Maximalism Is Having a Big Moment in Design, but Can It Help Sell Your House?

Maximalism Is Having a Big Moment in Design, but Can It Help Sell Your House?

Maximalism is having a moment. From design shows like Magnolia Network’s “Anything But Gray” (which features super colorful designs), to celebrity homes like Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott’s bold New York apartment—maximalist style is making a comeback. Maximalist interiors even made the Realtor.com® 30 fastest-rising home features of the last year. Sara Simon, a designer … Read more

What Happens When Your Neighborhood Gets Rich? How a Quiet Corridor Turned Into an Urban Hot Spot

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The gentrification of neighborhoods across the U.S. can be a boost to local economies, but it can also be a curse for people who have been the original investors. A quaint street just a little more than a half-mile from the center of downtown Indianapolis has transformed a neighborhood into an upscale, bustling hot spot. … Read more

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens Feed Each Other Pizza as They Pose for Romantic Shoot in Newly Built Mansion

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens in their new home

Gymnast Simone Biles and her NFL player husband, Jonathan Owens, wasted no time in christening their newly built Texas mansion with a romantic photoshoot—shared just hours after they revealed that the property had finally been completed. Biles, 28, and Owens, 30, spent more than five years bringing their vision for a perfect marital abode to … Read more

Robert Rivani, h.wood Opening Speakeasy in South Beach

Robert Rivani, h.wood Opening Speakeasy in South Beach

Speakeasy | Miami Beach The h.wood Group is partnering with Rivani to open a speakeasy in South Beach.  Los Angeles-based h.wood Group will open a 2,000-square-foot exclusive speakeasy on the third floor amenity level at The Rivani building next summer, according to a Rivani news release. The speakeasy hasn’t been named yet.  Robert Rivani is … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: ’90 Day Fiance: The Other Way’ Stars Have Furious Spat While House Hunting in France—After Fleeing U.S. To ‘Save Their Marriage’

“90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” stars Anthony and Manon Berryman—and their son, Ben—are leaving Los Angeles for a better quality of life in France.

Holding one’s cards close to the chest while house hunting is a common approach savvy buyers take to maintain bargaining power—so when one “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” cast member abandoned that strategy completely and went into ecstasies over a potential property purchase, it left her husband somewhat unamused. Manon and Anthony Berryman, who … Read more

Eastdil Taps Nick Lavin to Lead Florida Multifamily Practice

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In the latest roundup of South Florida real estate hiring news, top firms made key hires ahead of the region’s busy season.  Eastdil Secured brought in Nick Lavin as a director with its National Housing Group, where he will lead the firm’s Florida multifamily practice, according to a press release. Lavin will also support the … Read more

Extraordinary California Avocado Farm Designed by Famed Architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg Lists for First Time

Extraordinary California Avocado Farm Designed by Famed Architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg Lists for First Time

An architectural marvel that is perched atop a California promontory at the heart of a 40-acre avocado farm has been brought to the market for the first time—with an asking price of $2.99 million. The 4,133-square-foot residence in Valley Center, CA, was the brainchild of prominent San Diego architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, who is best … Read more

‘Meticulously Restored’ Toll House That Pre-Dates Declaration of Independence Is Listed in the Hudson Valley for Just $799K

‘Meticulously Restored’ Toll House That Pre-Dates Declaration of Independence Is Listed in the Hudson Valley for Just $799K

If the walls of a 250-year-old home could talk, imagine the stories they would tell—particularly those found within one Hudson Valley property that once served as a toll house where travelers would pause to pay their dues before continuing on their journey. The aptly named Old Toll House, which is located in Ulster Park, NY, … Read more

Historic Zen-Inspired Home of Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Fiercest Activist Allies Hits the Market in Berkeley for $1.8 Million

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Allies Once Called This 1929 Zen-Inspired Berkeley Craftsman Home—Now It’s on the Market

On a quiet, tree-lined cul-de-sac in Berkeley, CA’s iconic Elmwood district stands a beautifully preserved 1929 Craftsman home that boasts not just an incredible architectural legacy but a close connection to the Bay Area’s history of activism, social justice, and educational equity. The four-bedroom, two-bedroom dwelling was once home to Lyle “Butch” Wing and Jean … Read more

Disney’s First ‘Storyliving’ Community Welcomes Residents to a Real-Life Happiest Place on Earth

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If you ever wished you could live in the Happiest Place on Earth, your dreams can now become reality. Residents officially began moving into Disney’s first-ever residential Storyliving community in Rancho Mirage, CA, earlier this year. It’s called Cotino, and it’s located near Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley.  The first phase of development is set to … Read more