Lowe’s 1Q Profit Up, But Earnings Forecast Downgraded

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported first-quarter net income rose 14.4 percent but downgraded its estimated earnings for the year on concerns over momentum in the U.S. ...

Dalian Wanda Buys AMC Entertainment Cinema Company For $2.6B

China’s Dalian Wanda Group Company Ltd. will acquire the second largest U.S. motion picture theater company, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., for $2.6 billion, AMC announced Sunday. It’s the largest takeover ...

Prolonging the Strawberry Season

A lot of my plants are blooming a tiny early this year, but the strawberries seem to be right on schedule. I grew a dozen plants in an upside-down container, ...

World’s First $1 Billion Home: Nita Ambani Gives First Sneak Peek Of The Most Expensive House [PHOTOS]

The pics of the interior of the world’s first $1 billion home “Antilia” have been revealed. Nita Ambani, wife of India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, spoke about her 27-storey, 570-foot-tall ...

Celebrity Real Estate: Seacrest and Ellen deal

The large real estate news in celebrity circles? Ellen DeGeneres finally sold her home, selling it to fellow star Ryan Seacrest, and Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are renting in ...

Record-breaking $90 million penthouse sale in N.Y.

The two-level penthouse features glass walls that offer near-panoramic park views. What real estate downturn? A two-level penthouse with sweeping views of Central Park just sold for more than $90 ...

‘I have an airplane hangar in my front yard’

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Like so many Americans across the nation, Julie Clark commutes to work. But she doesn’t drive, walk or even take a bus or train. Instead, she ...

New York condo sells for a record $90M

Take a look inside New York’s most costly penthouse by clicking on the picture above. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — An unnamed buyer paid more than $90 million for a Midtown ...

Finnish Lines | Tiina in Amagansett, N.Y.

Tiina Laakkonen has lived the ultimate life in fashion: model to William Klein, assistant to Karl Lagerfeld, stylist to top fashion magazines (including T). She even dated a rock star. ...

‘World’s Most Expensive House:’ Ambani Family Unveil Interior of ‘Antilia’ for First Time [PHOTOS]

India’s richest man and his wife have opened the doors into what is believed to be, the most costly house in the world, unveiling exquisite dining areas, vast libraries and ...

Mortgage rates still falling, hit record lows

Mortgage rates have continued to fall over the past week, setting record lows for both 30-year and 15-year contracts, mortgage giant Freddie Mac stated Thursday. The 30-year benchmark now stands ...

Cities where jobs in manufacturing pay the most

Austin, Texas, is one of the most high-tech specialized cities in the country, with 53.6 percent of manufacturing jobs classified as high-tech compared to the national average of just 16.1 ...

Home buying at most inexpensive level in decades

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Buying a home has reached its most inexpensive level in more than two decades. Nearly 78% of homes sold during the first quarter were inexpensive to ...

Mortgage rates hit record low again

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Buying a home just got even cheaper as interest rates on both 30-year and 15-year-fixed-rate mortgages set record lows for the third week in a row. ...

The Facebook effect on San Francisco real estate

(StockTwits) — The Basis Point is a popular mortgage and housing blog that tracks consumer critical issues and data. It is edited by Julian Hebron, a retail mortgage lender who ...

Design for the Birds

I’ve been watching the Cornell Lab of Ornithology webcams for the past week, as great blue heron and red-tailed hawk eggs hatched. It’s been fascinating watching the parents feed, shelter ...

Properties: Salvaged Brick and Design Tricks Make New Dutch Mansion Look Old

WASSENAAR, NETHERLANDS — It happens in the life of every passionate art collector: the moment when you realize there simply are not enough walls. That realization struck Carla and Pieter ...

Properties: Stability Proves a Winner for Barbados Real Estate

SAINT JAMES, BARBADOS — The price of homes on the Caribbean island of Barbados has never been cheap. Yet even though the cost of land has been on the rise, ...

The Get | Fredericks & Mae Kites

The ceilings in the rustic basement studio in the Bedford Stuvesant section of Brooklyn that Jolie Mae Signorile and Gabriel Fredericks Cohen share are low enough to make a person ...

We’re overspending, and we may be in denial about it

It’s no secret that many Americans have long relied on credit cards and other forms of debt to get what we want, or what we need. But a new survey ...

Cuomo Boosts Stature After N.Y. Voters OK School Budget Tax Caps

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won a major boost this week after suburban and upstate voters approved 99 percent of their school budgets, most of which adhered to the Democratic ...

Development land prices in London were flat in first quarter of 2012

Development land prices in prime central London took a breather in the first three months of the year, while prices in the rest of the UK also remained stable, the ...

US Mortgage Rates Hit Record Low For 3rd Straight Week: Freddie Mac

U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit a record low for the third straight week as concerns over the euro zone weighed on the economy, mortgage financier Freddie Mac stated Thursday. The ...

Eurozone crisis will mean higher mortgages in the UK, Bank of England warns

Millions of home owners in the UK are facing sharp rises in mortgage rates as a result of the chaos in the Eurozone, according to the Bank of England. The ...

Pinch Me! Helping Your Plants Branch Out.

Is it that time already? I feel like I just got my plants in the ground and yet they are begging to be pinched back and deadheaded. Perennials really are ...

Mortgage delinquencies drop to 4-year low

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The percentage of borrowers who have dropped behind on their mortgage payments fell to a four-year low in the first three months of 2012, a bankers’ ...

On Location: A San Francisco Couple Domesticates a Former Warehouse

Matthew Millman for The New York Times Clive McCarthy and Tricia Bell’s San Francisco home. More Photos » WHEN it comes to life decisions, Clive McCarthy doesn’t shy away from ...

How to Tell if You’re Living an Over-Propped Life

Jamie Schwaberow for The New York Times If only publishers would focus on the color of the spine instead of a book’s contents. More Photos » BACK in the 1980s, ...

Currents | Deals: Sales at John Derian and Others

Bedding, tableware and découpage are up to 70 percent off at John Derian, through Saturday (découpage dome paperweights, originally $60, are $25); 6 East Second Street (Bowery), (212) 677-3917, johnderian.com. ...

Design Notebook: Kips Bay Show House Reinvented in a High-Rise

Trevor Tondro for The New York Times A room by Bryant Keller for the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. More Photos » WEARING snug khaki shorts, a white button-down oxford ...