The Tacoma condo hadn’t been touched in 40 years, and the pandemic made renovating tricky. But it turned out so well, now the architect wants to buy it.
Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
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China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
After relying on a borrow-to-build model for decades, Beijing must make difficult choices about the country’s housing market and economic future.
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The Places That Sam Bankman-Fried Left Behind
Before his FTX crypto exchange imploded and he went on trial for fraud, Mr. Bankman-Fried ran a global business empire spanning Berkeley, Calif., Hong Kong and the Bahamas.
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The Latest Must-Have Amenities for Pets
Dogs may not absolutely need their own shower, but they’d appreciate it. And your cat expects nothing less than an architectural playground.
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Country Garden, Chinese Real Estate Giant, to Miss Debt Payments
The property giant is effectively declaring that it has defaulted on its debt, becoming one of the biggest casualties of China’s deepening property crisis.
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Rates Are Jumping on Wall Street. What Will It Do to Housing and the Economy?
A run-up in longer-term interest rates could help the Federal Reserve get the economic cool-down it wants — but it also risks a bumpy landing.
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How an Australian Couple Made Their Tiny Home Feel Bigger
It’s all in the planning, as one couple in Brisbane, Australia, discovered.
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Despite the economy’s resilience, the outlook is hard to gauge.
With chaos lurking in Washington, interest rates surging and student loan payments resuming, the recovery faces new challenges.
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What Kind of Year Has It Been for Gardeners? An Aggravating One.
From spongy moth caterpillars to torrential rains, this garden season has been plagued by one challenge after another.
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Liu Yiqian, China’s Top Art Collector, Is Selling a Modigliani
Liu Yiqian made global headlines in 2014 and 2015 by paying top prices for paintings and antiquities but is starting to liquidate some of his artworks.
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How One Couple Made an Apartment in Greenwich Village Their Own
After the deal fell through, they couldn’t stop thinking about the apartment and those Manhattan views. Sometimes persistence pays off.
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China Evergrande’s Problems Are Only Getting Worse
The Chinese property developer’s efforts to restructure more than $300 billion in debt are being complicated by criminal investigations into current and former executives.