Thanks largely to new development, Douglas Elliman sold $6.4B in real estate...
Howard Lorber From the New York site: Bucking the notion that the real estate market is softening like butter on a balmy day, Douglas Elliman sold $6.4 billion worth of real estate nationwide during...
View ArticleEdmunds.com parks HQ in the Colorado Center
The Colorado Center at 2401-2501 Colorado Boulevard and 2400-2500 Broadway and a 2016 Corvette Z06 (credit: Business Wire, Chevrolet) Edmunds.com, the car shopping website, has inked a deal to make the...
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View ArticleMichael Bloomberg thinks Donald Trump is insane
From left: Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg From the New York website: Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg tore into Donald Trump’s business record Wednesday night, and openly questioned the...
View ArticleNew 44-unit resi complex slated for Hollywood
The site at 747 North Western Avenue The Lee Family Trust is planning a small apartment complex in Hollywood, The Real Deal has learned. The Glendale-based fund filed plans with the city for a...
View ArticleLA real estate insiders say new LLC disclosure rules will have little impact...
Riza Aziz and 912 Hillcrest Road L.A. real estate professionals say the Treasury Department’s latest attempt to sniff out dirty money in real estate deals has missed the mark. The majority of agents,...
View ArticleCalifornia Love? First-time homebuyers aren’t feeling it
Homes on pricey Malibu Beach There are a handful of reasons why now is the perfect time for would-be first time homeowners to take the plunge — low interest and high employment rates among them. That...
View ArticleThe only private U.S. residence designed by Arata Isozaki is on the market...
Eric Clapton and his former home at 16 Paloma Avenue (credit: Estately) There may not be a white room with black curtains, but this $5.2 million Venice listing has some pretty rockin’ features....
View ArticleHomeownership rate falls to lowest level since 1965
Single family homes in Queens From the New York website: The U.S. homeownership rate dropped to its lowest level since 1965, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Nearly 63 percent of U.S....
View ArticleLA’s biggest office leases of Q2
(credit: Savills Studley) Office leasing activity picked up in Los Angeles in the second quarter, with a total of 5.3 million square feet — up nearly a third from Q1, according to a new Savillls...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg and Donald Trump: Frenemies no more
Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg From the New York website: Former mayor Michael Bloomberg spared no words Wednesday when referring to Donald Trump as insane, reckless and even a con man. Nor did the...
View ArticleNeman Brothers buys El Segundo office for $29.2M
The building purchased by Neman Brothers (credit: CoStar) Fabric importer Neman Brothers & Associates has been aggressively expanding its real estate portfolio. The Los Angeles family-run company...
View ArticleWill the Playboy Mansion become a hotel?
Daren Metropoulos, the Playboy Mansion and Playboy Bunnies at the Mansion (image credit: Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com via Wikicommons) From the New York website: In June, the troubled...
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View ArticleLawyer accuses ex-mayor Barry Brucker of improperly lobbying for One Beverly...
Barry Brucker and a rendering of One Beverly Hills at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard A Sacramento lawyer is challenging the $1.2 billion One Beverly Hills condo and hotel project, claiming that ex-Mayor Barry...
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From the New York website: In many of New York City’s most ambitious real estate plays, there is the “guy behind the guy” — the silent money backer who puts up the crucial equity. For decades, these...
View ArticleMore than 42K California homes are at risk from rising sea levels: Zillow
Huntington Beach is one of the most at risk areas for flooding “Underwater” homeowners could soon actually have to reach for their snorkels. Forget negative equity. A new report by Zillow.com shows...
View ArticleAn exclusive LA sex club wants your NYC home
(Image Credit : Elisanth/Shutterstock.com) From Luxury Listings NYC: Grab your whips and lace up your corsets, Los Angeles’ exclusive, erotic members-only club, Snctm, is headed to NYC — and the owner...
View ArticleRand Sperry launches commercial franchise venture at “a Wal-Mart price”
Kevin Huang and Rand Sperry Orange County real estate veteran Rand Sperry is launching a new and “aggressive” franchise business in a bid to expand the firm’s reach all over the world, he announced...
View ArticleMohamed Hadid won an appeal to keep hikers off development land
Mohamed Hadid and the Hastain Trail at Franklin Canyon Supermodel Gigi Hadid’s dad will now proceed with developing land he owns between the San Fernando Valley and Beverly Hills, after clearing a...
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