Jul 15th 2010 5:12PM
It's always difficult to choose the destination for your vacation and choosing where to stay creates another level of stress. Most vacationers will call the nearest hotel chain, where the biggest decision is whether to book a room with a queen- or king-size bed. But there is another option: renting a private home. While... Continue Reading »
Jun 28th 2010 1:28PM
With amenities that include outdoor spas, poolside cabanas, private wine lockers, 24-hour fitness centers with views of the city -- who wouldn't want to live in an apartment these days? In Chicago, the big bets developers made by building nearly 1,300 new downtown apartments in 2009 appear to be paying off, big... Continue Reading »
Jun 17th 2010 5:02PM
OK, kids. Get out your pencils and show your work: When something new in a former industrial area costs less than half of something old in a classic neighborhood, will lots of people buy it? The Pencil Factory, so named because it used to be a pencil factory, consists of 93 one-bedroom (starting at $372,000) and... Continue Reading »
Jun 2nd 2010 1:30PM
Miami's Brickell Avenue has forever been considered prime real estate, with high-rise condos that run along Biscayne Bay and offer residents envious views and amenities and most of all -- location, location, location. At $499,000, the 3-bed, 2-bath unit at 1155 Brickell Bay Dr. offers all this and then some. The building... Continue Reading »
Jan 5th 2010 2:00PM
Hello? High-end real estate developer? Yes, you there lurking on RentedSpaces to see what amenities real people, and real renters want... here's a hot tip. Actually, a 360 degree hot tip: the newly designed "dumbwaiter oven." It works like a regular oven with one nifty exception: Instead of the door folding out in all... Continue Reading »
