Real Estate

In a four-story apartment building in Brooklyn, New York, a very small company is implementing a very big idea: Electrify every building in the United States by leasing landlords the necessary equipment to make the transition. BlocPower is a Brooklyn-based start-up that has “greened” more than 1,200 buildings in New York City and has similar
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In this article 813-HK Pedestrians near the Riviera Garden residential property, developed by Shimao Group Holdings Ltd., in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Shimao spiked nearly 7% on Monday after Chinese business publication Caixin reported the embattled developer is selling all of its real
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If you have a question like this one, send it in. I’ll tackle case studies that have educational value. “I am anxious to pay off my mortgage since, with the current standard deduction, there is no advantage in claiming mortgage interest. “My wife and I are retired. I am 72, with a pension along with Social Security, and have $850,000
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Jon Landau, the producer of Titanic and Avatar, has put his property in Islamorada, Florida on the market for $13.9 million. The waterfront property is currently the most expensive listing in the village of six islands just 90 minutes south of Miami. The stunning property encompasses almost four oceanfront acres. At the entrance, an exceptional
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The Covid pandemic caused a surge in housing costs and a rise in unemployment, leaving nearly 600,000 Americans unhoused in 2020. “What people don’t typically realize when they walk past a person who’s homeless is that this person is costing taxpayers a lot of money,” said Sam Tsemberis, chief executive officer at Pathways Housing First
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We may think the California Ranch evolved organically, descended from Spanish Rancheros married to modernist design. While those are the California Ranch’s ancestors, a California native, Clifford May, invented the style. The San Diego-born May had very little training as an architect, and, after he created the pitched-roof, low-slung California Ranch house in 1932, never
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China’s property developers could come under greater scrutiny for flouting environmental laws, as Beijing steps up efforts to reinforce rules, according to one portfolio manager.  The latest move by Chinese authorities to order indebted property developer China Evergrande to demolish 39 buildings of its Ocean Flower Island project came as a surprise to many, said Teresa Kong,
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