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Jennifer Aniston’s Los Angeles Home For $42 Million

Via Realtor.com: Jennifer Aniston’s Los Angeles home has finally hit the open market after laying low for months as a pocket listing. The $42 million mansion is 10,000 square feet and sits on almost an acre of land in the hills above Sunset …

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California Ranch House In Brentwood For $3.59 Million

New to the market, this California ranch home can be purchased for the price of $3.59 million. Built in 1950, the three bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom home was once owned by “Closer” Producer Cary Brokaw and his wife, Christine. Located in…

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Queens 8-Year-Old Buys Loaded Semi-Automatic Handgun At School For $3

It should come as no surprise to any parent that kids will bring home the darnedest things. Whether it is a slimy toad or a sniffling cold, they’ll certainly keep you on your toes. Those items, as irritating as they may be, however, pale in …

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Maurice Benard’s House For $2.9 Million

Soap Star Maurice Benard and his wife Paula have put their Hollywood Hills home on the market for $2.9 million. Situated on over an acre of land, this custom-built home boasts nearly five thousand square feet of living space. The three bedro…

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Ted Petersen’s Home Damaged By Fire: Former Steelers Lineman Recovers Super Bowl Rings

MOMENCE, Ill. — A fire has torn through the Illinois home of former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman and Super Bowl champion Ted Petersen.Petersen tells The Daily Journal in Kankakee the Sunday blaze that left his home in rural Momence…

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New Home Sales Inch Up From Rock Bottom

Sales of new homes rose slightly in March after reaching a record low in February, bolstering hopes among economists and home builders that the housing market’s multi-year decline has finally hit rock bottom.New home sales — tabulated when …

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Paul Williams-Designed Beverly Hills Home For $7.75 Million

Via Curbed LA: Another Paul Williams home has hit the market in Beverly Hills, this time with a price tag of $7.75 million. As we’ve mentioned before, Williams was the first African-American architect recognized by the American Institute of…

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Vivi Nevo’s Brentwood Modern For $4.79 Million

Media mogul Vivi Nevo’s Brentwood home has been listed at $4.79 million, down from the original price of $5.29 million. Built in 1964 and since remodeled, the home features five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms. The nearly five thousan…

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Frank Gehry’s Schnabel House For $13 Million

Frank Gehry’s Schnabel House is now for sale with a listing price of $13 million. The residence was completed in 1989 for Ambassador Rockwell Schnabel and his wife, Marna Schnabel. Marna, who worked under Gehry, has said the design of the …

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Eric Clapton’s Home In Venice On The Market For $2.5 Million

Via Curbed LA: The lucky new owner of this Venice beach home will acquire an architectural gem, an unreleased Eric Clapton recording, a hefty tax break, and the opportunity to donate in a big way to tsunami relief efforts in Japan. Actor and…

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Ashlee Simpson’s House Relisted For $3.69 Million

Via Realtor.com: Ashlee Simpson’s home has been relisted with an asking price of $3.69 million, down from the original price of $4 million. Built in 1992, Simpson bought the home in 2007 for $4.5 million. Located in Beverly Crest, the Medi…

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Denis Watson’s Palisades Home For Sale For $23.5 Million

Via LA Times: Pro Golfer Denis Watson has just put his Pacific Palisades home on the market for a whopping $23.5 million. The LA Times reports that Watson and wife Susan Loggans purchased the home from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver…

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Divorced Irish Woman Attempts To Sell Home On YouTube

A divorced Irish mother of two has turned to YouTube in a final ditch attempt to sell her palatial country home in a bid to live “happily ever after”.Jillian Godsil, has launched an online campaign to promote her eight-bedroom home which is …

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A. Quincy Jones Property With Vineyard For $29 Million

An A. Quincy Jones home has hit the Bel-Air housing market with a listing price of $29 Million. Originally built in 1965, this wood and steel framed house boasts 8,500 square feet on over three acres of land. A. Quincy Jones (FAIA) studied u…

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BofA CEO Moynihan: Some People Shouldn’t Think Of Their Home As An Asset

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (By Joe Rauch) – U.S. homeowners may need to look elsewhere for long-term investment returns as housing prices in some areas may not rebound long-term, Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan sai…

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Couple Heads Off Foreclosure by Fighting Back

A New Jersey couple fought a lender’s foreclosure proceedings and ended up being able to keep their home. George Elghossain and his wife, Mona, successfully defended against a mortgage loan servicer that tried to foreclose on their 4-bedroom…

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Kate Middleton’s Childhood Home Toured By ‘Today’ (VIDEO)

As reported last week, Kate Middleton’s childhood home is up for auction. The asking price: $888,000 (that’s 550,000 pounds). But what does a prospective buyer get for that hefty price tag?This morning on the Today show, NBC’s Michelle Kosin…

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Shubin+Donaldson’s Underground "Painter Residence"

Culver City based architecture firm, Shubin + Donaldson has begun the “Linda Flora Residence” commissioned by technology pioneer and entrepreneur Scott Painter. Most famous for his company CarsDirect.com, Painter was named the Entreprene…

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Matias Messi’s Home Shot: Police Say Bullets Hit Home Of Lionel Messi’s Brother

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Police say the home of soccer star Lionel Messi’s brother was sprayed with bullets in Argentina. No injuries have been reported.Police say at least six bullets were fired from a small-caliber weapon Monday at …

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Director Jason Reitman’s Home For Sale: $1.595 Million

Via The LA Times: Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman has recently put his Beverly Hills home on the market for $1.595 Million. Reitman is perhaps best known for directing such films as Thank You For Smoking, Juno, and Up In The A…

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Armand Hammer Family Puts Three Properties On The Market For $26 Million

Via Realtor.com: The Hammer family (of Occidental Petroleum fortune and patrons of UCLA’s Hammer Museum) have put three properties on the market for a total of $26 million. While the family’s most famous member may be deceased oil tycoon Arm…

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Mello Residence By Buff, Straub & Hensman

Curbed LA was correct when they guessed there would be “quite a stampede” for this 1956 Buff, Straub, & Hensman home. Less than a month after it came on the market, the “Mello Residence” is already in escrow, according to the official listin…

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Three Children Dead In Chicago House Fire (VIDEO)

CHICAGO — A fire at a home on Chicago’s South Side killed three children, who were trapped in the burning building.Fire officials say the children were ages 2, 4 and 9. They died after the fire broke out early Thursday in the city’s Englewo…

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English Tudor Home In Hollywood For $1.629 Million

Via Curbed LA: This 1926 English Tudor home sits high in the Hollywood Hills, about half a mile from the Mulholland Highway hiking trail to the Hollywood Sign. According to the listing, the two-story property has almost 3,000 square feet of …

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Paul Williams-Designed Holmby Hills Mansion For $23.95 Million

Located in the posh neighborhood of Holmby Hills, this seven bedroom, eleven bathroom mansion’s price tag has been reduced from $26.5 million to $23.95 million after just two months on the market. The home was designed in 1936 by the renowne…

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America’s Fastest Dying Business: Mobile Homes

When it comes to unlucky industries, it’s manufactured home (aka mobile home) retailers who really hit the trifecta. First they missed out on the housing boom. Then they felt the gut-punch of the recession. Now they might yet might miss out …

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10 Housing Markets Where Prices Rose During The Recession: 24/7 Wall Street

The average value of a home declined by 25% to 30% from the period from the third quarter of 2005 to the third quarter of last year. The end of 2005 and beginning of 2006 were the peak of the housing boom. S&P argued that home prices could f…

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15 Eco-Friendly Lamps For Your Home

There’s a million ways to make a lamp – but all lamps are not suited to the same purposes, nor are they all made from eco-friendly materials or able to illuminate with energy-efficient light. With this in mind, we’ve rounded up the 15 most i…

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Green Home Tips From Architect Eric Corey Freed

Eco architect and green building expert Eric Corey Freed has stepped in to distill the process of greening your home into 5 easy steps: increasing insulation, get a thermostat, conserve water through smart technology, overhaul your roof and …

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Southern California Home Prices Remain Flat Even As Home Sales Rise

LOS ANGELES — Southern California home sales rose 20.5 percent last month over November, but prices stayed flat as dormant new-home sales and tight credit conditions weighed the market toward lower-cost properties, a tracking firm repo…

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