REAL ESTATE

Fall Project: Get Ready to Lower Your Heating Bill

Filed under: Home Improvement ShutterstockCaulking around windows can help prevent cold outside air from entering your home, and keep the warm air inside. By Teresa Mears It’s officially fall, which means winter is not far behind. The good news is that winter weather in much of the country is expected to be milder than last year’s frigid conditions, and heating costs are also projected to be lower, according to a

A look at Chicago's Tribune Tower as it goes up for sale

CHICAGO (AP) — A 36-story Chicago landmark, the Tribune Tower, is up for sale. Tribune Media Co. announced Thursday that it has hired real estate investment banking firm Eastdil Secured to explore a sale or find a partner to help redevelop the building, which is home to the Chicago Tribune. Tribune Media phrased the move as an exploration of “strategic monetization alternatives.” The building sits on 3 acres along Chicago’s

'Last bucket' hailed at NY Hudson Yards project's first building

Developers of a massive New York real estate project celebrated a major milestone on Wednesday with the pouring of a “last bucket” of cement on the first building slated to be finished at the Hudson Yards site on Manhattan’s west side. Retailer Coach Inc is scheduled in March 2016 to be the first tenant to occupy the building, 10 Hudson Yards, the largest commercial building ever erected in New York

New York property market still hot, leasing slows a tad: Colliers

Leasing activity in the third quarter for office space in Manhattan dipped below a 10-year rolling average for the first time since 2013, a crack in an otherwise robust commercial real estate market, Colliers International Group Inc said on Wednesday. The asking rate for rents is at record highs and property sales are poised to set an annual record, while the availability rate for office space fell to 9.7 percent,

'Last bucket' hailed at New York's massive Hudson Yards project

Developers of a massive New York real estate project celebrated a major milestone on Wednesday with the pouring of a “last bucket” of cement on the first building slated to be finished at the Hudson Yards site on Manhattan’s west side. Retailer Coach Inc is scheduled in March 2016 to be the first tenant to occupy the building, 10 Hudson Yards, the largest commercial building ever erected in New York

Floods, Crimes and Disasters: Is Your Home in a Danger Zone?

Filed under: News, Buying AFP/Getty ImagesA local resident in Charleston, S.C., surveys the water surrounding a home during the October floods. By Blake Miller With the recent news of catastrophic flooding in South Carolina to other stories of homes blowing up because of broken gas lines or vanishing into a massive sinkhole, you might be ready to Google your address to find out if your little abode is all that

Ex-U.N. General Assembly head, five others face U.S. bribery case

By Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and four others on Tuesday for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme. John Ashe, a former U.N. ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who was general assembly president from 2013 to 2014, was accused in a complaint filed in federal court in New

Ex-U.N. General Assembly president, five others charged in U.S. in bribe scheme

By Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and four others on Tuesday for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme. John Ashe, the U.N. ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who was president in 2013, was accused in a complaint filed in federal court in New York of taking more than