priced at an eye-watering $119 million and is described as 'one of America’s finest mansions and estates.'"
• The Opulent, Futuristic Megamansion of Bill & Melinda Gates Could Be a Hard Sell - "If the compound came to the market, the divorcing pair would have to find a buyer looking for a Seattle home with a trampoline room and 66,000 square feet to dust."
• THE REAL ESTALKER - provides entertainment news and information about high-end and celebrity real estate with a little gossip tossed in for fun.
• The ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Mansion Hits The Market For $15 Million In Toronto - "The mansion from the series is for sale for $15 million CAD (or approximately $11.8 million USD) and is located in Toronto’s upscale St. Andrew-Windfields neighborhood at 30 Fifeshire Road."
• The virtual land selling for millions - "Investors are spending real money to buy land in a new city that only exists in virtual reality. Buyers can build whatever they want on their plots in Decentraland. Many hope to make a profit trading goods and services in the virtual world's own crypto currency. But will Decentraland be an online utopia or a cyber slum?"
• THE WEALTH REPORT 2010 - produced by Knight Frank in conjunction with Citi Private Bank. Offers a unique perspective on the key luxury property markets around the world.
• THE YACHT ISLAND - Yacht Island Design.
• These Houses Have the Ultimate Water View - The New York Times.
• They decided to live on a boat permanently - "These people have gone all-in on boat life. Here's how they did it."
• This cheap 3D-printed home is a start for the 1 billion who lack shelter - The Verge.
• Tiny Home Test Drive - The New York Times.
• To Buy or Rent a Home? Weighing Which Is Better - The New York Times.
• Tom Cruise sells Colorado home for $39.5M - "Just two months after listing his Colorado estate for $39.5 million, actor Tom Cruise has sold the 320-acre spread for its full asking price, its listing brokerage told The Post."
• Trevor Noah Picks up $27.5 Million Bel Air Mansion - "The host of 'The Daily Show' bought an architecturally significant home that overlooks the neighborhood country club."
• Tycoon given go-ahead for iceberg basement with banqueting hall, salt grotto & pool - The Telegraph.
• tycoons & world leaders who built secret UK property empires - The Guardian.
• UNIQUE HOMES - since 1971. "The World of Luxury Real Estate." With paid readership that spans all 50 states and more than 80 countries, each bi-monthly issue of Unique Homes provides savvy real estate professionals with a high-quality marketing vehicle that immediately sets them apart from their competition.
• USLandGrid - "Land Grid Data | Oil And Gas Data | Tax Parcel Data."
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• UTOPIA RESIDENCES - 190 residences available for purchase, ranging from the spacious two-bedroom Olympian Estates to the ultra-luxurious 6,500-square foot Utopian Estates. Utopia will bring the world to your doorstep as you journey from continent to continent aboard the most opulent residential ocean liner ever built. Due to be delivered by Samsung Heavy Industries by 2016.
• Vacant beachfront lot on North End brings $20.2 million, deed shows - Palm Beach Daily News.
• Village near Rome joins Italy's €1 home sell-off - "This month, the bucolic town of Maenza has become the first in Rome's Latium region to begin selling homes for just over a dollar."
• Waldorf Astoria's $1 billion makeover - "This month marks 90 years since the Waldorf Astoria first opened its doors on New York's Park Avenue in 1931, becoming the tallest and largest luxury hotel in the world during an inauspicious time, as the Great Depression cast its long shadow. But the Waldorf Astoria has also been closed for the past four and a half years, undergoing a more than $1 billion renovation after it was purchased for $1.95 billion in 2014 by China's Anbang Insurance Group (now Dajia Insurance Group). While parts of the hotel are being restored to its original state - rooms including the Grand Ballroom are protected by New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission - much of the building is being entirely reimagined for the future. And, for the first time, the Waldorf Astoria will offer residential apartments to own, rather than lease, within the twin Waldorf Towers."
• Want a luxury bunker like Will and Kate? Here are 7 of the best - The Telegraph.
• We bought a $1 house in Italy. Here's what happened next - "It seemed like a deal too good to be true. A new house -- and potentially a whole new life -- for sale in sunkissed rural Italy for the princely sum of just one euro, or little over a dollar."
• We bought a crumbling French chÂteau - but restoring it was no fairytale - The Telegraph.
• What Do the British Prime Minister & George Clooney Have in Common? - All have links to the small English village of Sonning on the river Thames.
• what will our growing megacities really look like? - The Guardian.
• Where to Be Single in New York - The New York Times.
• Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America? - The New York Times.
• WHY - is it a yacht or an island? "This is WHY" by WHY | Wally-Hermès Yachts.
• Why flats dominate Spain’s housing market - "Two-thirds of all Spaniards live in flats. What shaped the housing market and, amid lockdown, are people looking at their homes in a new light?"
• Why millionaires are buying deserted Indonesia islands - "Meet the millionaires (and billionaires) behind Indonesia's best island hotels."
• WILLOW.COM - "The Largest Online Search." Displays the top advertisers for Real Estate, Alaska Homes, House Values, Home Values, Foreclosure and more.
• Woman buys traditional house for $8,000, ships it across Indonesia to create Bali dream home - CNN Travel.
• World's largest yacht unveiled: Somnio will be a floating condo for the super-rich - "Super-rich will be able to buy £8million apartments on the world's largest yacht: Stunning 728ft-long £430m 'floating condo' will have 39 ultra-luxury onboard homes."
• ‘World’s most expensive home’ with only Caravaggio mural on sale for $547M - "Known as the Villa Aurora in Rome, it is the last existing building of a 16th-century country retreat built by Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte and spans over 30,000 square feet, according to the listing handled by the Italian government. If the villa sells for what it is asking for, it would be considered the “world’s most expensive” home ever sold. The date of the auction has been set for Jan. 18, 2022."
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SHOPPING LOCATIONS - survey by Cushman & Wakefield.
• Would You Pay $1 Billion for This View? - "A 157-acre hilltop plot in Los Angeles is being pitched as the city’s most expensive residential property ever."
• You Can Now Stay At The Iconic Manhattan Brownstone From ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ - "Those who love Audrey Hepburn now can stay in her character Holly Golightly’s iconic brownstone from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The townhome’s exterior was featured in the iconic 1961 film. Inside, the experience is even better. The façade of the brownstone Holly Golightly, Audrey Hepburn's iconic character, resided. INSPIRATO Upscale vacation rental company Inspirato welcomed the property, aptly named Hepburn, into its portfolio earlier this year. The membership-based rental company is now offering stays for its members to experience the home, located just six blocks from Central Park in New York’s Upper East Side, at 169 E. 71st street."
• You rent? Then every day you've worked so far this year has been for your landlord - The Telegraph.
• You’re Taking That With You, Right? - The New York Times.
• Your very own, portable, Tropical Island Paradise - gizmag.
• ZIL PASYON RESORT - "Island of Passion", Seychelles. A rare collection of select private hilltop residences and the ultimate luxury resort crafted for the world’s most discerning individuals. This experience is now available through private ownership. Seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own an unmatched home blessed with the bold imagination, visionary difference and impeccable services of Zil Pasyon Resort.
• ZILLOW - "Your Edge in Real Estate." Database of more than 100 million U.S. homes - including homes for sale, homes for rent and homes not currently on the market.
• ZILLOW BLOG - real estate market stats, celebrity real estate, and Zillow news.
• ZIP Codes With the Priciest Homes - "Where the wealthiest get their mail."