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 ...

The Shard: First Images of £50m Penthouse Mansion Flat 735ft above Ground Level

First images of the £50m mansion inside the tallest building in London, The Shard, have been revealed despite details being under wraps until the summer. An Evening Standard source has ...

‘Jersey Shore’ House: What Did Fans Do To The Seaside, N.J., Beach Home? [PHOTOS]

By Amanda Remling | Apr 18, 2012 02:05 PM EDT The Seaside, New Jersey home that houses the “Jersey Shore” gang has been vandalized! While it might not come as ...

Azerbaijan Plans World’s Tallest Tower At ‘New Venice’ [PHOTOS]

By Anila Alexander | Apr 13, 2012 03:30 PM EDT Azerbaijan plans to build the world’s tallest building 3,645 feet high thanks to its vast wealth amassed from its oil ...

Fed to banks: Rent out more foreclosures

The Federal Reserve took steps to encourage banks to turn more of their foreclosed homes into rental properties in new policy guidelines issued on Thursday that could help lessen ...

Britney Spears Sells Her Beverly Hills Villa For $4.3M; At $1 Million More Than The Asking Price

Well, there are too many options for those interested in investing in the posh Beverly Hills area, home to more than half American celebrities. Not only are Madonna’s and Michael ...

‘Material Girl’ Madonna To Sell Lavish Beverly Hills Mansion

The ‘Material Girl’, Madonna, has decided to sell her Beverly Hill mansion, which she purchased in 2003 for a cool $12 million. Beverly Hills, Calif., is the most renowned celebrity ...

US Home Prices Fall In Jan But At Slower Rate: S&P/Case-Shiller

The 20-city composite index fell 3.8 percent compared to the prior year, matching a median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The 10-city composite index fell 3.9 percent. Prices are ...

Norwegian gains fame as taxpayers’ everyman

OSLO — A 36-year-old business consultant became Norway’s ideal known taxpayer this week after the government accidentally displayed his records to everyone who logged onto its tax website. Kenneth Belcovski’s ...

US Home Prices Fall In Jan But At Slower Rate: S&P/Case-Shiller

The 20-city composite index fell 3.8 percent compared to the prior year, matching a median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The 10-city composite index fell 3.9 percent. Prices are ...

Toll Bros. Buys Manhattan Property For $16.5M, Eyes Development

Luxury-home builder Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) has acquired a residential building at 1110 Park Ave. in Manhattan for $16.5 million, according to New York City records filed Friday. A ...

US New-Home Sales Fall 1.6% In Feb.

U.S. new-home sales fell 1.6 percent in February, but prices nation-wide jumped to their highest level in eight months, the Commerce Department stated Friday. Sales rose to a seasonally adjusted ...

US New Home Sales Fall 1.6% In Feb, Prices Rise To 8-Month High

U.S. new-home sales fell 1.6 percent in February, but prices nation-wide jumped to their highest level in eight months, the Commerce Department stated Friday. Sales rose to a seasonally adjusted ...

US 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Clears 4%: Freddie Mac

U.S. mortgage rates rose above 4 percent for the first time since October, following increases in bond yields, Freddie Mac reported Thursday in its weekly survey. The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ...

Michael Jackson’s death home listed again

Michael Jackson is dead and buried — but the home he died in is still very much available. The Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, house where the pop singer ...

U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise With Improving Job Market

U.S. mortgage rates rose with the improving economy, but remained near historic lows in the week ending March 15, Freddie Mac reported Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate climbed to ...

NYU Law School Buys $3.6M UWS Condo For Faculty Housing [PHOTOS]

New York University School of Law has purchased an Upper West Side condo at 845 West End Avenue for $3.6 million, according to city records filed Thursday. The school will ...

Listing of the week: Colonial home with history

The early colonial home could have been constructed well before 1700. 11 Lincoln Street, Gloucester, Mass.Listed for $399,000 Around the time this home was built in the mid-1600s, the Anglo ...

Obama Expands Housing Relief to Military, FHA Borrowers

The U.S. government will cut fees on federally insured mortgages and move to expand home-loan relief to military veterans, President  Barack Obama announced Tuesday. The two initiatives, a mix of ...

U.S. Home Prices Hit New Low After Sliding 3.8% in December

Prices have declined steadily since a federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers expired in 2010. However, the national decline was lower than forecasts by analysts polled by Reuters, who had expected a 5.5 ...

U.S. pending home sales near a 2-year high in Jan

The National Association of Realtors stated its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in January, increased 2 percent to 97.0 – the highest reading since April 2010. December’s ...

Warren Buffett: ‘I Was Dead Wrong’ on Houses, but Buy Anyway

Even the world’s most revered investor makes mistakes. Warren Buffett admitted he was “dead wrong” when he predicted a 2011 housing recovery in his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire ...

Warren Buffet: "I Was Dead Wrong" on Houses, But You Should Still Buy Them

Even the world’s most revered investor makes mistakes. Warren Buffett admitted he was “dead wrong” when he predicted a 2011 housing recovery in his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire ...

Bovis Homes Reports Solid Earnings

Bovis Homes, the builder of traditional homes, has reported that its annual pre-tax profits rose 74% for the financial year ended December 31, 2011, as it sold more homes at ...

‘Housing Debacle’ Permanently Changed Buyer Priorities: Fed’s Bullard

The housing-market bubble and resulting severe recession have discouraged an entire generation of potential home buyers, because they regard ownership of a residence as far riskier than earlier generations did, ...

Jeremy Lin Renting $2.3 Million Apartment at W Downtown Hotel [PHOTOS]

Jeremy Lin, the rising New York Knicks star, will rent a condo at the W Downtown Hotel & Residences in Lower Manhattan in addition to his new apartment at Trump ...

Brad Pitt to Build Croatian Beach Resort: Report

Actor Brad Pitt may soon have a new role: real estate developer. Croatian paper Jutamji List reported that Pitt has partnered with businessman Danko Koncar and actor Rade Serbedzija to ...

Columbus Circle Condo Sells for $19.4 Million [PHOTOS]

A condo in the shimmering twin towers at 25 Columbus Circle in Manhattan has sold for $19.4 million, according to city records posted Tuesday. The sellers were Tracy and Michael ...

Presidents Day 2012: Controversy Engulfs Eisenhower Memorial

A rendering of the memorial. (Gehry & Partners) Along Washington, D.C.’s National Mall, an array of neoclassical monuments give tribute to the country’s leaders. But a new arrival would break ...

January Existing Home Sales Preview: Gains Expected

Existing home sales are expected to rise in January as the broader U.S. economy improves, according to analysts and industry experts. A group of 28 analysts polled by Reuters anticipate ...