Oct 27th 2011 @ 5:00PM
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Around this time of year, horror houses are a dime a dozen. Unless it's a real horror house, in which case the price is $589,000. That's how much agent John Weinrich is asking for the Pennsylvania home that his parents fell in love with and bought nearly 25 years ago. In an interview he gave to ABC News, Weinrich ... Continue Reading »
Oct 26th 2011 @ 2:00PM
Superstition Keeps Richest Man Out of Billion-Dollar House" alt="Superstition Keeps Richest Man Out of Billion-Dollar House" />
A year ago, we brought you the story of Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, who built a Mumbai skyscraper for $1 billion and planned to use it as a private residence -- all 27 stories of it. Well, looks like we jumped the gun a little. A report in the U.K.'s Daily Mail says that the building stands empty today because of ... Continue Reading »
Oct 25th 2011 @ 5:30PM
Mansion or Meth House? 'Flip Men' Want to Know" alt="Mansion or Meth House? 'Flip Men' Want to Know" />
Remember "Flipping Out," the Bravo series that brought us high-strung house flipper Jeff Lewis and his high-end portfolio of properties? Well, you can wipe that image from your mind. The new reality of the housing market brings us a new breed of wheeler-dealers: the Flip Men. And what kinds of properties do these guys ... Continue Reading »
Sep 9th 2011 @ 10:45AM
Woman Faces Foreclosure on House She Bought for $1" alt="Woman Faces Foreclosure on House She Bought for $1" />
We all know the housing crisis narrative: Back in the go-go days of the boom, someone bought a house they couldn't really afford, financed it with a "creative" mortgage and proceeded to use the place like a piggy bank, on the theory that home values would remain forever up in the stratosphere. Then the housing market ... Continue Reading »
Sep 7th 2011 @ 1:15PM
Artist Makes Luxury Home in a Dumpster" alt="Artist Makes Luxury Home in a Dumpster" />
The first time we saw this, via Curbed, we weren't sure it was for real. Maybe this Berkeley dude was having us on, we thought, or making an elaborate point about the current state of the housing market. But artist Gregory Kloehn sounds pretty serious when he explains why he built a luxury residence in a dumpster. "I ... Continue Reading »
