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...As the dust settled on last year’s Capitol Hill assault — composed of an almost entirely white rabble of retired policemen, nurses, property developers, doctors, lawyers and small-business owners carrying...
...In California, America’s most populous state and a big driver of the US economy, Democratic governor Gavin Newsom last week ordered a shutdown of all bars across the state, and banned indoor operations for...
...In the Smokies . . . ” The only real gold in these hills was of the black variety — seams of coal buried deep in its ravines, shallow on its mountain tops, and in the sides of cliffs and rock faces....
...Beverly Hills has not evolved at the pace of other parts of Los Angeles....
...The Estate at Strawberry Hills — a 186-acre property with an 8,300 sq ft house and a baseball diamond — sold in September after only 33 days for $6.7m, a record for Stowe, according to Macdonald....
...Speaking of China, if you’ve not watched the Trump China video, you have missed a real treat. Have a look at this....
...During the great US property bubble of 2000 to 2007 Dallas, Texas, was a bit of a dud....
...and topography in these steep hills than one would expect....
...I still doubt that this extends to the Baltic states, which in theory “benefit” from protection under Nato’s Article V defence clause....
...Charles Cherney, vice-president of Hammond Real Estate, points out that about 80 per cent of the city’s properties are apartments, making these figures appear artificially low....
...the Stahl House) was the real groundbreaker....
...estate – took shape, its properties crowned by V-shaped butterfly roofs by William Krisel....
...Blessed with a mild climate, Charlottesville and surrounding Albemarle county have long been favourites of the “bounce-back” crowd – “people from New York state or Michigan or somewhere north who move to...
...But the real story is in the footnotes, in which Franzen laments the state of modern media and confesses his sins as a Fulbright scholar in Berlin....
...neighbourhood of Carnegie Hill....
...This is lower than the US brokerage fee, usually 2 to 4 per cent of what’s paid for the property. ● In the US, Real Estate Transfer Tax varies depending on the state....
...FIVE TOP FLORISTS Shane Connolly (UK) From a studio in west London Shane Connolly is floral designer to HRH The Prince of Wales; last week his flowers opened the Cecil Beaton exhibition at the V&A....
...This I learn from a friend in Billings, Montana, the state’s largest city at 104,000 people. One of the pleasures of cross-country trips is visiting friends who live in far-flung places....
...Whether in New York’s SoHo, Chelsea or Brooklyn, in Berlin’s Mitte or London’s Shoreditch, Hoxton and now Peckham, it is at these moments of radical change that cities begin to show potential for real transformation...
...Before Hu Jintao even set foot in ice-bound Washington this week, the Chinese president’s impending visit was met with a renewed blast of chilly air from Capitol Hill on the tempestuous subject of the renminbi...
...Across the other side of the US, in the northern midwest “rust belt”, lies Michigan, one of America’s most troubled states....
...I fight for Bill and Sue Nebe from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who lost their real estate investments in the bad housing market. Bill got a temporary job after he was out of work for seven months....
...owned by Equity Office Properties Trust....
...But the real-life impact of the downturn can be found in states such as Ohio, Michigan, California and Florida, where entire streets in some neighbourhoods have been engulfed by “for sale” signs or face...
...It’s a creative exercise – not to look at how it is but what you can do with it. Why do you love Marin so much? Because I am a sailor. I have a real connection to the water and to openness....
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