Real Estate

San Francisco’s Rincon Hill neighborhood tops the list Getty Apartmentguide.com recently crunched the numbers in the “25 most populated cities” to scope out the most expensive neighborhoods. Brian Carberry, managing director of apartmentguide.com, provides some insights on how the list was compiled. “What we did to find our cities is first looked at U.S. census

Real estate investment in the Asia-Pacific rose by 14% in the first quarter of 2019 to $45 billion, helped by deleveraging in China and flows of cross-border capital, according to a report by global real estate consultant JLL. China accounted for close to 40% of Asia-Pacific transaction volumes between January and March. At $17 billion,

Portrait of her she nice-looking attractive lovely cheerful glad straight-haired lady holding in hands bags with new look clothing 100 atm income interest wind blowing isolated over beige background. Getty It’s Memorial Day, and while many people will use this time to head to the beach and soak up the first bit of summer-esque sun,

Courtesy of Red Carpet Home Cinema, affluent movie buffs can rent first-run movies the day they open in theaters. Douglas Elliman Godzilla is stampeding into movie theaters. But for select VIPs, the radioactive reptile rampages closer to home, thanks to a new luxury amenity that rolls out the Hollywood red carpet directly into mega mansions of

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Red Star Macalline Group, the big China home improvement and furnishings mall operator led by billionaire Che Jianxing, has formed a “strategic cooperation” with Alibaba that will cover retail, e-commerce, payments, logistics and consumer finance. Red Star said in a statement on Sunday it had agreed

Curran McKay pitching AskPorter In late 2018, AskPorter was all over the news with the announcement that Google Assistant had made a significant investment into the company. They had set out to build an AI-powered property maintenance chatbot but, since the Google investment and with their tech and business development support, have been focusing on

There are many possible problematic situations when it comes to being a landlord, a fact that deters many people from investing in property. Natural disasters are unfortunately becoming more and more frequent, and being prepared and educated for a variety of natural hazards is a must for landlords. Recent tragedies from Mother Nature include the

Among the trends are rattan light fixtures and furniture. Courtesy of Out East via Saunders The season of Hamptons getaways officially arrives this weekend, and homeowners are embracing new trends to keep their properties in style. The glitzy, celebrity-studded south fork on the eastern end of Long Island takes pride in being fashion-forward, in everything

. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP After helping drive local shopping malls toward collapse, Amazon is coming back to finish the job: turning them into warehouses. That’s according to scores of reports in recent years, including one early this month published in the Wall Street Journal, discussing how Amazon keeps on turning

Arbor Eighteen is a luxe new condominium building emblematic of the rediscovered Greenwood Heights neighborhood Redundant Pixel Millennials are finally ready to begin buying in New York City. The evidence: All that’s happening in the Brooklyn enclave of Greenwood Heights. Younger New Yorkers’ quest for an accessibly-priced lifestyle, in a nook with easy subway access,

A beautiful beach house in Miami. Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design The start of summer means the beginning of outdoor living. But, that doesn’t mean you can’t live the outdoor life all year round. According to award-winning architect, Kobi Karp, founder and principal of Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design, one of the biggest trends in

Before you invest a penny in a new real estate transaction, you should know what your exit strategy is, or at least you should be fully informed about your options and have a plan. This idea may sound a little odd, especially to people who are new to investing, but you can’t make a smart

Occupying a prominent corner on Main Street, Stockbridge’s Red Lion Inn features a wide front porch that is a favorite spot to see and be seen. Red Lion Inn The founding date of the venerable inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts is likely 1773, when Silas Pepoon established a small tavern here, under the sign of the

Installation View: Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 24, 2019– January 12, 2020. Photo: David Heald. © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Slowly approaching ramp six on the rotunda of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright Building, Lee Bontecou’s Untitled (1966)

I remember my first listing appointment like it was yesterday. I was 18 years old and the seller was a sweet elderly lady who wanted to sell her home in a gated community that I’d never been to before. The day before my appointment, I drove around to every property in her neighborhood that was

“PropTech AI won’t be able to immediately fill the shoes of an estate agent.” Starline Art / 123rf PropTech is hardly a new industry; estate agents and other businesses in the property industry have been digitally transforming for decades. Search portals, such as Rightmove in the UK, started amalgamating available properties and recommending homes over

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin A small modernist masterpiece, the Gropius House stands in a grassy location in Lincoln, Massachusetts, outside Boston. Courtesy of Historic New England, photo by Eric Roth Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany in 1919 as a school that blurred the lines between fine and

As a real estate investor, competition when acquiring a new property is never really a great thing. It might be reassuring that other investors are keen on the same property as you, but generally you will end up paying more in a competitive bidding environment. As off-market properties are sought after in both buyer’s and

A rendering of Central Park Tower. Extell Development The general public can now shop for apartments in the tallest building in the world. Listings were made available online for the first time this week in Central Park Tower, a super-tall going up in midtown Manhattan. The glass and steel skyscraper at 217 W. 57th St. already

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Fundamental principles of good architecture always outlast fads. AdobeStock_85853500 Does every home need a great room? Do buyers need, or even want, a dining room? How important is the kitchen, especially in a market like New York? Does it matter whether the ceiling is 9’ high,