Gardens and Mountains in AustraliaThis luxury period-style home on more than 50,000 square feet of land has a national park out the back door and is just a 90-minute drive from Sydney.
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How About Them Apple-Picking Properties?Three properties on the market in New England and Big Sky Country for homeowners who want their own supply of the autumn fruit
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Laguna Beach Party Pad Lists for $20 MillionDubbed the ‘Clayboy mansion’ by owner Clay Berryhill, the roughly 10,200-square-foot house comes with an indoor/outdoor bar, a pool with a waterfall and showers that emit scented oil and colored lighting
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Brooklyn's Priciest Condo Listed for $32 MillionThe 11,000-square-foot condo spans the 10th, 11th and 12th floors of One Brooklyn Bridge.
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Down-to-Earth HomesRammed-earth homes—made of compressed soil, gravel and other natural materials—are both durable and energy efficient. Now, luxury homeowners are making aesthetic improvements to give walls color and sparkle.
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High-Rise Race in India's BoomtownCentral Mumbai has emerged as the epicenter of the city’s finance industry, attracting luxury high-rises.
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Nixon's Western White House Is Listed for $75 MillionSan Clemente estate is owned by onetime volunteer gardener, Allergan founder Gavin Herbert.
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New York Building With Mansion-Sized Ambitions Seeks $65 MillionThe owners of a Tribeca apartment building are offering to convert it into a single-family home and deliver it finished to a buyer
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Colorado Estate With Uber-Deluxe Driveway Lists for $29.5 MillionNear Vail, the estate includes a roughly 13,000-square-foot Tuscan-inspired villa and a 1½-mile long road that took two years and $1 million to build
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Miami Beach Penthouse With Pool Lists for $33 MillionThe penthouse at L’Atelier Residences will have its own private 40-foot-long infinity pool
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The D.I.Y. TomatoThere’s no accounting for taste—or for accounting—in growing your own
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Now Hot: Jack the Ripper's Old NeighborhoodSpurred by soaring home prices in prime London, young professionals are buying in some of the capital’s grittiest—and notorious—neighborhoods.
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Christopher Meloni's Beverly Hills Home is Listing for $7.995 MillionThe ‘Law & Order’ actor and his family have rented the Spanish-style house for the past two years for $20,000 a month.
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Fran Lebowitz on Why Childhood Was a Good FitThe writer sizes up life in her family’s 1950s split-level house in New Jersey.
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The Rise of the Mercenary Real-Estate AgentIn search of more deals or higher commissions, real-estate agents are increasingly jumping ship and joining other firms.
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How a New York DJ Revived an English ManorTechno DJ Nick Ashley-Cooper suddenly became the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury—with a disintegrating English estate on his hands. He undertook a major renovation.
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New Designs Inspired by Le Corbusier's Ronchamp ChapelA journey to the architect’s famed shrine in Ronchamp, France, whose idiosyncratic bravado is still shaping the design of décor.
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The Challenges of Selling a Hollywood HomeIn Los Angeles, an abode that has housed generations of Hollywood legends can be the ultimate status symbol, but there are complications when it is time to sell.
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Ziff Family Florida Compound Is Seeking Almost $200 MillionKnown as “Gemini,” the nearly 16-acre estate south of Palm Beach is one of the highest priced listings in the country
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An Apple Manager's Headquarters for High JinksA creative director crafts a San Francisco home dedicated to daring, whimsy and fun.
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Japan's Creative, Ephemeral HomesBuyers value new, highly personalized houses—forget resales. This model has one happy side-effect: a flourishing of some of the world’s most wonderfully bizarre architecture.
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Developers Put on the Glitz for Busy Fall Selling SeasonIncreasingly, developers use a wide range of splashy affairs to promote luxury residential real-estate sales in autumn, the most important sales period after spring.
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Microsoft Opens Flagship Store on Fifth AvenueMicrosoft will step onto one of the world’s biggest retail stages Monday when it opens its Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan as part of its strategy to boost direct contact with consumers.
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A Resnick Scion Strikes Out on His OwnWith a new Chelsea condominium that’s 80% sold, Scott Resnick shows he’s up to the challenge of developing residential projects on his own.
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Shopping Mall Developer Taubman DiesA. Alfred Taubman, the self-made billionaire who cemented the enclosed shopping mall into American culture has died. He was 91.
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Take A Broader View to Better Understand the New-Home MarketThe Commerce Department’s monthly figures on the new-home market typically come with a lot of noise. Its latest report Thursday on March home starts was no exception.
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Fannie, Freddie to Lower FeesThe Federal Housing Finance Agency is set to direct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce mortgage fees on some borrowers.
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An App That Helps Glimpse the FutureRokitt’s augmented-reality technology helps architects and residents see a skyline’s potential.
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What's the DealA roundup of real-estate news in the tri-state region
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New York's Institutional Building SpreeProjects by schools, hospitals and others more than tripled in the first half of this year compared with a year earlier.
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Stonewall Inn, Historic Gay Site, May Become New York City LandmarkThe city Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday on designating the Stonewall Inn as an individual landmark for its pivotal role in New York City’s social history.
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Red Berries Are Coming Back to New JerseyIn a sign of the changing beverage market, a longtime plant and distribution facility of juice maker Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. will soon be home to the company Bai Brands, which produces drinks made from the coffee fruit.
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Rent Regulations Expire as Deal Eludes LawmakersNew York City’s rent regulations expired at midnight Monday as Albany lawmakers couldn’t agree on how to renew a law that afforded protection to more than two million people.
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A House Made for a SailorThe Kroeses are selling their waterside home in Westbrook, Conn., designed to complement lives spent largely on sailboats. The nautically themed home is on the market for $1.975 million.
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Group Wants Parking Lots Converted to Elderly HousingA study by the advocacy group LiveOn NY has identified 39 parking lots in the five boroughs that it says are underused and would be better used as housing for seniors.
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A Resnick Scion Strikes Out on His OwnWith a new Chelsea condominium that’s 80% sold, Scott Resnick shows he’s up to the challenge of developing residential projects on his own.
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