WHEN New York’s real estate market was at its dizziest height, $1 million studios had become routine and buyers with less than $250,000 to spend were almost surely headed out of Manhattan, perhaps even to another state. iPhone App But in a clear sign that the city’s recovery is still elusive, the studio market has… Read more »
Buy A Little Fabulous: Cher’s Former Miami Beach Home for Sale
Cher’s former Miami Beach home is now on the market for $10.2 million with a price cut of $4.7 million. This 11,460-square-foot mansion with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms served as the award winning singer and actress’ primary residence in the mid 1990s and went on to serve several other rich and famous as their… Read more »
CA: Sacramento Median Home Prices Fell in February
Sacramento County home sales hovered around seasonal norms for the second month in a row, but the median price fell again as investors snapped up distressed properties, according to figures released Thursday by market watcher DataQuick Information Systems. Sales in Sacramento County rose 6.3 percent in February compared to the same month of 2010, the… Read more »
US: Foreclosures Drop to 36 Month Low
The number of U.S. homes in some stage of foreclosure fell last month to a 36-month low, as lenders delayed taking action against homeowners amid heightened scrutiny over banks’ handling of home repossessions. Foreclosure-related notices sent to homeowners in February tumbled 14 percent from January and 27 percent versus the same month last year, foreclosure… Read more »
More Mid Michigan Houses Sitting Empty
A new wave of Census data released Wednesday confirmed what most mid-Michigan residents already knew just from taking a walk in their neighborhoods. There are more empty houses than 10 years ago. New Census housing data show an across-the-map spike in the number of vacant homes and apartments in the tri-county area with the percentage… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Ariel Feir, Irvine, California
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Orange County Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Ariel is very experienced in business and in the Irvine real estate market, with detailed local area knowledge of the… Read more »
New York Foreclosures Drop in February
PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate research site, today released its monthly report covering first-time residential New York City foreclosures for February 2011. Key Report Findings New scheduled foreclosures in NYC were down 82% in February 2011 over February 2010 and were down 59% over January 2011. * Compared to the February 2010 level, the number… Read more »
US: New Home Sales in February At Lowest Level Since 1963
Sales of new homes in the United States have slumped to the lowest level since the 1960’s, official data showed Wednesday, offering more evidence of an lingering real estate crisis. Sales tumbled nearly 17 percent in February, the Commerce Department said, to a seasonally adjusted total of 250,000 sales during the month. That marked the… Read more »
TN: Nashville Foreclosures Jumped at End of 2010
CoreLogic reports that the Nashville-area foreclosure rate ended 2010 at 1.89 percent, 16 basis points higher than a November number that was itself up 17 beeps from October. We can take some solace from the fact that Middle Tennessee’s housing market is still in much better shape than the nation’s — December’s foreclosure rate was… Read more »
Real Estate Issues for Same Sex Couples
We were recently contacted by a reader who wanted to thank us for maintaining such a valuable resource at SDGLN. The reader also recommended a resource to share with other readers. After investigating, I also found the information to be solid and informative resource. If you have information or resources that you would like to… Read more »
“Million Dollar Listing” Realtor to Come Out
Million Dollar Listing real estate agent Josh Flagg is gay and will make it known to viewers of his Bravo reality show on Tuesday, Reality Blurred reports. Flagg gives an interview to San Diego Gay and Lesbian News in advance of the episode. Says Flagg: “You know my sexuality does not define me, it is… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Danielle Lazier, San Francisco
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly San Francisco Bay Area Realtors and Real Estate Professionals I’m Danielle Lazier of Zephyr Real Estate – a real-estate professional who has your success as a property… Read more »
Gay Investors Buying Up Fort Lauderdale Beach Properties
A pair of international investors are in the midst of the largest buy-up of property in the blocks behind the city beach since the end of the Spring Break era. Acting independently of each other, the two men have spent about $39 million to acquire more than two dozen small hotels, apartment buildings and shops…. Read more »
OH: Cincinnati Real Estate Market Sees Glut of Properties
Spring can be an exciting time for homeowners ready to sell. But it is less so for those whose home has lingered on the market through multiple spring selling seasons. Years of listings, open houses and showings without offers are weighing on many homeowners. “I would like to move on,” said Jim Oliver, who’s been… Read more »
Are Short Sales the New Normal?
Back in 2003, when I first got my real estate license, times were good. The prices of homes were going up, sellers were getting a great return on their investment, buyers were getting homes with ‘no money’ down and life was wonderful. But as everyone now knows, the housing bubble has burst and we are… Read more »
Canada: Vancouver Home Sales Rose in February
Residential MLS home sales increased by 2.1 per cent in February to a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate of 92,250 units. This marked a seventh straight monthly increase in provincial activity. Gains were driven by higher sales in the real estate board areas spanning Metro Vancouver and Abbotsford/ Mission, which observed a 4.9 per cent increase. Combined… Read more »
Canada: Calgary Real Estate Market Improving
Two months does not a trend make -but in terms of resale housing, things are already looking better than a year ago. With the new mortgage rules in place, and 35-year amortizations gone the way of the dodo bird, it will take a while to see what impact those two elements will have on sales…. Read more »
Five Ways to Sell a Home Faster
LGBT home sellers should understand that it is still a buyer’s market and that the average time it takes to sell a home is more indicative of a bear market than it is of a bullish one. With that in mind, LGBT homeowners who hope to sell in 2011 are encouraged to be proactive about… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Todd Black, Toronto
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Toronto Realtors and Real Estate Professionals There is nothing quite like the experience of matching buyers with sellers, and knowing that you are making a real difference… Read more »
Top Reasons Mortgage Applications Are Denied
1.) Loan-to-Value Ratio – Perhaps the most common problem in today’s mortgage industry is a low loan-to-value ratio. This is the percentage of the loan amount compared to the overall value of the property. For example, if you currently have a balance on your first mortgage of $200,000 and the appraisal comes back with a… Read more »
TX: Dallas Real Estate Market Improved in 2010
While home prices plummeted throughout most of the country last year, people moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth area enjoyed improved real estate values. According to a study conducted by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, prices for nondistressed homes increased 1.2 percent on a per-square-foot basis compared to 2009, while the value of… Read more »
North Dakota: Real Estate Market to Watch in 2011
North Dakota may not be known for much, but housing experts say people planning on moving should get familiar with the region, as it’s one of the top real estate markets to move to, according to Inman News. The main thing going for the state, according to the paper, is its low unemployment rate, as… Read more »
US: Just 4 in 10 Expect Home Values to Increase by 2016
Homeowners are more pessimistic about the short-term housing market, but now fewer than half the nation’s homeowners expect the value of their homes to go up in the next five years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of 720 Homeowners shows that just 19% of homeowners believe their home’s value will go up over… Read more »
OR: Portland Real Estate Has Another Difficult Month
February was another dismal month in residential real estate with deep declines in new listings, pending sales and prices. The median home sales price in the Portland metro area finished the month at $213,700, down 9.1 percent from February 2010, according to the Regional Multiple Listing Service’s monthly Market Action report. The average sales price… Read more »
NY: Long Island Real Estate Sales Jump
Long Island home sales in February jumped 7.5 percent over a year ago, the first such increase in eight months, a new report said. The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island reported that there were 1,784 closings last month and 1,660 in February 2010. It marked the first time since June 2010 that monthly sales… Read more »
NC: Asheville Condo Project Never Materialized
At the time he put his money down, Justin Arnall figured the Zona Lofts project was a sure bet. Its design — with solar panels and a rainwater collection system — allowed marketing it as environmentally friendly. It offered a good location for people wanting downtown living. And many of the condos would be inexpensive… Read more »
Central Louisiana Real Estate Market Still Depressed
While the Alexandria area housing market has weathered the economic downturn better than many parts of the country, its has taken its share of hits. The number of practicing Realtors is down, the foreclosure rate is up, and sale, volume fell significantly through the early part of 2011. “We’re still in a down cycle, no… Read more »
Win a House in Gay Friendly Palm Springs
Santiago Communities, owner and operator of numerous manufactured home communities, has announced their Great Home Giveaway. Participants have the opportunity to win prizes including a new home, new cars and cash when they refer their friends to purchase Santiago homes. The grand prize winner of the Great Home Giveaway can have their new home located… Read more »
CT: Foreclosures Plummet in February 67%, Also Down Nationwide
A total of 225,101 additional homes went into foreclosure in the U.S. in February, bringing the year-to-date total to 486,434, according to the latest RealtyTrac figures. That’s one of every 577 American homes, but down 13.86 percent, RealtyTrac says. Connecticut currently has 6,794 properties in foreclosure status, RealtyTrac says. The 747 in February is 67… Read more »
Does it Make Sense to Buy Real Estate Now?
Several months ago Karl Case of the Case-Shiller Report said, “If you have a realistic version of the American dream, buying a house now can make a lot of sense.” Case is considered the guru on real estate pricing. If you don’t believe him, how about the Gallup Poll in January that says 67% of… Read more »
Hernando County, Florida Draws Cash Buyers With Rock-Bottom Real Estate Prices
After years of snow boots, frozen windshields and furry paws caked with Maine’s ice and mud, Dottie Brown and her husband, Ralph Kent, recently decided to take their modest retirement savings and their two dogs and head for the sun. Surfing the Internet, they found a shingle-roofed, stucco-coated fixer-upper on Killinger Avenue with a grapefruit… Read more »
NH: Real Estate Sales Improve, But Young Couples Flee
Although the Seacoast Board of Realtors had some good news to report at their State of Seacoast news conference in New Hampshire yesterday, there were some disturbing trends covered as well. In January and February of 2011, single-family home sales had their best start since 2008. Furthermore, residential sales volume in the entire state is… Read more »
FL: Downtown Miami Real Estate Market Reviving
More folks are choosing to call downtown Miami and the surrounding area home, halting fears of condo buildings closing and fueling some new and novel businesses. The latest real estate numbers show 85 percent of downtown Miami condos are now occupied — up more than 20 percent from two years ago, when that number was… Read more »
NJ: Condo Market Starting to Thaw?
LAST month a few strong blips indicated a quickening pulse on the New Jersey condominium market. Or maybe just a pulse. There were 15 sales in four weeks at one building in Jersey City, 6 at another, 5 at a Hoboken building where sales had been lagging — even a premarketing sale at a town… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Don Munro, Honolulu
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Oahu, Hawaii Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Don was born and raised in the highlands of Scotland, and served in a Scottish infantry regiment. He has lived… Read more »
DC: Pending Real Estate Sales Soaring
A real estate information company says pending home sales in the Washington, D.C., market has showed the largest year-over-year increase in 10 years. RealEstate Business Intelligence says the number of contracts signed in February was up 33 percent from the same time last year, the biggest increase in more than a decade. The company added,… Read more »
WI: Milwaukee Real Estate Market Slowed in February
The Metropolitan Milwaukee real estate market slowed down in February, with sales falling 5.7% compared to a year ago, after starting the New Year on a strong note in January when sales increased 17.9%, according to housing statistics released today by Metro MLS, Inc. Brokers are not overly concerned about the decrease in sales in… Read more »
TN: Memphis Area Foreclosures on the Rise
“Some of them lost jobs and they could just not afford it at all,” said listing broker Jim Abell. Abell works as a real estate agent and broker hired by Fannie Mae to fix up the foreclosures and get it back on the market. He says Germantown and Collierville have become foreclosure hot spots. “I… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Denis Fuster, Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Big island of Hawaii Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Denis is full time international Realtor. A Hawaii resident since 2001 and investor himself on the island, Denis… Read more »
The Advocate’s Gayest City in America: Minneapolis, MN
Over the past decade, Minneapolis has become the gay magnet city of the Midwest. It makes sense: People here are no-nonsense, practical, and don’t deal well with hypocrites. This is where the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America took a historic leap forward and voted to accept gay and lesbian pastors, including the Reverend Mary Albing,… Read more »
The Advocate’s 2nd Gayest City in America: Santa Fe
At an elevation of 7,000 feet, Santa Fe is the nation’s oldest state capital — and the highest. This is where seasoned gays come to center themselves, but not in a boring way: LGBT retirement community RainbowVision has raucous drag shows at the Silver Starlight Lounge (500 Rodeo Road, nominated a Top 60 bar in… Read more »
The Advocate’s 3rd Gayest City in America: Las Vegas
Dozens of flashy shows every night! Home of Siegfried and Roy! The setting of the campiest film ever made (Showgirls)! According to a survey by Community Marketing Inc., Sin City is the top destination for American lesbians as well as the number 2 destination for American gay men and gay seniors (after New York City)…. Read more »
Southern Oregon Real Estate Prices Down, But Sales Up
Jackson County real estate sales for the three-month period ending Feb. 28, gained steam with 401 units sold compared to 378 for a corresponding period a year earlier, according to Southern Oregon Multiple Listing Service. That’s considered a good sign, considering the federal tax incentives that spurred activity a year ago have expired. Most of… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Rudy Molinet, Key West
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Key West Location Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Rudy Molinet is one of the leading gay Key West realtors. Rudy is a top producing Key West realtor who… Read more »
Why is it So Hard to Get a Home Equity Loan?
Many homeowners long to hear the magic words: “Your home equity loan is approved.” But for most, this type of loan, which allows a homeowner to borrow against the equity in the home, is hard to get. The typical barriers are lack of equity, impaired credit and inadequate income to support additional borrowing. Of those,… Read more »
NE Florida Real Estate Prices Dipped in 4th Quarter of 2010
Area real estate sales volumes and median prices both cooled in the fourth quarter after volumes showed signs of life in the third quarter. According to quarterly real estate sales data from data aggregator DataQuick, median sales prices in Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties continued to decline, but sales volumes – which had… Read more »
NJ: Housing Boom Years Caused Big Drop in Year-Round Jersey Shore Residents
It was 2004 when Lorraine McCarthy, a full-time resident of this Cape May County resort, sold her duplex a block from the boardwalk and decamped to the mainland. “The choice we made to move off the barrier island was the same choice that a lot of people who wanted to make some money made,” said… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Frank Sweet, Wilton Manors
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Fort Lauderdale Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Frank is the Broker/Owner of Palm Tree Real Estate, Inc. and has lived in Broward County, Florida since 1978. He… Read more »
NM: Taos Real Estate Market Grinds to Halt in Legal Dispute
On the bright side, it’s not the robo-signers this time. In Taos County, New Mexico, two “heirs” have filed warranty deeds laying claim to a combined 42,000 acres of land and calling the ownership of about 7,000 properties into question[1]. The warranty deeds were filed in an effort to show the right to inherit ownership… Read more »
NC: Raleigh Called Healthiest Home Real Estate Market for 2011
According to Builder Magazine, Raleigh, North Carolina is the place to be if you are in construction this year[1]. Building permits increased 85 percent last year, with “much of the strength on the multifamily side,” reported the magazine when explaining the accolade. The magazine ranks metro areas based on a system called the “Builder Healthy… Read more »
Distressed Home Sales Driving Chicago Real Estate Market
We’re still more than 2 weeks away from the February home sales release from the Illinois Association of Realtors but I can give you a pretty good idea of what it’s going to show for Chicago – if you read past their characteristically upbeat headlines. My preliminary numbers show Chicago home sales down about 14%… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Christopher Rocca, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Santa Fe Realtors and Real Estate Professionals For Santa Fe real estate sellers, Christopher offers innovative and comprehensive marketing programs that combine technology, (virtual property tours, wide… Read more »
Ottawa Home Sales Drop, But Prices Rise in February
Sales of resale homes fell sharply in February as the market returned to more normal winter buying patterns, according to the Ottawa Real Estate Board. The board said 936 resale homes were sold through the Multiple Listing Service during the month, down 9.1 per cent from the 1,030 that sold during February 2010. “Once again… Read more »
NY: Upper East Side Street Second Most Expensive Real Estate in US
For those who think Forbes’ annual list of the most expensive zip codes covers too much terrain, a new analysis has honed in on the priciest streets. And not surprisingly, New York’s poshest real estate is a seven-block stretch of the Upper East Side’s Gold Coast, 70th to 77th Streets between Park and Fifth Avenues…. Read more »
Tips for Preparing Your Home for Sale in a Difficult Market
Architecture or interior design that calls to mind better economic times might actually be turnoffs to homebuyers. Opulence is out. Just try selling a mini-castle in this market. Real estate broker Marian Anthony, of Anthony Realty Group in San Diego, Calif., listed such a home, knowing it would be a tough sell. “In this market,… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Michael Cornell, Seattle
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Washington State Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Maura would love to help you buy or sell your Woodbridge area home, and is one of Northern Virginia’s top… Read more »
SC: Real Estate Market Improving, But Changes Needed
Nick Kremydas with the South Carolina Association of Realtors, says the state’s current tax structure is hindering growth. But the future in the real estate market still has a bright side. Kremydas, the association’s chief executive officer, spoke at the Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce’s Toast and Topics breakfast Thursday about the real estate industry… Read more »
Global Real Estate Market on the Mend
If you look beyond the housing market, there are reasons to believe the global commercial real estate market is poised to continue a strong rally, according to Jason Yablon, a real estate securities analyst at Cohen & Steers Inc., which manages $25 billion in real estate assets. “Right now is a pretty good time to… Read more »
HGTV Show “Real Estate Intervention” Encouraging Gay Couples to Apply
Believe it or not, some gay couples do not have that fabulous design gene in them. And if they are trying to move out of one house and into another, that lack of genetics will bite them in the rear. Do you fall into that category? Well, you may just have an out. Not only… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: David Ashton, Salem, Massachusetts
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Massachusetts Realtors and Real Estate Professionals David Ashton is a member of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, located in Swampscott Massachusetts. David is proud to be associated with… Read more »
Baltimore Year-End Sales Down Slightly From 2009
RBI, the primary source of real estate data, analytics, and business intelligence for real estate professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region, today released its 2010 year end statistical analysis for the Baltimore metro housing market. The market area includes: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Harford County, and Howard County. “After numbers were… Read more »
The Advocate’s 4th Gayest City in America: Orlando, Florida
Everyone knows that many Disney employees are friends of Dorothy. But now Orlando itself is coming out as a hot spot for gay and lesbian life and a hotbed of progressive attitudes. Last November, when Orange County leaders voted 6-1 to add sexual orientation protections to the private-sector antidiscrimination law, not a single resident or… Read more »
Gay Vegas Nightclub For Sale
When SECRET NIGHTCLUB & CABARET owner Paul Anderson surveyed the current entertainment options being offered last spring in the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, he found an incredible void in the equation. A spicy and vibrant gay/alternative nightclub that caters to every age and every lifestyle. Formerly known as the Velvet Lion Gentlemens Club,… Read more »
Vancouver Island Real Estate Market Improving
Real estate sales picked up in Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island last month compared with January but still lagged behind February of last year. Continuing low interest rates and national job growth are credited with supporting Canadian housing demand, but the market will likely soften this year and into 2012, Scotiabank Group said in a… Read more »
How Will Coming Fannie May Changes Affect Gay & Lesbian Homeowners?
As many LGBT borrowers have heard through recent media reports, the huge mortgage agency Fannie Mae might get scrapped later this year. Whether or not that will adversely affect LGBT home buyers, LGBT homeowners wanting to refinance, or LGBT sellers hoping that their buyers qualify for a mortgage is suddenly a big concern. Meanwhile Fannie… Read more »
Slow Home Movement Takes Cues From Slow Food Movement
John Brown believes a home should ease the stress in life, not contribute to it. Brown is the founder of the slow home movement, a philosophy of home design that emphasizes livability and sustainability. It’s about building a home that works for the occupants, not one that’s intended to impress. The concept was inspired by… Read more »
Big Island’s Waimea is a Buyer’s Market
This month, I’m going to start something new in my monthly analysis of Waimea real estate sales. In addition to my ongoing monthly recap of real estate sales in Waimea, I’m going to take a look at where the current inventory of available homes for sale is in relationship to the number of sales last… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Virginia Ruffulo, Medford, Oregon
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Southern Oregon Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Virginia been selling Medford real estate for over 12 years, and she is a lifetime member of the million dollar… Read more »
Manhattan Seeing Residential Real Estate Boom
Early last year, Michael Weiss began attending tenant board meetings at the Brooklyner, Avalon Fort Greene and a handful of other luxury residential towers in downtown Brooklyn. In October, Mr. Weiss, director of the MetroTech Business Improvement District, threw the group’s first neighborhood block party on Bridge Street, with live music, rides and food. He… Read more »
High-End Home Sales Surged in Silicon Valley in January
Million-dollar home sales in Silicon Valley rose sharply last month compared to January 2010 as the upper end of the market continued to gain traction in the new year, according Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, the South Bay’s leading provider of luxury real estate services. A total of 98 homes sold for more than $1 million… Read more »
What All New Homeowners Should Know
So you’ve decided to buy a house, but you’re not sure if your finances are quite up to speed. Even if you hope to buy six months from now, there are numerous improvements and adjustments to be made in the interim, prior to taking on a mortgage. First-time home buying is well documented as an… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Colleen Murphy, Honolulu
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Location Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Over 90% of Colleen’s business comes from referrals from past clients! She is happy to work with buyers and sellers of… Read more »
North Carolina Sees Big Changes in How Real Estate is Bought and Sold
Periodically, we’ll run guest columns from our member realtors on their areas, and issues that affect gay and lesbian buyers.  Here’s the next in the series – a great column from Wendy Tanson about Chapel Hill & Durham, North Carolina’s gay neighborhoods.  (click here to see Gay Realty Network’s North Carolina real estate page): Big… Read more »
Calgary Commercial Real Estate Market Improving
nvestment in Canadian commercial real estate bounced back last year with the strongest performance in three years, at 11.1 per cent, as measured by the REALpac/IPD Canada Annual Property Index. The annual total return -a marked turnaround from 2009’s negative return of 0.3 per cent, and 3.7 per cent in 2008 -is underpinned by a… Read more »
MN: Foreclosures Improving in State
Jan Schley, a real-estate agent with 1 Stop Realty, of Kasson, has been selling foreclosed houses in Dodge County and surrounding areas for 20 years. “There’s never been as many as in the last two years,” she said. And while the first quarter of 2010 has had fewer cases, “they tell us that there’s a… Read more »
Check Out America’s Most Expensive Homes
Candy Spelling, widow of television giant Aaron, has listed the Manor, Los Angeles’ largest, and arguably most opulent, house up for sale at US$150-million, out-pricing every other listed home in the country. Just down the street the owner of a sprawling classical style marble mansion is asking for US$125-million, making it the second most-expensive home… Read more »
Are Investors Returning to Las Vegas Real Estate Market?
Home sales in the Las Vegas area fell as they normally do in January from December but rose nearly 10% above a year ago to the highest level for that month in four years. The portion of homes sold to investors and others paying cash was at record levels, creating especially robust sales in the… Read more »
US Gay/Lesbian Homeowners: Don’t Miss These Important Tax Deductions
The thousands of pages in the U.S. tax code get more confusing each year, but the big question on most Americans’ minds remains very simple: How can I reduce my taxable income? With tax season is in full swing, make tax deductions and tax credits your best friends for the next few months. Many people… Read more »
RI: Would Marriage Equality Help Local Real Estate Market, Economy?
On Wednesday, February 9th, I joined hundreds of people at the Rhode Island state house to testify before the House committee discussing bills on marriage equality. There were many people from both sides of the issue imploring the representatives to vote using their opinion as the deciding factor. It was gratifying to see democracy in… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Martie Law, Kauai, Hawaii
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Kauai Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Martie was born and raised on Kauai, and her grandfather founded Sleeping Giant Realty back in 1974. He never imagined that… Read more »
MA: Foreclosures Jump on Martha’s Vineyard
As the nation grapples with a foreclosure crisis, Island bank and real estate professionals agree the wave of foreclosures is less severe on Martha’s Vineyard than other places in Massachusetts, and other places across the nation. But the Island is not immune. The number of foreclosures in Dukes County spiked in 2009 and 2010, with… Read more »
NY: Wealthier Areas See Real Estate Price Increases
New York area home prices have held up better than most other major metropolitan areas, with wealthy commuting suburbs providing the bulk of recovery while towns farther from the city have lagged, brokers and analysts said. Those mixed results came after a national survey this week found that December home prices in the New York… Read more »
SD: Rapid City House Sales Fall But Prices Rise
The number of homes sold in the Rapid City area fell for the fourth straight year in 2010, but the average sale price crept up after two years of decline. Annual indicators released by the Black Hills Association of Realtors show a mixed picture but one that Realtors in many markets still would envy. “It… Read more »
San Francisco: Mid Market Real Estate Due for a Revival?
Josette Melchor spends much of her time devising ways to lure art lovers into the contemporary exhibition space she runs in downtown San Francisco, halfway between the city’s Civic Center and bustling Union Square. She also spends time making sure other people stay out. “We don’t have open doors, ever. They’re always locked,” said Melchor,… Read more »
FL: Will Everglades Restoration Help Local Economy?
Another big Everglades project broke ground on Friday, a $79 million job in Southwest Florida to plug a drainage canal, install a massive pump to pulse freshwater back into thirsty wetlands and salty estuaries and rip out 100 miles of overgrown roadbed, remnants of a long-dead real estate fiasco. It’s the second phase of work… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Ken Libby, Stowe, Vermont
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Vermont Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Ken has been a Stowe area Realtor(R) since 1979, and he has listed & sold both residential & commercial investment real… Read more »
Has Homeownership Lost Its Luster?
Meredith Carr and Vince Melamed of Brentwood are just the sort of couple real estate agents have always counted on to buy a home. Melamed is a successful keyboardist and songwriter who wrote hits including Trisha Yearwood’s “Walkaway Joe,” and Carr is a freelance editor. They owned a home in Nashville, but when they moved… Read more »
FL: Investors Buying Up Fort Lauderdale Condos
Investment groups completed two more Broward County bulk condo deals in the past week. Last Friday, Miami-based Sonata Grand LLC, headed by Pierre Heafey, spent $9.7 million, or $173 a square foot, for 22 units at Sonata Beach Club in Pompano Beach, according to CondoVultures.com, a real estate consulting firm. This week, Village East Investment… Read more »
CA: January Sees Slight Rise in Bay Area Home Sales
Bay Area home sales took their normal plunge from December last month but rose slightly from a year ago as prices edged lower. Although investors stayed quite active, many potential buyers and sellers continued to play a waiting game, while new-home sales dropped to the lowest level in more than two decades, a real estate… Read more »
Canadian Real Estate Market Will Likely See Steady But Not Stellar Growth
The Canadian housing market remains strong, but the days of double-digit gains in real estate are largely over, according to the president of Coldwell Banker Canada. And that’s all the more reason to view your home purchase primarily as a lifestyle decision rather than an investment in the hopes of a “quick return,” John Geha… Read more »
How to Pursue a Home Loan Modification
Home owners all across the world wait with baited breath of any news regarding a change in the home loan structure, mortgage loan structure, any reductions accompanying these type of loans etc. The loan modification process introduced by the Obama administration is a benchmark in the history of American real estate market as the mortgage… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Millynn James, Portland, Oregon
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Portland, Oregon Realtors and Real Estate Professionals Top-producing broker serving the LGBT community’s real estate needs for 15 years, 34 years an out lesbian activist. About Gay/Lesbian… Read more »
New Loft Apartments Planned for Buffalo, New York
More loft style apartments are planned for Buffalo – this time in North Buffalo. Ciminelli Real Estate has inked a deal to puchase Bethune Hall and renovate the four-story structure into loft apartments. The building is located on Main Street near Bennett High School. At one time it housed the Buffalo Meter Company but recently… Read more »
Minnesota: Farmland Real Estate Sales Booming
The bidders drove over snow- and ice-covered highways for a chance to own one of the most lucrative properties in the U.S. Midwest: 120 acres of farmland in Greene County, Iowa. The winner of last month’s auction at St. Joseph’s Parish Center in Jefferson offered $8,200 an acre — almost $1 million — for the… Read more »
Five Tips for Gay & Lesbian Homeowners
LGBT home sellers should understand that it is still a buyer’s market and that the average time it takes to sell a home is more indicative of a bear market than it is of a bullish one. With that in mind, LGBT homeowners who hope to sell in 2011 are encouraged to be proactive about… Read more »
Southern California Real Estate Sales Level in January Lowest Since 2008
Southern California’s housing market extended its slump as sales hit the lowest level for a January in three years and the median home price dropped year over year for the first time since fall 2009. The price declines, which were steepest in the Inland Empire, were driven by a shift toward sales of cheaper properties… Read more »
New, Tougher Mortgage Rules Spur Winnipeg Real Estate Market
Business has been pretty one-sided for many of Winnipeg’s real estate agents these days. “Every second call coming my way is another buyer, where typically there would be a buyer then a seller,” said RE/MAX agent, Glen Sytnyk. “It’s all buyers or almost all buyers.” That’s because the Winnipeg real estate market is changing and… Read more »
Clark County Sales Stabilizing But Prices Still Dropping
Clark County home sales continued to stabilize in January, as a new type of cash buyer invested in the market. The month’s 319 home sales were on par with the 318 houses that sold in January 2010, and up 24 percent from January 2009, according to Vancouver-based Riley & Marks Inc.’s monthly “benchmarks” report. Although… Read more »
Philadelphia Area Real Estate Down to 2004 Levels
A new annual survey from the real estate Web site Zillow shows many homeowners in the Philadelphia area lost a lot of home equity in the past year. Parts of South Jersey and Delaware were hit especially hard in 2010. For example, Salem, N.J., saw an average home sales price drop of 29 percent in… Read more »
Orlando Real Estate Market Weighed Down By Foreclosures
The number of foreclosed homes on, or about to hit, Metro Orlando’s resale market has more than doubled in the past year, forcing down the prices of other houses that have already lost more than half their value since before the recession, new figures show. Foreclosure activity may have slowed down in local courts, but… Read more »
Maryland Real Estate Sales Jumped 17% in January
Home sales soared in January in the Baltimore metro area, and real estate experts said while it may not mean an end to the real estate crisis, it is a good start. According to a report by Real Estate Business Intelligence, sales in Maryland from Jan. 10, 2010, to Jan 11, 2011, were up nearly… Read more »
CA: Luxury Home Sales Up 21%
Even the rich love a deal. California homes priced at $1 million or more experienced a sales boom in 2010, the first increase in five years, even as overall home sales in the state declined, a real estate information service reported. The reason: High-end home shoppers went bargain hunting as certain parts of the economy… Read more »
CA: Owner Drops Laguna Beach’s Most Expensive Home by $4.1 Million
The priciest home for sale in Laguna Beach has been reduced $4.1 million, making it now the second priciest MLS-listed home for sale in the beach city, according to the Southern California MLS. The home is currently under construction on the grounds of the Montage Resort in South Laguna at 7 Atelier Lane and was… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Gregg Klar, Austin, Texas
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Gay Friendly Location Realtors and Real Estate Professionals in Austin, Texas Gregg is always available to give you personal, one-on-one help with the biggest decision you’ll make in your… Read more »
OR: Ashland Area Realtors Hopeful for 2011
Perhaps the bright blue sky outside Thursday foretold better things to come. But with home prices continuing their five-year downward spiral, those in the know made no effort to sugarcoat the local real estate forecast for 2011. Reviewing 2010 and giving their hazy best guesses for the new year, Rogue Valley Association of Realtors representatives… Read more »
TX: Check Out the Most Expensive Home in El Paso
Tonight we conclude our series on the most expensive homes in the borderland and show you the one that tops our list. Drive into the upper valley and you just may notice the third most expensive home in El Paso. According to real estate website Zillow.com, 5131 Thornton spans across four acres and in the… Read more »
San Diego Real Estate Affordability at All-Time High
Home affordability for first-time buyers in the San Diego region reached a record-high last quarter, made possible by historically low lending rates and slight drops in median home price, according to an index from the California Association of Realtors late this week. Sixty-two percent of first-timers in the region can afford starter homes, rising from… Read more »
Dallas-Fort Worth Sees Home Price Dip
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices fell a negligible 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter. The decline was the first such drop since mid-2009 for the D-FW area in the National Association of Realtors’ quarterly U.S. home-price report. Nationwide, home prices inched up 0.2 percent from a year earlier during the same period, according to the Realtors’… Read more »
DC: Home Sales in January Up 31% Over Last Year
Home sales in the Washintgon, D.C., metro region got a bump last month, according to one index. Pending sales were up 31 percent from a year earlier, according to RealEstate Business Intelligence, a subsidiary of Metropolitan Regional Information Systems of Rockville. The index is a two-year moving window that uses pending sales and median sales… Read more »
“Boom” Gay Planned Community Coming to Palm Springs
Boom, a planned community slated for 100+ acres in Rancho Mirage, was originally conceived with gay people in mind, but straight people can come too–everyone’s invited to the multi-generational, pedestrian-oriented, culture-driven, hyphenation-mad little burg, for which plans include 300 residences in eight neighborhoods, an entertainment complex, a boutique hotel, a gym, and “state-of-the-art wellness facilities”… Read more »
Is Seattle Real Estate Market Bouncing Back?
Fourth quarter real estate numbers are dismal, but the picture changes when you look at what happened in January. A new report from Zillow.com shows a drop in home values and an increase in people who owe the bank more than their home is worth. According the Zillow’s data, nearly three out of 10 local… Read more »
MN: Twin Cities Real Estate Values Still Dropping
With each passing month, woes continue for the Twin Cities housing market. A steady stream of reports show the housing market still faces a mighty struggle, as home values continue to fall and the number of homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth continues to rise. The latest data, from… Read more »
GA: Atlanta Home Values Dropped to 1999 Levels in 2010
Home values in metro Atlanta fell 15 percent in the final three months of 2010. That’s according to real estate company Zillow, which tracks home prices nationwide. By comparison, homes values only fell 6 percent nationally. More than 54 percent of single-family homes in Atlanta are worth less than their owners owe on them. What’s… Read more »
AZ: Phoenix Foreclosures Account for 43% of Home Sales
Foreclosures accounted for 43 percent of January’s home sales in the Phoenix area, bouncing up from about 30 percent of single-family resales in the last few months of 2010. The latest report from Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business also reports that more than 3,600 single-family homes were impacted by foreclosure proceedings in… Read more »
Zillow: Homes Across US Saw Price Declines in Fourth Quarter
Home prices declined more in the fourth quarter of 2010 than in any period since the first quarter of 2009, according to Zillow’s fourth quarter Real Estate Market Reports. Falling 5.9 percent year-over-year, the Zillow Home Value Index reached $175,200 by the end of 2010, off 27 percent from its June 2006 peak. The declining… Read more »
Planned Boston Gay Retirement Community Files for Bankruptcy
The entity formed to build what was to be Boston’s first retirement community catering specifically to gay men and lesbians filed Tuesday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Stonewall Miner LLC listed assets and liabilities both in the range of $1 million to $10 million. The company’s Fenway project never broke ground, according to media reports… Read more »
CO: Vail Real Estate Market Picked Up in 2010
With final numbers for the year in hand, 2010 looks like a good news/bad news year for local real estate. First, the good news: * Transactions were up by one-third over 2009. * Total sales volume increased by two-thirds over 2009. * Whether or not prices have hit bottom, buyers are coming back, if not… Read more »
Fix-Up Loans Growing in Popularity in SW Florida
After moving to Fort Myers in June for a job, Grant Wilcox and Michelle Tarr decided they wanted to buy a condominium. But a lot of the properties in their price range were rundown and beat-up. The units were missing appliances, had broken doors and worn carpeting. It was starting to look like the pair,… Read more »
Is Tallahassee The Best Place in Florida to Buy Real Estate?
Tallahassee is at the top of the list when it comes to real estate in Florida. That’s according to local real estate analysts who say based on statewide and national data, Florida’s capital city has the best market in the sunshine state. In 2004, 96% of houses for sale were actually sold in Leon County,… Read more »
MN: Minneapolis Real Estate Market Showing Signs of Life
Employment, hospitality, entertainment and mass transit usage were up last year in downtown Minneapolis. The commercial real estate market absorbed the equivalent of nearly four Target stores full of space, and vacancy rates started to decline. Crime and homelessness also were down as business rebounded and the arts-and-entertainment industries surged. Those are the headlines from… Read more »
SC: Lowcountry Real Estate Market Improving
The real estate business chugged toward recovery last year in both the Hilton Head Island and Beaufort areas, according to statistics and Realtors. Home, condo and villa sales increased 16.1 percent to 2,486 in the Hilton Head area and by 21.7 percent to 963 in the Beaufort area compared to 2009, the South Carolina Realtors… Read more »
NV: Scammers Convince Homeowners to Redirect Mortgage Payments
If you receive a letter telling you that your mortgage servicer has changed and instructing you to send payments to a different address, check in with your old servicer before making the move. You could be the victim of a scam that could put you in foreclosure. In Nevada, two men have been arrested for… Read more »
BofA Getting Out of Reverse Mortgage Business
Due to “competing demands and priorities that require investments and resources be focused on other key areas of…business,” Bank of America has announced that it will be pulling out the reverse mortgage origination business[1]. The decision follows in the wake of much bad press from around the country as BofA finds itself under attack in… Read more »
HI: Oahu Real Estate Prices on the Upswing
It is an American dream – a home in Hawaii. But how many of us can actually make that dream a reality? Before you erase that dream from your bucket list, take a closer look at the 2011 Oahu real estate market. Sales of your American dream are on the rise in the Oahu real… Read more »
AB: Edmonton Real Estate Sales Start Slow in January
Edmonton-area home sales started 2011 at a considerably slower pace than 2010, show MLS figures released Wednesday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton. Residential sales for the Edmonton region in January were 735, down 11.9 per cent from December and off by 21 per cent from January 2010. Buyers began entering the market in January… Read more »
NY: Manhattan Condo Prices Dropped in November
In November, prices fell by 2.9% to $1,037.63 per square foot from October, according to real-estate data company Radar Logic’s monthly RPX index. The decline marks a reversal from the upward trajectory Manhattan condo prices have been on since hitting a four-year low of $932.42 per square foot in May 2009. Since then, the city’s… Read more »
BC: Vancouver Housing Market Hanging in the Balance
Metro Vancouver’s housing market remained in balanced market conditions in January, although there were signs of a sellers’ market returning with higher levels of demand in larger communities. “There was a healthy balance between the number of home buyers and sellers in our market in January, but there’s always variation in activity from region to… Read more »
Will US Housing Prices Stabilize in 2011?
Are better times ahead in real estate? And are declining home prices likely in the coming year? Can both happen at the same time? That might be the case, according to a new analysis from Fiserv, Inc., an information management provider for the financial services industry. It says both that prices will stabilize — but… Read more »
Five Hidden Costs for Homeowners
The decision to rent or buy can be complicated. There are a lot of factors to consider–market statistics, home prices, how long you plan to stay in your home, how fast rents rise, and so on. There are online calculators that can give you a rough idea of whether it would be better for you… Read more »
TX: Distressed Homes More Than 16% of Dallas/Fort Worth Sales Totals
Distressed home sales in Dallas-Fort Worth nearly doubled since the peak of the market in 2006 and now account for more than 16 percent of all area home sales. In a report released Monday, the Texas A&M University Real Estate Center found that sales of distressed homes — defined as any house being sold by… Read more »
Dubai: Three Manmade Islands in The World Project For Sale
Three islands on The World project here in Dubai ÂÂFinland, Sapporo and Kathmandu – are up for sale in the secondary market, Emirates 24|7 can reveal. Two Dubai-based real estate agencies have put online adverts for sale of the islands, with Finland and Sapporo, the high-density islands, offered at a discount. The 350,226.00-square feet Finland… Read more »
Is Sustainable Living the Wave of the Future?
TURNING green is becoming more and more popular among homeowners as rising household costs, government legislation and greater environmental awareness combine in favour of making a change. Real Estate Institute of Queensland managing director Dan Molloy said sustainable housing was no longer a fringe issue and was increasingly seen as a smart investment decision undertaken… Read more »
2010 Was a Tough Year for Tulsa Real Estate
2010 was the worst year for Tulsa-area home sales in over a decade, as consumers still jittery about the economy put off buying new places to live. Then again, there have been much worse years for home sales, said John Woolman, president of McGraw Realtors. “It was worse in the ’80s,” he said. “People just… Read more »
Google Maps Getting Out of Real Estate Search Business
Google announced they are “retiring” their Google Real Estate Search feature, which was launched back in July 2009. Google said the service will go offline on February 10, 2011. They cite the reason for killing off this search service is partly due to “low usage.” But we knew that, we thought Google would save the… Read more »
Portland, Maine Office Vacancies at New High
Drew Sigfridson is a property broker with The Boulos Company, which has just released a survey on the office market in Maine’s biggest city. He says there’s now almost 1.3 million square feet of desk and cube space sitting empty–that’s 11.2 percent of all available space. “Essentially what we saw in 2008, 2009, 2010, was… Read more »
US: Foreclosures Up in Most Major Cities
The foreclosure crisis is getting worse as high unemployment and lackluster job prospects force homeowners in an increasing number of U.S. metropolitan areas into dire financial straits. In Seattle, Houston and Chicago, cities that were relatively insulated from foreclosures early on in the housing bust, a growing number of homeowners are falling behind on mortgage… Read more »
NV: One in 10 Reno Homes Foreclosed in 2010
RealtyTrac released its 2010 Year-End Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report on Wednesday, and one in every 16 Reno-Sparks homes went into foreclosure in 2010. The national average was one in 45 homes. Reno-Sparks ranked 11th on the list of the nation’s 206 metropolitan areas in foreclosure activity. In 2010, 11,005 properties received a foreclosure notice. That… Read more »
Cool Home of the Day: Claw of the Dragon in Anchorage, Alaska
Located on a half acre and made from imported Oregon timber, this home features four bedrooms, views of surrounding mountains and a floating staircase. See the Wall Street Journal’s House of the Day Home Page
Zsa Zsa Gabor to Sell Beverly Hills Estate
Zsa Zsa Gabor’s mounting medical bills and the staggering monthly costs of upkeep on her sprawling estate were the driving factors behind the decision to put the property on the market, the actress’ husband said today. Prince Frederic von Anhalt gave reporters a tour of the 28-room, 12,000-square-foot mansion, and explained that he had no… Read more »
The Advocate’s 5th Gayest City in America: Pittsburgh
The historic home of daddy Andy Warhol, mommy Gertrude Stein, and cool lezzie aunt Willa Cather, Pittsburgh has always had a gay streak, but it’s been unsung as a major destination. But now gays and lesbians are taking advantage of the bargain housing prices in this beautiful, cleaned-up urban landscape. The vibrant arts community –… Read more »
Is Real Estate A Good Hedge Against Inflation?
It often gets thrown around that owning real estate is a good “hedge” against inflation. That is, real estate prices will inherently rise under inflationary pressures. As far as conventional wisdom goes, this seems to be the case. But does this relationship actually hold true? To investigate this idea further, we looked at three separate… Read more »
7,000 New Condos Remain Unsold in Southern Florida Real Estate Market
According to a new report from South-Florida based Condo Vultures, nearly 7,400 condominium units – some 15 percent of the total new inventory – created near the coast in the tricounty South Florida region during the real estate boom are still not sold as of Dec. 31, 2010. Developers created nearly 250 projects with 49,000… Read more »
US Sees Third Month of Commercial Real Estate Price Increases
U.S. commercial property prices rose 0.6 percent in November from the previous month, the third consecutive gain, as the economy showed signs of improvement, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Index climbed 2.8 percent from a year earlier, Moody’s said in a report today. It is up 6.4 percent from an… Read more »
The Advocate’s 6th Gayest City in America: Vancouver, WA
One gets the sense that a lot of those groovy gay and lesbian Portlanders are mellowing out and coming here to settle down. Friendly, low-key, neighborhoody Vancouver is right across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., and has bars such as the Northbank (106 W. Sixth St.) with affordable happy hours and uncrowded pool tables…. Read more »
Detroit Real Estate Offers Some Great Opportunities
Residential and commercial development in Detroit remains extremely challenging, but opportunities are emerging in both residential and commercial real estate, according to a panel of experts that spoke today at a University of Michigan Ross School of Business conference about revitalizing the city. “We’ve lost 30% plus in valuation over the last 10 years,” in… Read more »
Five Tips For Buying a Home
With low interest rates and foreclosure and short-sale properties on the market, many first-time home buyers have made the decision to enter the market. If home ownership is finally within your reach, be sure to keep these five tips in mind before beginning the process. 1. Do Your Homework: Use the Internet or a Realtor… Read more »
Reno’s Falling Real Estate Prices a Boon for Young Buyers
Rheanda Hamlin and her husband, Jeremy, are part of a growing segment of homebuyers. They are 20-somethings now able to buy in a neighborhood that would have been unattainable five years ago. “With the prices being a little bit lower, and we were able to find a foreclosure in the area where my son goes… Read more »
The Advocate’s 7th Gayest City in America: Atlanta
Atlanta has always had the infrastructure to be the gay nexus for the South, and if the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce has its way there will continue to be an influx of LGBT businesses that will promote advocacy through economics and provide a more powerful voice for equality. Not to mention that… Read more »
The Advocate’s 8th Gayest City in America: Washington DC
In the past few years, D.C. has been loosening its tie and doffing the boring blue blazer. There are large, thumpy dance clubs like Town (TownDC.com), which hosts variety shows by LGBT troupe Crack (CrackDC.com), and monthly parties have cropped up all over the city, such as the alt-queer/pop/dance night Taint at DC9 (DCNine.com). Even… Read more »
NY: Long Island Warehouse Property Reverting to Residential
NOW that Clare Rose, the beer distributor, has moved to a new facility on a 34-acre site in Yaphank, its 12.5 acres studded with warehouses here are about to be transformed back to their original residential state. “After 74 years and 5 major expansions, it got to a point where we couldn’t expand anymore,” said… Read more »
