As previously featured on Unique Homes’ 1996 August/September cover, legendary actress Marilyn Monroe’s Los Angeles home is back on the market 14 years later. In 1962, Monroe bought the 23,000- square-foot property for $90,000 and tragically passed away 6 months later. The asking price for Monroe’s former four-bedroom, three-bathroom address is now $3.6 million. Situated [...]
By Mark Moffa Managing Editor The big news last week in real estate was the sale of a London penthouse at One Hyde Park for $220 million, according to the Daily Telegraph. The new development has been highly successful. Its 86 properties start at more than $31 million. Yet, according to the report, 65 percent [...]
Gibson International is a well-known real estate company serving the Westside and beach communities of Greater Las Vegas. Now, the company’s prominence in the real estate world will take a whole new level, for it has been selected for membership in Chicago-based Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. Leading Real Estate Companies of the [...]
This week’s Top of the Tweets By Camilla McLaughlin Most expensive? The big news in real estate was the sale of a London penthouse at One Hyde Park for $220 million (pictured), according to the Daily Telegraph. In comparison, U.S. prices seem paltry with the high for this year currently at just under $50 million. [...]
One Thousand Ocean, perched upon South Florida’s Gold Coast, has reached a significant milestone just four months after its completion in February 2010. Through June, the uniquely-shaped condominium complex has exceeded $100 million in closings, with five more residences under contact. The complex resides on its own private peninsula, offering residents access to the beautiful, [...]
Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty has announced the opening of its Residential & Resort Showroom in Downtown Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.
In Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, this four-bedroom, three-bath home rests peacefully on Draper Lake and the Gulf of Mexico. Designed by Maurice Sweet, the stucco home contains a fully equipped wet bar, a great room with a breakfast nook and 8-foot bay windows, a formal dining room and surround-sound media center, which comes stocked with [...]
Real estate mogul and former tennis star Jon Douglas passed away on Tuesday, July 27, at his Brentwood, California, home at the age of 73. Although the cause of death is unknown at this time, Douglas’ legacy lives on within the real estate community. Douglas was a star athlete. During his years at Stanford University [...]
By Kathleen Carlin-Russell Editor in chief There are more millionaires in America now than there were a year ago. In the New York area alone, there are now 667,200 high-net-worth individuals (people with a net worth of more than $1 million, excluding real estate), according to the 2010 U.S. Metro Wealth Index released last week [...]
Portabello, a 22,000-square-foot waterfront property in Corona del Mar, Calif., is back on the market for $49.6 million. Originally listed for $75 million in 2006, this estate numbered among the most expensive homes in America, ranking in Ultimate Homes magazine’s top 10. Portabello always has captured my fancy and having penned articles on properties featured [...]
