Real Estate

Trouble keeps coming in for Cyprus regarding its golden passports investment program. After Al-Jazeera undercover journalists filmed Cypriot officials offering help to a fictional Chinese businessperson with a criminal record, to gain EU citizenship through the program, the European Commission announced that it is launching infringement procedures against Cyprus, as well Malta. Specifically, the Commission
0 Comments
authentic medieval beautiful villages (borgo) of Italy getty Italy’s region of Emilia Romagna is paying people under 40 up to €30,000 to move to its mountain towns and buy or restore a house, in a bid to revamp depopulated areas.  The goal is to breathe new life into off-the-radar places where living conditions are tougher
0 Comments
A “sold” sign is posted on a home in Westfield, Ind., Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. The housing market has … [+] staged a furious comeback this summer, even as the economy struggles to regain its footing. Home sales have surged to the highest level in more than a decade. The strength has been driven by
0 Comments
One out of two college students knows “housing insecurity” by heart, first-hand. As many as 68,000 claim to be homeless. That data came before the novel coronavirus struck, heat-seeking America’s and the world’s most vulnerable. So when sustainable urbanism grad student Armelle Coutant and three of her Stanford University colleagues set out on a sleep-deprived
0 Comments
Toni Morrison, American writer, novelist, editor, Italy, September 2012. (Photo by Leonardo … [+] Cendamo/Getty Images) Getty Images The last home of Nobel prizewinning author Toni Morrison has come on the market for $4.75 million. Located in Tribeca’s landmark Textile Building, the condo is a corner unit with a modern feel despite the building dating
0 Comments
Prasan Kale is CEO of Rise Buildings, a property technology platform powering connections between people & buildings. getty In the initial installment of this two-part series, we discussed how property owners are missing out on a significant opportunity to improve their NOI through incremental revenue related to the transactions of third-party goods and services in their
0 Comments
A perfect example of mid-century modernism, the Kaufmann Desert House is for sale. Daniel Solomon for Vista Sotheby’s International Realty At its best, modernism produced poetically beautiful buildings whose spare simplicity belied their sophisticated design. A stellar example is Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann Desert House.  Located in modernism’s spiritual epicenter, Palm Beach, California, it is considered
0 Comments
Rayan is COO/CFO at Fraction and advises several startups. Previously, Rayan was COO/CFO at Unison and ran a major Canadian pension fund. getty In today’s market, it’s not uncommon for homebuyers to receive assistance from their parents. The numbers are staggering. A survey from Legal and General found (download required) 43% of homebuyers under 35 received assistance
0 Comments
Beware of unknown callers promising stupendous purchase prices for commercial real estate. RANJAN SAMARAKONE Even in today’s uncertain commercial real estate market, long-term family owners of commercial real estate often get phone calls or emails out of the blue from someone offering to buy their property. Often those communications include a very impressive number that
0 Comments