Posts with tag most expensive

Nothing like a week-long scorcher to make home buyers appreciate the value of a good swimming pool. But wade into the luxury real estate market and you'll find swimming pools with bigger price tags than most houses. Take, for instance, the pool featured above, which appeared in everyone's favorite Southern-fried vampire... Continue Reading »

The just-completed One Hyde Park apartment complex in London is notable for more than its A-list architecture and posh park views. At as much as $225 million a unit, it sets a real-estate record: a jaw-dropping $9,500 per square foot, making it the most expensive real estate in the world. By way of comparison, the closest... Continue Reading »

What will your dream house cost? That depends entirely on where you buy it. According to a new report that looked exclusively at four-bedroom two-bath listings, the most expensive market is Newport Beach, Calif. while the most affordable is Detroit. But does affordability alone always equate desirability? Coldwell... Continue Reading »

It may look like Newport, R.I., but it's actually New Jersey -- the Jersey that Manhattanites and Americans of all stripes love to mock. But Alpine, N.J., is far from the Jersey Shore of "Snooki" and "The Situation." Just six miles away from Manhattan, it is the most expensive zip code in the United States, according to... Continue Reading »

Truman Capote got Manhattanites to cross bridges for his swank soirees long before the hipsters discovered that more space and cheaper rent existed -- with majestic architecture -- east of the island. "I live in Brooklyn. By choice," Capote famously penned in 1959. Much has changed in the 45 years since Capote rented a... Continue Reading »