lansner.ocregister — Click to enlarge Bank-owned homes and other foreclosure resales made up a smaller proportion of Orange County transactions in 2011 than in prior years, a sign that distressed homes are less of a drag on the local housing market. An average of 22.8% of the homes sold in O.C. last year had...
zillow — We’ve closed the books on a record traffic month at Zillow. More than 30 million unique users visited Zillow’s websites and mobile apps during January. The growth was across all segments, but particularly strong in mobile, where Zillow has the most popular suite of real estate apps across every major platform. ...
bottomline.msnbc.msn — The hottest acts in the music business earn their pay by living in the recording studio or on the road. But even pop stars need a place to call home every once and awhile. Here are some of theirs.
zillow — As Valentine’s Day approaches, most people go shopping for flowers, chocolates, gifts, or someone new to share their life with. In the real estate world, buyers are out shopping for that perfect home to “settle down with.” Given the ups and downs of a real estate search and the love...
online.wsj — Near downtown Greenwich, Conn., this waterfront home with a large interior patio was inspired by the owner's European upbringing. Floor-to-ceiling windows show off views of the Long Island Sound.
lansner.ocregister — Mazda North American Operations — the Japanese automaker’s U.S. branch headquartered in Irvine — bought a complex of three Orange County buildings for $27.75 million, says broker Voit Real Estate Services. Mazda spokesman Jeremy Barnes said his company decided it made sense from a cost standpoint to purchase the Irvine office/industrial...
zillow — Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace Android App, which provides personalized loan quotes, lender ratings, real-time mortgage rates and mortgage calculators all in one place. We first brought Zillow Mortgage Marketplace to mobile in June 2011 with the launch of Zillow’s first mortgage app on...
zillow — Wow, what a year. As we turn 6 today, we can’t help but look back on an amazing 5th year for Zillow.com, Zillow Mobile and Zillow’s websites. It was a year chock-full of Zillow news, including a home giveaway sweepstakes, acquiring two companies, and going public — all of this in...
online.wsj — A proposal from Trump Hotel Collection and private-equity investor Colony Capital was selected by the General Services Administration to redevelop Washington's Old Post Office Building into a luxury hotel.
lansner.ocregister — Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” A stately, 10,000-square-foot ocean-front mansion that the U.S. government sold in 1999 for $12 million is back on the market — for $45 million. The State Department: Better at diplomacy than real estate? — Washington Post Luxury Bermuda home...
online.wsj — The risks of speculative office building are obvious at the 11 Times Square skyscraper. More than a year after it opened, the 1.1 million square-foot building is about 60% empty and unleased.
online.wsj — A high-rise building boom in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh, derailed by the 2008-2009 financial crisis, is starting up again.
online.wsj — This apartment evokes the Colonial era and is located in a cul-de-sac in Hong Kong's Mid-Levels neighborhood.
online.wsj — Developer Robert Congel's drive to create one of the largest malls in the country, in Syracuse, N.Y., is back in gear after almost being upended by the economic downturn and a nasty court battle with Citigroup.
online.wsj — More than 10 years after the last steelmaking operations were closed down at the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant in Pennsylvania, its 1,800-acre site is slowly attracting new businesses.
lansner.ocregister — Standard Pacific officials reported that they sold the last two homes in the luxury Tides project in Crystal Cove. Click to see pictures Irvine-based homebuilding company Standard Pacific Homes reported this week its first profitable quarter in more than a year at the end of 2011, spurred by improved sales and...
phoenixrealestateguy — OK, maybe “Listing Syndication War” is a little too sensationalistic. Maybe. There’s no question though that news about real estate listing syndication is now coming at a fast and furious pace. Back in November, Edina Realty lobbed the first round when they announced they were pulling their listings from Trulia and Realtor.com Then a...
zillow — While you may leave your heart in San Francisco, or declare your love for New York, there are a few places across the U.S. that are more aptly and romantically named. We went in search of real estate offerings in these Valentine’s Day-perfect cities, where lovers hope heartfelt bliss can...
lansner.ocregister — Ladera Ranch is hot. Corona Del Mar is not. That is one conclusion you can draw from the neighborhood slice of the latest O.C. home inventory report from Steve Thomas and his ReportsOnHousing.com. His math shows: February 2 February 2 … The Orange County town with the fastest-selling homes in terms of...
bottomline.msnbc.msn — The Utah home former GOP presidential contender John Huntsman Jr.'s father built is on the block. This is no ski cabin. It's more like the whole chalet.
lansner.ocregister — Distressed properties were 34% of Orage County homes listed for sale and 48% of the residences recently put into escrow. Steve Thomas of ReportsOnHousing.compublishes every two weeks a report on the supply of local homes for sale and the share of that inventory that’s distressed properties — foreclosures and short sales....
lansner.ocregister — Orange County’s housing market speed — by one measure — quickened 21.9% in the past two weeks and sped up 34.7% in a year. The latest Orange County home inventory report from Steve Thomas and ReportsOnHousing.com — data as of February 2 — includes these thoughts … Typically Super Bowl Sunday...
bottomline.msnbc.msn — In one of the first criminal prosecutions in the post-housing bust era, DocX has been indicted on forgery charges by a Missouri grand jury, The New York Times reports.
online.wsj — This three-story home in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood has plenty of oversized windows, a modern curved roof and an updated backyard.
