With his wedding to Pop sensation, Katy Perry, on the horizon, English Lord of the Rings actor, Orlando Bloom, is selling the house he bought in Beverly Hills, after an extensive renovation. He had planned on living in the home, ...
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Feed SubscriptionSpice Girl Mel “B” Recently Put Her Hollywood Mansion Up For Sale
Mel “B” Brown, popularly known as “Scary Spice”, gained fame and wealth as a member of the popular girl band, Spice Girls, from 1994 through 2000. The group hit the big time with its first album, Spice, which immediately gained ...
Read More »Jamaica Mortgage Bank Makes Changes To Mortgage Indemnity Insurance Plan
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 7, 2019 — General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Courtney Wynter, says that effective immediately, the Bank will be implementing four changes to the Mortgage Indemnity Insurance (MII) plan. In an interview, Wynter said that ...
Read More »How To Acquire Your Dream Vacation Home
(NC) — Regular travellers to the United States often consider investing in a vacation home. After all, it makes perfect sense — you have a dedicated property in your favourite vacation destination at your disposal any time. And there is ...
Read More »Sold A Home? Know Your Tax Obligations
(NC) — If you’ve recently sold a home, there are some things you need to know at this time of year. When you sell your own home (or principal residence) you usually don’t have to pay tax on any profit ...
Read More »Canadian Housing Starts Trend Held Steady In January
OTTAWA, Ontario February 11, 2019 — The trend in housing starts in Canada was 208,131 units in January 2019, compared to 207,171 units in December 2018, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month ...
Read More »Canada’s Millennials Still Dream Of Home Ownership – And Make It Happen
By Jane Londerville Guest Writer Both Toronto and Vancouver had frantic housing markets in 2017 — prices skyrocketed and many properties sold with bidding wars that pushed their prices high over the listing price. The 15 per cent surtax on foreign ...
Read More »Airbnb’s Adverse Impact On Urban Housing Markets
By Mariana Valverde Contributing Writer A recent report by a Toronto public interest group, Fairbnb, has added a local voice to a growing international chorus of concern about how Airbnb is affecting housing markets. It’s now clear that a single ...
Read More »Frank Sinatra’s Malibu Beach House
Filled with family and close Hollywood friends, the house that Frank and Barbara Sinatra built, in the early 1990s, on Broad Beach in Malibu, is now on the market for the first time. Of all the beautiful homes and retreats ...
Read More »Paris Hilton Unloads Sunset Strip-Hollywood Hills Home
Paris Hilton’s glamorous home and her original furnishings, where she lived during the five seasons of her television program, “The Simple Life”, are now for sale. Granddaughter of hotelier, Conrad Hilton, super-socialite heiress Paris is asking $4.8 million for her ...
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