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Loretta and Kevin Yates' Ontario Home Infested With Thousands of Bees,...
A couple in Canada had no idea that about 30,000 bees were swarming inside their home -- until honey began to drip from a crack in their ceiling (pictured at left). "We don't hear them buzzing or...
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Beyonce and Jay-Z's Hamptons Rental (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, House of the Day Hollywood powerhouse couple Jay-Z and Beyonce are usually way ahead of the pack. From pioneering the raciest new fashion trends to buying hot new...
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Woodside, Utah, a Wild West Ghost Town With a Geyser, on Sale for $3.9 Million
SALT LAKE CITY -- The real estate listing reads like a Wild West exhibit: A legendary gold mine, a geyser, and a supposed hideout of famed outlaws. It's all in a middle-of-nowhere ghost town for sale...
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Montauk Airport for Sale: Drop $18 Million for 37 Acres and a 3,200-Foot-Long...
Filed under: News Soar to fame in the Hamptons by bagging a piece of real estate that'll set you apart from all the other trophy-home-toting vacationers in Montauk, N.Y.: an airport. That's right: For...
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'Housing' Swings Don't Matter as Much as What's Happening in Your Own...
Filed under: News, Advice, EconomyBy Jeff Brown, BankingMyWay NEW YORK -- New data from Zillow.com shows that the housing market really has hit bottom. Cue the applause. Signal the all clear. Get...
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Rome's Colosseum Leaning Slightly but Not Dangerously
Filed under: Design, News By Philip Pullella Rome's Colosseum might be leaning slightly but its stability is not in danger, said officials who on Tuesday announced that the ancient amphitheatre is...
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London 2012: Century 21 Commercials Air During Olympics
Filed under: News Real estate franchisor Century 21 Real Estate LLC is taking its "Smarter, Bolder, Faster" TV ad campaign to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Realogy Corp. subsidiary says the TV...
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Bedford, N.Y., Home Offers Luxury in Bucolic Setting (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, House of the DayThis home is the winner of last week's #housepornthurs, a weekly Twitter conversation hosted by @aolrealestate in partnership with Curbed.com. (See Curbed's...
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Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrea Yates, the Lemp Family: Life Inside Homes Where Grisly...
Filed under: News, Buying The handsome, Spanish-style home on the corner of Beachcomber Lane and Sea Lark Road in Houston couldn't look any more idyllic. With its charming brick exteriors, and leafy,...
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Town of Parrottsville, Tenn., Finds 27 Basketballs, Other Sports Gear...
Filed under: Advice After a constantly backed-up drain in Parrottsville, Tenn., caused $1,200 in flood damage to the nearby Parrottsville Inn during rainstorms (pictured below), the hotel's owner was...
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'Star Trek' Real Estate: Home Inspired by Starship Enterprise For Sale in...
Filed under: Design, News Are you a Trekkie with a few mil to burn? Well, here's the opportunity of a lifetime: For $10.5 million, you can own this Australian home designed by a lifelong "Star Trek"...
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Mountain Home (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design, News By Bud Dietrich, AIA I've just started the design of a new home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western Virginia. The property, more than 5 acres, is spectacular -- heavily...
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Buying Beats Renting in Most U.S. Cities
Filed under: News, Buying, Renting By Les Christie NEW YORK -- For people who are willing to stay put for a few years, buying a home has become a much better deal than renting in almost every major...
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Michael Phelps Sells Baltimore Condo at a $400,000 Loss, Report Says
Olympic icon Michael Phelps might take the gold in swimming, but he doesn't even get a bronze when it comes to selling real estate. Phelps has sold his swanky Baltimore condo, but he took a $400,000...
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Hoarders Don't Get Homes Sold (Listing Fails)
Filed under: NewsAs #houseporn fiends and real estate junkies, there's nothing we love more than poring through fabulous home listings -- except maybe sorting through the tragically un-fabulous ones....
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How Your Smartphone Can Find Your Dream Home
By Adam Verwymeren Buying a house, particularly if it is your first, can be a daunting task. Between finding the perfect place, securing financing and moving in, it can seem like there are a ton of...
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Bill McMachen of Michigan Buys Hundreds of Foreclosed Properties, Dirt Cheap
Filed under: News For around $4.7 million, you might be able to snag one gleaming, top-of-the-line luxury home in a top market. In Michigan's Macomb County, though, it bought one man 627 homes. Bill...
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NAR Launches Email Campaign to Tout Value of Homeownership
By Inman News The National Association of Realtors has launched an email campaign designed to educate roughly 82 million consumers about the value of homeownership and the government incentives in...
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Models in Real Estate Listings Turn Up The Heat (NSFW)
Filed under: News As the saying goes, "Sex sells." Some real estate agents are taking that to heart, using suggestive situations to "enhance" their real estate listings. From the shower to the bedroom,...
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These Listings Aren't the 'Model' of Perfection
Using props or models in listing photos is sometimes effective ... and sometimes not. Stuffed bears in the bath? Cute enough to overlook. But a life-size figure of the Wicked Witch of the West? That's...
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