Real Estate

Sir Sean Connery was the quintessential James Bond. The screen’s original 007: smart, handsome, refined, debonair and the most popular of the nine actors who took on the classic-spy role created by British-naval-intelligence-officer Ian Fleming in 1953. Instantly recognized by most people through the James Bond film franchise of the 1960s to ‘80s including Goldfinger, […]

After sustained growth since mid-April, newly pending sales and new listings fell last week, Zillow's Weekly Market Report shows. The slowdown could have been driven by the Memorial Day holiday — pending home sales often see a temporary dip during summer holidays such as Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day. Both pending sales and

This week brought more evidence of buyers and sellers returning to the market as newly pending sales and new listings are up from the previous week. Inventory continues to be incredibly tight — one reason list prices are growing faster than they were in April. Partly on the strength of that rebound, Zillow's forecast now

Thousands of people across California hit hard by the COVID-19 economic crisis will appear together at a virtual town hall meeting on Monday, April 27, at 12:30pm PST to demand that Governor Gavin Newsom order an immediate cancellation of rent and mortgage payments for the duration of the pandemic. If their demands aren't met, several

Mayor Eric Garcetti today signed an emergency order to halt any new rent increases on residential units that are subject to the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO). “This is a common sense action to help tenants stay in their homes,” said Mayor Garcetti. “Angelenos who have lost hours or been laid off, or can’t work as a

Lee Iacocca, the longtime president of Ford Motor Company and chairman of Chrysler Corporation, could switch from engineering to sales, marketing, CEO, charity fundraising and politics with little effort.  After introducing the Ford Mustang, Lee jumped over to Chrysler where he launched the minivan concept, convinced the U.S. government to loan Chrysler $1.5 billion, and

Kenny Rogers, who died on March 20th, did almost everything well. Singing (sold over 100 million records), acting, song writing, restaurateur (Kenny Rogers Roasters), businessman, author, charities (Kenny Rogers Children's Center), photography and athlete (famous for faking out and then scoring on Michael Jordan in a 1988 charity basketball game), Kenny found early success in

Celebrity IOU is a new blockbuster HGTV series where Hollywood A-listers express their deep gratitude to the individuals who have had a major impact on their lives by surprising them with big, heartwarming home renovations that bring everyone to tears. Watch trailer here. The star-studded, uplifting series, premiering Monday, April 13, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, features

Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman were married in 1940 and soon moved into a Los Angeles home that  was the epitome of Old Hollywood glamour. When they divorced in 1949, the home was deeded to Wyman, who lived there until 1954. Designed by architect Paul Williams, the home is now for sale, priced at $6.75 million.  At

A Calabasas, California home that was purchased by Selena Gomez about the same time she was ending her starring role in the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place is for sale at $6.6 million.  Gomez sold the house in 2016 to Moraccan-American rapper Karim Kharbouch, better known by his stage name, French Montana.  A year after moving in, Karim

Jennifer Lawrence, the Academy Award-winning star of Silver Linings Playbook, The Hunger Games, and American Hustle put her stunning New York penthouse in The Laurel up for sale last July and, with a downturn in the Manhattan luxury-condo market, has lowered the original price of $15.45 million to $14.25 million – now down to $12 million. Purchased in 2016 for $15.6

Sixty years after his death, Frank Lloyd Wright's Circular Sun House, also known as the Norman Lykes House, is going to auction – the last home design he worked on before he died in 1959. Built in 1967 and later restored in 1994 by his apprentice John Rattenbury, the 3,095-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bath contemporary house is located in

When Meghan Markle, now Duchess of Sussex and a princess of the United Kingdom, first got her acting part in Suits in 2011, she was married to Trevor Engelson and they rented a charming Colonial-style home in L.A.'s Hancock Park neighborhood – a stone's throw from downtown Hollywood. Though it was necessary for her to live nine months of the

The palatial 1940's Malibu Hills equestrian estate once owned by Kelsey Grammer and ex-wife Camille Grammer, star of 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' has hit the market priced at $19.95 million. In addition to its celebrity owners' history, the home was often seen in Camille's 'Real Housewives' television episodes. Married in 1997, Kelsey and Camille purchased

It's no secret that rents are rising in and around Los Angeles, especially in Hollywood and San Francisco.  UnitedStatesZipCodes.org released a study on the Most Affordable Places to Live in California.   The study analyzed the most recent data from the Census Bureau tocompare local home prices with local incomes to determine housing affordability. The rankings were determined

Twelve Oaks, the inspiration for Ashley Wilkes' plantation home in 'Gone With the Wind,' is now up for auction and featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.   In 1936 when Margaret Mitchell wrote her fictional novel about the Civil War-era Deep South, 'Gone With the Wind,' it didn't occur to her that it would end up being a

Michael Jackson died ten years ago on June 25th and many people around the world will be commemorating his death through his music and videos.   They will be celebrating his astronomical career, remembering his childhood, replay interviews and the work that went into organizing his last concert, This Is It, which he never had the

Pictures don't always do it for home buyers… but what about a video narrated by Michael Douglas? The Academy Award winning actor is selling his seaside estate in the Balearic Islands in Spain for €28.9 million (US$32.38 million). “The estate has more than 200 acres from the mountains down to the shore,” Douglas says in the