Property

New Players In Short-Term Vacation Rentals

Doug Lansky | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Airbnb, Tripping, Homeaway, tripping.com, Flipkey, Roomorama, Vacation Rentals, Peer-to-Peer, Slidepollajax, Rentals, Property, Travel News

There's a new kid on the vacation rental block.

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PHOTOS: Inside The World's First $1 Billion Home

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: India, Antilla, Poverty, Housing, Vanity Fair, Mumbai, Slideexpand, Property, Billion Dollar Home, Mukesh Ambani Home, Video, Reliance Industries, Billionaire, Mukesh Ambani Reliance, Extreme Wealth, World News

The first pictures showing the interior of what is believed to be the world's most expensive residence have been made public in Vanity Fair magazine. ...

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Why Would A Divorce Attorney Break The Law?

Henry Gornbein | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Breaking and Entering, Criminal Act, Breaking the Law, Divorce, Attorney Misconduct, Attorey, Property, Divorce News

An attorney has a duty to advocate for his/her client, but this situation is clearly beyond the bounds of advocacy.

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How To Thank The Women Who Paved The Way

Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Greatest Generation, Health, Equal-Rights-Amendment-Women, Future Generations, Mothers, Grandmothers, Property, Great Depression, Women News

The next time you sign a legal document that makes you a property owner or receive a degree, stop for a moment and say a silent thank you to the women who came before you.

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Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Maternal Death, Equality, Women, Gender Bias, Violence Against Women, Poverty, Equity, Pay Equity, We Are Equals, Food Scarcity, Feminization of Poverty, Occupy Wall Street, Child Brides, Male Rights Movement, Girl Slaves, Patriarchy, Property, Gender, Starvation, Girl Effect, Oprah Winfrey, Half the Sky, Property Rights, Sex Slaves, Sexism, Slavery, Forbes, Stoning, Women News

How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

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UNESCO: Libya's Cultural Sites In 'Serious Danger'

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Libya Unesco, Unesco, Irina Bokova, Libya World Heritage, World Heritage Site, Property, Libya, Middle East World Heritage Site, Art, Libya Culture, Cairo, Social, Ethnic, Looting, Damages, Theft, Middle East Unesco, Video, Arts News

The current political and social upheaval in Libya has brought worries the destruction of its cultural property. Libya has five UNESCO World Heritage ...

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Bankruptcy, Equalization and Rule of Law

Andrew Feldstein | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Divorce, Canada, Equalization, Property, Ontario, Divorce News

The Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in Schreyer v. Schreyer has made an important point on the interaction of bankruptcy claims and equalization payments.

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Maintaining San Francisco's Trees -- Lots to Do and No Money

Scott Wiener | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Green Living, San Francisco Budget, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, Property, Trees, Global Warming, San Francisco News

Two-thirds of street trees are the responsibility of adjacent property owners, even if they didn't plant the trees, don't know how to care for them, and don't want them. It's not surprising that maintenance by property owners is spotty.

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Saab Attempts To Avoid Bankruptcy With Big Property Deal

AP | By LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Saab, Salaries, Debt, Spyker Cars, Swedish National Debt Office, General Motors, Hemfosa, Saab Automobile Property, Car Makers, Jobless, Swedish Automobile, European Investment Bank, Property, Business News

STOCKHOLM -- Crisis-hit car maker Saab has struck a $40 million deal to sell and lease back property in an effort to improve its ailing finances that ...

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Have It Your Way: Prepare A Will

Theodore R. Daniels | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Assets, Intestate, Living Trust, Wills, Property, Laws About Wills, How to Make a Will, Death & Dying, Making a Will, Inheritance Laws, Dying Without a Will, Healthy Living News

I have recently attended a number of funerals. After each funeral, the question often asked: "Did the deceased have a will?" It may not surprise yo...

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It's Cheaper To Rent In Only 4 Big U.S. Cities

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buying a Home, Buying a House, Renting, Housing Crisis, Housing Markets, Property, Miami, Las Vegas, Trulia.com, Arlington, Mesa, Phoenix, Rent vs. Buy, Business News

Thanks to the foreclosure crisis, buying a two-bedroom home is cheaper than renting in most big cities. In its quarterly Rent vs. Buy Index, real est...

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'STEALING' My Stuff Back Post-Split

Joan Weis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grandmother, Divorce, Belongings, Children, Christmas, The Seattle Times, Husband, Custody, Sewing Machine, Property, Divorce News

Many years ago, I decided I could no longer be married to my husband. Unbeknownst to me, my leaving meant that my things in the house suddenly became his.

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The Faithful Shopper: Fun Furnishings

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Calypso Home, Flatiron-District, ABC Carpet, Halloween, Crate & Barrel, Crate and Barrel, Brooklyn, Lord & Taylor, ABC Home, Tui Pranich, China, Flatiron, Calvin Klein, Bobby Berk Home, Calypso St. Brth's, Scully & Scully, Mitchell Gold Bob Williams, Lord and Taylor, Scully and Scully, Calypso, Fishs Eddy, New York Museum of Modern Art, Pearl River Mart, Moma, West Elm, Lafayette Street, Wooster Street, William Wayne, Holidays, Holiday Season, Gracious Home, Bloomies, Ikea, Bloomingdale's, Cb2, Crosby Street, Restoration Hardware, Cristina Dos Santos, Bloomingdales, Museum of Modern Art, Dylans Candy Bar, Ralph Lauren, Conran, Tui, Property, Muji, New York News

Whether you're looking for just a few new goblets or linens, or you're planning a major room overhaul, here are some home furnishings and housewares stores to plan your next big to-do.

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5 Places Where Land Is Free

Wallet Pop | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nebraska, Maine, Michigan, Property, Iowa, Land Giveaway, Land, Real Estate, Free Land, Free Real Estate, Kansas, Business News

In the spirit of settling the wild, wild West, some communities are giving away free land lots. What's the catch? You have to agree to build a house (...

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Turkey and Northern Cyprus Still Represent a Sound Property Investment

Richard Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northern Cyprus, Istanbul, Turkey, Richard Powell, Presswire, Property, Energy Debates, Business News

Confidence in the property potential of Istanbul is at an all-time high. And across the Mediterranean, sun shines on Northern Cyprus a total of 300 days a year.

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BP Oil Spill May Cost Housing Market $4.3 Billion

bloomberg.com | John Gittelsohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Bp, Costar Group, Realtytrac, Property, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Coastal Pollution, Home Prices, Gulf Coast, Business News

June 11 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc's oil spill may drive down Gulf Coast property values by 10 percent for at least three years, according to a forecast by...

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Commercial Real Estate: Why Hasn't It Crashed?

money.cnn.com | Heidi N. Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage, HIlton Hotel, Private Equity, Real Estate, Cre, Property, Commercial Real Estate, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Jones Lang LaSalle, Cmbs, Hedge Funds, Securitized Mortgages, Blackstone Group, Business News

Oddly, however, there is one sector that has been outrunning the reaper since 2007, and it's the last place you'd expect to have survived so long: com...

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Changes in the D.C. Housing Market

John Vardas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington DC, Real Estate, Housing, Washington, Property, Business News

Even with the troublesome market and the secondary mortgage failures plaguing the country over the past year, this city has, remarkably, been weathering the storm.

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