Filed under: Buying, Celebrity Homes ZillowThe Royal Family reportedly owns a unit on the 18th floor of a building designed by British architect Norman Foster. By Streeteasy What kind of pied-a-terre would an 89-year-old British monarch require to make New York City feel like an extension of the royal palace? According to The Real Deal, that would be an $8 million, three-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom apartment on the 18th floor at 50
Filed under: Buying, Celebrity Homes ZillowThe Royal Family reportedly owns a unit on the 18th floor of a building designed by British architect Norman Foster. By Streeteasy What kind of pied-a-terre would an 89-year-old British monarch require to make New York City feel like an extension of the royal palace? According to The Real Deal, that would be an $8 million, three-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom apartment on the 18th floor at 50
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate developer, is planning to sue U.S. Spanish-language TV network Univision for hundreds of millions of dollars for dropping coverage of the Miss USA pageant, which he partly owns, his lawyer said on Thursday. Michael Cohen, the executive vice president and special counsel to Trump, said he was finalizing a retainer agreement with outside counsel. “We intend to
Chinese property giant Wanda is considering another big investment in Madrid worth billions of euros but will face strict conditions from the city’s new left-wing council, a councillor said Thursday. The new investment could be “10 times bigger” than the 265 million euros (now $297 million) Wanda paid last year for a historic Madrid skyscraper, said the leader of the Socialist Party group in the council, Antonio Miguel Carmona. The
Filed under: Financing, Lifestyle, Refinancing Courtesy of Andrea Stewart via Credit.comJerimiah Honer and Andrea Stewart paid off their 30-year mortgage on a $300,000 California home in just seven years. By Christine DiGangi The idea behind paying off a loan faster than scheduled is pretty simple: It saves you money. That’s a huge part of the reason California couple Andrea Stewart and Jerimiah Honer decided to repay their 30-year mortgage in
When CME Group Inc’s futures pits in the cavernous trading floor at the Chicago Board of Trade building fall quiet next month, real estate broker Holly Duran will be working overtime to find a tenant to occupy a storied piece of America’s financial history. Prospective candidates could include big trading companies like BP Plc, whose hundreds of Chicago-based traders now occupy another former CME trading floor two blocks away, or
Filed under: Buying, Celebrity Homes ZillowTraditional on the outside, the 1890 home retains period details inside but has been updated for modern life. By Natalie Wise Whoopi Goldberg has eclectic real estate taste. She sold her Vermont estate in 2011, and before that, her Soho loft. Now it’s a Northern California home in Berkeley that’s up for grabs, as first reported by the Los Angeles Times. Actress, comedian and “The
Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing ZillowThe weekly mortgage rate chart illustrates the average 30-year fixed interest rate in six-hour intervals. By Lauren Braun Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans rose this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgages at 3.95 percent, up 2 basis points from the same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 3.82 percent on Friday, then hovered around 3.86
By Daniel Wiessner ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and leaders in the state Senate and Assembly on Tuesday said they had reached an agreement to extend recently expired rent control laws for more than 2 million New York City residents. The rent regulations, which expired last week, would be extended for four years on rent-controlled apartments, Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany. “You have
Filed under: Home Improvement, How To ShutterstockInterior painting is a project even an enthusiastic novice can handle, though careful prep will yield the best results. By Abby Hayes Nearly one-third of Americans are planning a home renovation this year, according to a Liberty Mutual Insurance survey of 2,000 adults. Of those, 7 in 10 plan to do at least some of the work themselves. DIYing it can be a great