Manhattan Home Sales Slump On Tax Worries, But 'Bonus Season' May Rescue Q2
Home sales in Manhattan, the nation’s priciest urban housing market, slumped during the first quarter as New Yorkers worried about the impact of the nation’s new tax law. Sales of condos and co-ops...
View ArticleHome Renovators Should Have No Trouble Getting Credit; They Just Need To Find...
There’s a renovation boom heading our way that’s going to run smack into a shortage of qualified labor. Americans are sitting on a record $5.4 trillion of tappable equity, and banks are eager to make...
View ArticleBernie Madoff's 'Modest' Beach House In The Hamptons Lists At $21M, Sans Catwalk
When Broadway producer Daryl Roth and her husband, Steven Roth, chairman of Vornado Realty Trust, bought Madoff's home for $9.4 million in 2009, they worked the kind of magic that buckets of money...
View ArticleHome Sales Fall In The Hamptons, Summer Playground For Wall Street And Hollywood
Sales of homes in the Hamptons fell 6.6% in the first quarter as some buyers paused to digest all the implications of the 600-page tax bill that was hastily passed by Congress at the end of 2017.
View ArticleRoy Cohn's Greenwich Home For Sale As Trump Pines For His Original Fixer
The former vacation home of Roy Cohn, the New York power broker who was President Donald Trump’s original fixer, is on the market for $5.4 million in Greenwich, Connecticut. Meanwhile, two miles south...
View ArticleRussian Venture Capitalist Sells South Beach Penthouse For Record $26M
Boris Jordan, the Russian banking pioneer and venture capitalist pouring money into the fledgling U.S. marijuana industry, sold his South Beach penthouse for $26 million on Friday — the highest price...
View ArticleBrazilian Entrepreneur Lists Home On Miami Beach's Hibiscus Island For Record...
Brazilian businessman Jose Carlos Pontes is putting his five-bedroom home on Miami Beach’s Hibiscus Island on the market this week for $38 million -- a record asking price for the tiny isle in Biscayne...
View ArticleReal Estate Sales Smash Records On Nantucket As Wealthy Americans Buy Beach...
Real estate on Nantucket Island, the Massachusetts summer resort that's pricier than the Hamptons, smashed records in the first quarter. Almost $300 million of real estate changed hands in the first...
View ArticleSlugger Sammy Sosa's Former Oceanfront Estate Lists For $15.95M In South Florida
An oceanfront home that once belonged to Sammy Sosa, one of the greatest batters in baseball history, went on the market today in Golden Beach, Florida, for $15.95 million. The property has 75 feet of...
View ArticleLennar's Miller Pays $33M For Estate On Star Island, 'Miami Vice' Backdrop
Lennar Corp. Executive Chairman Stuart Miller paid $33 million this week for the property once owned by German playboy Thomas Kramer on Star Island, the Miami Beach enclave featured as a backdrop to...
View ArticleNew Life For A Connecticut Mansion: A Recovery Center For Wall Street Execs
In the woods of New Canaan, Connecticut, a one-hour drive from the skyscraper canyons of Manhattan, an elegant mansion has found new life as a “halfway house” for Wall Street executives. Although, when...
View ArticleFamed New York Yankee Shortstop Derek Jeter Lists Lakeside Castle For $14.75...
Derek Jeter broke lots of Major League Baseball records during his 21 years of wearing the pinstriped uniform of the New York Yankees. Now he's going for a real estate record by listing his 24-room...
View ArticleBacardi Rum Heiress Sells 12-Bedroom Coral Gables Waterfront Mansion For $19M
Hilda Maria Bacardi, whose family owns the world’s largest privately held liquor company, yesterday sold her 12-bedroom mansion on the water in Florida’s Coral Gables yesterday for $19 million.
View ArticleFor $85M: An Island In The Bahamas And A Chance To Swim With The Pigs
Little Pipe Cay, the Bahamian island developed by billionaire Michael Dingman, is listed with Knight Frank for $85 million. Neighbors include movie star Johnny Depp. Even more exciting, it’s about two...
View Article$35M Penthouse In Florida's Oceana Bal Harbour Tower Hits The Market
Chris Carlos, a partner at Republic National Distributing Co., one of the largest U.S. liquor wholesalers, spent $25 million last year on a penthouse condominium near Miami Beach, Florida. After $6...
View ArticleBrady Bunch Home Lists For $1.885M, Could Get Hit With Wrecking Ball
The house used as the exterior in “The Brady Bunch” sitcom hit the market last week for $1.885 million. It’s famous, but perhaps not famous enough to survive. Real estate agents say it’s likely to be...
View ArticleFort Lauderdale House Prices Soar To Record High As Police Crack Down On Beer...
A place notorious for raucous beer blasts is not where you might expect to see a boom in luxury real estate. However, a spill-over from the costlier Miami market is driving Fort Lauderdale...
View ArticleSales Of Hamptons Beach Houses Priced $5M To $10M Surge To Record
In the Hamptons, the summer playground for Wall Streeters and Hollywood celebrities, sales of homes priced between $5 million and $10 million surged to a record in the second quarter while the cheaper...
View ArticleMarc Anthony Moving Into Bacardi Heiress' Coral Gables Estate After Paying $19M
Marc Anthony, the top-selling salsa singer of all time, bought a 12-bedroom mansion on the water in Florida’s Coral Gables earlier this month from rum heiress Hilda Maria Bacardi. Anthony is the...
View ArticleHome Run King Barry Bonds' Former Estate Lists For $33M
The former estate of Barry Bonds, the legendary baseball slugger who retired from the San Francisco Giants in 2007, came on the market last week in Beverly Hills, California, for $33 million.
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