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Inventory Drops While Sales and Prices Rise 27 Aug 2013 | 05:29 pm
Home prices continued their rise in July and sales volume jumped back up from the unexpected June dip. Price per square foot is up 19 percent year over year, but is up only 1.1 percent month-over-mont...
Liberace’s Las Vegas Estate Sells for $500K 26 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm
The Las Vegas mansion once owned by Liberace, the renowned pianist and “King of Showmanship,” just sold for $500,000. Liberace bought the estate in the 1960s, and owned it until his death in 1987. It ...
Jessica Simpson Drops Price of Home by $700K 22 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
After three months on the market, Jessica Simpson has decided to drop the price of her Beverly Hills estate by $700,000, from $7.995 million to $7.295 million. Even with such a significant price drop,...
Speed of Real Estate Market Downshifts Again in July 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
While homes continue to get snatched up at a rapid pace, the percentage of homes that went under contract within two weeks decreased slightly for the third consecutive month, reflecting a gradual slow...
Déjà Vu: Kobe and Vanessa Bryant List (Another) Mediterranean Mansion in Newport Beach 21 Aug 2013 | 10:51 pm
It’s clear Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, are fans of Mediterranean-style mansions. The couple owned two of them right around the corner from each other in Pelican Ridge Estates, a 24-hour guarded...
Celebrity Real Estate Roundup: Katy Perry, Jeremy Renner, Evan Williams and Jamie Moyer 21 Aug 2013 | 03:32 am
Katy Perry may have found a buyer for her Los Angeles home, Jeremy Renner made a fortune on a house flip, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams had no trouble selling his San Francisco home, while MLB pitc...
25 Signs You Live in Los Angeles 16 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
L.A., City of Angels, Lalaland, Tinseltown, Entertainment Capitol of the World. No matter what you call it, the residents of L.A. are proud to call their city home. Read on for signs you’re an Angelin...
Los Angeles County Housing Market Entering a New Phase 16 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
While Los Angeles County remains one of the nation’s most competitive real estate markets, the home-buying frenzy that dominated the area over the past year has started to ease. For the full repor...
Bank Reduces Price of R. Kelly’s Foreclosed Home 16 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am
JP Morgan is having a tough time selling the sprawling, 14,500 square foot mansion once owned by R. Kelly. The bank, which was the lender on the property, purchased the Olympia Fields, IL home in Marc...
How to Calculate the Square Footage of Your Home 16 Aug 2013 | 03:06 am
By: Philip Gvinter, DC Redfin Listing Agent A house that sounds roomy and spacious online may actually have 800 of its square feet contained in a four-foot tall dirt-floor basement. What’s up with th...
