While The Government Is Shut Down, Are Historic Sites Open?
Government agencies are stitching together a crazy quilt in the midst of the longest shutdown in history, trying to keep museums, parks, monuments and historic houses open to the public. …
These Vacant Bank Buildings In Lower Manhattan Are Being Transformed Into Luxury Homes
With Lower Manhattan in recent years becoming more of a draw as a lively residential neighborhood rather than a desert after dark, some of its vacant office buildings and banks, vaults and all, are being turned…
Microsoft’s $500 Million Pledge, Amazon’s New HQ And The Truth About Housing Affordability
Microsoft has been praised for a recent promise to help fight Seattle’s housing affordability crisis. Many see the move as a belated but welcome example of a tech company taking responsibility for a mess it helped…
American Billionaire Defies Brexit By Buying London’s Most Expensive House
Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin has just bought one of the most expensive homes ever sold in London. The founder of the hedge fund Citadel has paid £95 million ($122 million) for 3 Carlton Gardens close…
Mayor Faulconer’s housing speech sounded good, but will it work?
Housing advocates are pleased with the mayor’s pledge to make it easier to build more homes in the city, but there are still issues that concern people who have studied the market for a long…
6 Things First Time Home Buyers Need To Know
We cover 6 things first time home buyers needs to know. From how to qualify for a mortgage? To how much money you should put down? To how big of a mortgage payment is really affordable?…
Real OSINT From Realty Sites
When dealing with social media and our personal lives, people tend to post significant life events for the masses to consume and share their pride. This article illustrates a worst-case scenario that demonstrates how a sophisticated…
FAANG vs DAVOS: A REIT SUCCESS STORY
When I created the DAVOS REITs index, it was in direct response to another acronym collection of technology-heavy stocks: FAANG, popularized by financial television pundit Jim Cramer, consisting of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google. …
5 Millennial names that tell us where home buying is headed
Names associated with Millennials and women are taking a larger share of all home sales, and rapidly changing the landscape of the U.S. housing market. …
Very Rare Rubens Nude Fetches $8.2 Million At Sotheby’s Royal Family Sale, Shattering World Record
One of Ruben’s most significant drawings to appear on the market in more than five decades sold for $8.2 million amid a heated bidding war this morning at Sotheby’s New York, fetching more than double the…