• Golfer Denis Watson sells Pacific Palisades home (Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:00:00 PDT)
  After taking several swings at it, golfer Denis Watson and his wife, attorney Susan Loggans, have sold their Pacific Palisades compound for $12.9 million.
  
• Bruce Willis seeks action on his Beverly Hills estate (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:10:00 PDT)
  'Die Hard' star Bruce Willis has listed his Beverly Hills mansion at $22 million. The estate includes 11 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms.
  
  Actor Bruce Willis has entered the fray in the Westside's action-packed housing market, listing his Beverly Hills mansion at $22 million.
  
• Tom Hanks lists Pacific Palisades villa at $5.2 million (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:56:00 PDT)
  Actor-producer-director Tom Hanks has listed a house for sale in Pacific Palisades for $5.225 million.
  
• Refinancing into shorter mortgages appears to grow more popular (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:10:00 PDT)
  Some community banks say 10-year mortgages, once an insignificant niche option, are accounting for increasingly large chunks of their business.
  
  WASHINGTON — The refinancing boom may be cooling down, but the move to shorter mortgages — especially 10-year loans among pre-retirees — appears to be accelerating.
  
• Board has a duty to protect owners from disruptive tenant (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:11:00 PDT)
  Question: I am very concerned about who's really running my gated community's association. A tenant next door suffers from severe problems. For the last year, three nights a week, he is either throwing furniture around, banging on the walls and screaming, or on his adjoining balcony endlessly talking to himself, then starts banging on patio furniture sometimes more than eight hours a day. He constantly threatens to kill himself and others. At night he brings home street people who scare the neighbors.
  
• A Midcentury Modern home in La Canada Flintridge (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:17:00 PDT)
  Distinctive characteristics of the Gainsburg House, designed by Lloyd Wright and built in 1948, include angular rooms and rooflines.
  
  Angular rooms and rooflines are among the distinctive characteristics of the Midcentury Modern-style Gainsburg House. Walls of glass and windows overlook low-water native landscaping and a swimming pool on the more than half-acre site.
  
• Malibu is awash in expensive beach homes for sale (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:32:00 PDT)
  Only deep-pocketed potential buyers get to see listings that include a $57.5-million estate designed by Frank Gehry and a $24-million mansion by Gerard Colcord.
  
  It's the battle of the big-bucks beaches.
  
• Santa Monica hotel to have ocean views after proposed makeover (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:49:00 PDT)
  Owners plan to raze the former Holiday Inn and build a 3-tiered showplace that embraces the Pacific with outdoor terraces, a rooftop restaurant and sea vistas.
  
  With ocean views selling at a pricey premium throughout Southern California, it can be dumbfounding to encounter a prominent downtown Santa Monica hotel that deliberately averts its gaze from the water.
  
• Jodie Foster puts Hollywood Hills West home up for sale (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:29:00 PDT)
  Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster has listed her home in Hollywood Hills West for $6.399 million.
  
• Soap opera actress Tracy Bregman lists Malibu estate (Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:55:00 PDT)
  Soap opera actress Tracey E. Bregman has listed her Malibu estate for sale at $5.5 million.
  

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• What They’re Watching on the Roof (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:25:38 GMT)
  Luxury apartment buildings are rolling out movie projectors and popcorn makers this summer to keep residents entertained.

      

  
  
  
  
• The Hunt: A Quick Search Ends in the Village (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:38:42 GMT)
  Jean Z. Poh and Giordano Contestabile wanted a home in a vibrant neighborhood, but they had to make up their minds in a hurry.

      

  
  
  
  
• On the Market in New York City (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:49:13 GMT)
  An Upper West Side co-op in a brownstone; a Red Hook home with a detached guesthouse/studio; and an East Village co-op with a working fireplace.

      

  
  
  
  
• On the Market in the Region (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:49:09 GMT)
  A five-bedroom center-hall colonial in Nassau and a New Jersey horse farm with a ten acre property.

      

  
  
  
  
• Big Ticket: Madonna’s Apartment for $16 Million (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:47:36 GMT)
  Madonna sells her duplex at Harperley Hall after slashing the price; the co-op has 6,000 square feet of space and 110 feet of park frontage.

      

  
  
• What I Love: For Adam Goldman, a Place That Isn’t Out to Get Him (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:37:16 GMT)
  The creator, director and star of the web series, “The Outs,” lives in Brooklyn.

      

  
  
  
  
• An East Village Developer’s Name Game (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:02:11 GMT)
  A developer hopes to draw attention to a new condo by naming a section of the East Village where the building is located, but buyers are already attracted to its pricing.

      

  
  
  
  
• A Summer Home in New York: Some Like It Hot (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:59:20 GMT)
  While Manhattanites fight traffic to escape the city in summer, a rare breed of part-timer is breezing in from the other direction.

      

  
  
  
  
• A Smoking Ban in All Related Companies Rentals (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:37:38 GMT)
  Past antismoking efforts have focused on public gathering places, but the Related Companies plans to ban smoking nationwide.

      

  
  
  
  
• Streetscapes | Silver Palaces: Two Architectural Gems in a Changed Setting (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:31:30 GMT)
  Time was when Tiffany and Gorham sold treasures out of sumptuous stores in Murray Hill.

      

  
  
  
  
• Real Estate Q & A (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:01:13 GMT)
  Subjects include the deregulation of stabilized apartments; reduction of common charges; and what to do if your condo’s view becomes blocked by trees.

      

  
  
  
  
• Mortgages: Home Loans for Millennials (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:37:38 GMT)
  Young adults, known as millennials or Generation Y, will very likely force some type of shift in the housing market.

      

  
  
  
  
• On Location | Cobble Hill, Brooklyn: Licensed to Grill: Mike D’s Brooklyn Town House (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:50:31 GMT)
  Michael Diamond, also known as one of the Beastie Boys, chills in the ‘burbs, his first move out of Manhattan.

      

  
  
  
  
• Shopping With Thomas Jayne: Classical Furnishings (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:00:18 GMT)
  Objects that borrow their forms and proportions from ancient Greece or Rome.

      

  
  
  
  
• Currents | Open: Furnishings That Never Grow Up (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:59:36 GMT)
  Kinder Modern specializes in vintage designs for children’s furniture.

      

  
  
  
  
• Currents | Q&A: The Booty That Lies Beneath (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:58:39 GMT)
  Sheva Fruitman never met a rusty item she didn’t like. Now she’s a digger for hire, ready to turn old objects into display pieces.

      

  
  
  
  
• Market Ready (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:58:34 GMT)
  What can I do to make my low ceilings look higher?

      

  
  
  
  
• In the Garden: Native Flora Garden Opens at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:57:31 GMT)
  The century-old display of local flora is expanded to include 150 species found in and around the city.

      

  
  
  
  
• Mike D in Brooklyn (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:48:41 GMT)
  A hardcore Manhattanite and his family renovate a 160-year-old town house in Cobble Hill.

      

  
  
  
  
• International Real Estate: Real Estate on the C�te Basque (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:06:43 GMT)
  A budding recovery of the property market in 2010 was cut short by the Greek economic crisis and uncertainty over the French election.

      

  
  
  
  
• A Town House on the C�te Basque (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:05:15 GMT)
  A 1920s-era property in Biarritz with city views and elaborate floor medallions is on the market for $2.29 million.

      

  
  
  
  
• Property Values: What You Get for ... $899,000 (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:52:48 GMT)
  Homes in Ohio, Denver and Florida that were built in the late 19th-century are this week’s subjects.

      

  
  
  
  
• Real Estate for $899,000 (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:37:25 GMT)
  Represented this week: Late 19th-Century homes in Ohio, Denver and Florida.

      

  
  
  
  
• Currents | Books: ‘The Greek House’ by Christian Brechneff (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:43:38 GMT)
  The tale of an artist’s island muse.

      

  
  
• Ask an Expert: Gardening Advice for Aging Bodies and Minds (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:38:42 GMT)
  Patty Cassidy, a horticultural therapist, will answer readers’ questions about gardening in your later years.

      

  
  
  
  

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• Vallejo mortgage company owner gets 3 years in 'straw buyer' scheme ( Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:04:40 -0600 )
  A Vallejo woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for her role in a money laundering and mortgage-fraud scheme involving more than 18 Northern California properties, federal prosecutors said Friday.
  
• San Francisco parking spot sells for $82,000 ( Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:48:10 -0600 )
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Parking spots apparently aren't immune from the recent surge in San Francisco real estate prices.