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...When the business introduced a franchise model eight years later, Kraft acquired the exclusive licence for Sotheby’s International Realty France-Monaco....
...But that was at the height of the boom in special purpose acquisition companies. As DD has told you, things have soured significantly since then....
...The house has an L-shaped layout of 9,515sq ft, and is priced at $9.75m through Sotheby’s International Realty....
...Why The house is owned by the artist John Monks and includes a double-height studio, perfect for budding painters....
...“That’s classic unfairness and it has to be clear that such a thing violates the law.”...
...“Obviously those people were disappointed” when the deal fell through, says Jason Haber, a broker at Warburg Realty in New York....
...Baby boomers, retirees and international buyers, mostly from Asia, are also drawn to the neighbourhood, says Mara Flash Blum, a broker with Sotheby’s International Realty....
...The number of Latin American buyers has slumped in Miami too, says Allan Kleer of Fortune International Realty....
...“What they want is the classic Kyoto feel — a large garden with beautiful trees and a serene atmosphere,” she says, “but with en-suite bathrooms.”...
...The buildings, that line the avenues, followed strict rules of height, pitch and decoration to ensure that the city would look as regimented as possible....
...The US residential property broker, which operates estate agency franchises including Century 21 and Sotheby’s International Realty, was bought by Apollo at the height of the US housing boom....
...An affiliate of Apollo Global Management, the US private equity group, is seeking to raise $1bn in a share offering to reduce debt at a property company acquired at the height of the US housing boom....
...For the Chinese shopper, it is the height of ironic cool – a miniature of Chairman Mao’s head, formed into a chunky silver ring....
...It is a classic studio picture and also an insight into Denmark’s final days in a corner of pre-industrial, peaceful Europe....
...By contrast, at the height of the bull market in 2006, Paula del Nunzio at Brown Harris Stevens took only 44 days to sell the 20,000 sq ft Harkness mansion, also on the Upper East Side, to Christopher Flowers...
...Atlantic Yards, a planned $4.2bn development of Frank Gehry-designed apartments, office space and a 20,000-seat sports arena, has all the making of a classic New York tale....
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