DANA 2008 Downtown Living Tour to Take Place in October

The Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association (DANA) is holding its 5th Annual Downtown Living Tour Sunday, October 19th, from noon to 5 pm. The event showcases homes and the benefits of living in downtown Austin. The Downtown Living Tour attracts hundreds of attendees...

Condo with a crotch mascot

"I once met a guy who told me he was comfortable with one-night stands so long as they didn’t involve interlocking fingers at any point during or after sex. As he explained, “finger interlocking is a sign of great intimacy and love” and he couldn’t handle that. What...

Miami Condo Market - Future Not So Bright

" Commenting on the rising home prices in some metropolitan areas and further decline in home values in other areas in the fourth quarter of 2007, Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors® chief economist, said disruptions in the mortgage market have played a...

Latest Walk-Away: Toll Brother Family Member

"One of the Toll family members decided to walkaway from a condo purchase: "Luxury builder Toll Brothers Inc (TOL), hurt as many buyers to try to get out of contracts for new homes amid falling prices, says a member of its founding family is trying to walk away from an...

Cannot make money flipping properties or selling real estate - file a lawsuit

" Here are some recent lawsuits. In Miami Developer Tibor Hollo has filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against a Miami real estate agent who blogged that the octogenarian went bankrupt in the 1980s and is headed for a fall with the upheaval in the condo...

Remaking the Condo With Light and Air

The Times gets into some new condos designed by SF architect Lorcan O'Herlihy:"WHEN Bob Harper began his search for a new home in West Hollywood, Calif., last summer, what he thought he wanted was a house. But he quickly changed his mind after his real estate agent took him...

Miami Condo market - the grim facts

" According to HousingPredictor.com which provides independent real estate market forecasts for more than 250 cities in all 50 U.S. States second year in a row Miami leads the list of Worst 25 Housing Markets with the highest forecasted deflation. The Worst 25 are composed...