Real Estate

The luxury branded residences of Dubai include the five-star names of Bulgari, Lamborghini, and The Dorchester Collection. Dubai does not lack in luxury living and style.  One of the most prominent addresses is Bulgari Resort and Residences. It sits on Jumeirah Bay, a seahorse-shaped island that is one of Dubai’s most beautiful areas yet close

This isn’t your parents’ mountain house. Gray’s Crossing in Truckee, California, offers a modern take on mountain living – complete with new construction, contemporary designs and luxury amenities. The golf-course community consists of five neighborhoods bordered by forestland and set near ski slopes and Lake Tahoe. In addition to the 18-hole championship course, there’s a

CEO of Snappt and President of Berlind Properties. At the heart of the American dream is the core belief that there is the ability to improve one’s lot, for oneself and one’s children. Acting upon that dream, ordinary citizens saved their pennies and took a leap of faith to invest in what always seemed to be the “sure

As with much of London, the streets and structures of London neighborhood, Belgravia, are rich with a storied history—but while many can boast noteworthy pasts of royalty and nobility, none perhaps has quite as auspicious a future.  Initially developed in the 19th-century by Marquess of Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Belgravia’s noble roots have remained a through-line—several

A premier plot on the iconic Palm Jumeirah in Dubai has sold for a record-breaking AED 70 million or about US $19 million – signaling a solid finish to an already strong year for the luxury real estate brokerage Driven Properties. “Luxury real estate was always in high demand in Dubai, but this year it

A commercial purchase and sale contract required the seller to obtain estoppel certificates from building tenants and deliver them to the buyer “two business days” before the Closing Date for the deal. The Closing Date was Friday. So when exactly did the seller have to deliver the estoppel certificates to the buyer? The buyer interpreted

Kyle Crown is the President of Crown Commercial PM. He holds a B.S. in business from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Commercial property managers conduct business in the present tense. Most of our work has to do with reacting to the needs of property owners in real time. However, as a commercial property owner with

For the last 35 years, banks have made floating rate loans based on an interest rate index called the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which was determined using interest rate quotes from a panel of money center banks. In the real estate business, LIBOR loans have historically been priced in one-month intervals, with the rate

Between preparing to host family and friends for Thanksgiving and making gift lists and checking them twice, the whirlwind of activities during the busy holiday season can feel more like a blast of arctic air than a hint of festive cheer.  Kitchens are put through the ultimate stress test on Thanksgiving, with every appliance and

Craftsman homes from the early 20th century are a revered part of California’s architectural history. Examples of the domestic style, which grew out of the international Arts and Crafts movement, can be found throughout the L.A. area. Built about 1912, this wood-framed Craftsman in Santa Monica has the distinction of being a contributing structure to

If you’ve felt this housing market is the hottest you’ve ever seen— you may be spot on. In the 15 months between the quarter ending in June 2020 and the quarter ending in September 2021, the median U.S. home price rose 25.5%—the most over a similar time period in our nation’s history since these figures

New York is in love with the new. During week after week in the fall of 2021, buyers at the upper end of the real estate market have been choosing with their dollars. What they choose, time and again, is newly constructed (or not even yet constructed) condominiums. While fewer billionaires are actually purchasing units

This restored and updated Georgian-style home is set in Teddington Park, an affluent residential community in Toronto. Developed from farmland in the 1930s, the leafy green neighborhood is covered in mature trees and borders a golf course. The stately three-story is in keeping with the historic houses in the area. The red brick home is

Thursday, November 11 is Veteran’s Day in the United States, when we honor those who have served in our nation’s armed services. According to the Veteran’s Administration, more than 185,000 of the vets who have received care in one of their facilities have been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and between 11% and

Few American entertainment figures have the stature of Carol Burnett. She has been nominated for countless Emmys, Golden Globes, Tonys and Grammys, winning her share of all of them. She has received the country’s highest accolades, including a Kennedy Center Honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and, in 2019, she

Meet Beverly Hills luxury agent Gary Gold, who sells 24-karat gold properties, including The Playboy Mansion and Hearst Estate. Gold, an agent for almost 30 years with Beverly Hills-based Hilton & Hyland, is known for his record-breaking sales on several of the most expensive ultra-luxury estates anywhere. “There has never been a market like this before. In 2016, when The Playboy

Over the last 10 years, Austin was the fastest-growing big city in the country; the population grew by a third, almost 600 thousand people. That level of growth continued in the last three years: 9% – mainly people moving from other parts of Texas but many from the West Coast and the Northeast; rents increased

Apartments are where home sweet home is at for more and more Americans: in the last decade, the multifamily market has experienced hypergrowth. Even during COVID-19, 2020 saw a 50% increase in multifamily units, compared to that of 2019. And, rents in multifamily housing markets climbed 10% in 65 of the 150 largest metropolitan areas. The occupancy

Americans have started cashing out some of the record amount of home equity they gained as property values surged during the pandemic. Cash-out refinancings, meaning new loans that resulted in a lump-sum payout to the homeowner, were up 33% in October compared to a year earlier, according to data released Monday by Black Knight Inc.

David L. Welch is CEO and President of Robinson Weeks Partners. The impact of the pandemic on work has steadily evolved over the course of the crisis. From the global shutdown in its initial weeks that crippled service-oriented business to the positive tailwinds e-commerce providers have experienced, each industry has been affected differently. For industrial developers