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CareerBuilder releases new labor market rankings In late May, CareerBuilder released its second quarter Labor Market 150 Index, which attempts to evaluate and rank the country’s largest metros. Using data from the employment website’s data arm, EMSI, or Economic
The king of rock n roll’s Palm Springs mansion is on the market and filled with little reminders of Elvis Presley’s successful music history. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion was named “The Home of Tomorrow” by LOOK Magazine in 1962.
2015 shaping up to be good year for new construction in Boston Residential construction spending in the Boston area was down 1 percent year-over-year in May, but so far in 2015 is 23 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those were the two
A 500-acre ranch located in San Juan Valley recently hit the market for $5.6 million, and it has a lot to offer. Aside from featuring two farmhouse compounds, Lestralaur Ranch and October Farm, San Juan Valley Ranch offers access to
As a tribute to his mentor Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect John Lautner built a contemporary treehouse in the Hollywood Hills. Built in 1962 using wood, stone and glass, The Wolff House, as it’s known, blends with the natural
Much speculation surrounds three pairs of handprints captured by Google’s Street View cameras on the front windows of a New York property. Despite the property’s low price of $105,000, buyers are hesitant to place a bid on the historic
How has Boston’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. Boston’s rental market has been one of the hottest in the nation, and new numbers from Reis on the second show show that trend
What details in latest jobs report bear the most significance for housing? The nation’s unemployment rate fell from 5.5 to 5.3 percent in June, while the overall economy added 223,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor
“Pirates of the Caribbean” actor Johnny Depp recently listed his “private village” in Plan de la Tour, France for $25.76 million. Depp’s 37-acre estate offers 10,000 square feet of living space between the main house and guest cottages, a chapel,
Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Massachusetts’ housing market Distressed sales throughout Massachusetts comprised 13.1 percent of all home sales in May, an increase from the 12.2 percent market share of a year ago, according to RealtyTrac’s
Michael Jordan is at it again. After three years of unsuccessful attempts to sell his Chicago-area mansion, the basketball star has decided to give it another try. With a new asking price at $14,855,000 (the numbers add up to
Residential construction spending may be up in 2015, but some areas performing better than others Residential construction spending was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $359.5 billion in May, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census
A San Francisco broker got creative, casting two drag queens, Mercedez Munro and Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, in a Youtube video used to market one of his listings. The two drag queens used humor throughout the video to showcase to prospective
Known as “The Bootlegger’s House,” this 3,169 square foot home has more to offer than just six bedrooms and five baths. Located in Jacksonville, Fla., this property’s most striking feature is a series of underground tunnels, starting in the
The much-anticipated Echo Brickell, a residential high-rise in Miami, originally had plans for a shark tank in the building’s lobby. Though, after a rendering of the shark tank was posted to Instagram, a change.org petition was established to put
Recession technically over, but challenges remain for housing market Six years ago, the recession officially ended. However, 41 percent of Americans still think the housing crisis is happening, and a new study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University has
