Author Archives: Veronika Bondarenko

Ahead of travel season, Airbnb makes it easier to list properties

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 25, 2021 - 8:30 pm |May 25, 2021 Uncategorized

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The short-term rental giant unveiled over 100 updates to its platform, including flexible searching options for guests and a simplified onboarding process for hosts. Continue reading →

US home prices soared in Q1 thanks to housing shortage, mortgage rates

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 25, 2021 - 3:49 pm |May 25, 2021 Uncategorized

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Boise, Idaho, experienced the steepest price hikes in the country at 28.2 percent, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index released Tuesday. Continue reading →

Home prices skyrocketed in March, notching biggest gain since 2005

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 25, 2021 - 2:44 pm |May 25, 2021 Uncategorized

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Home prices rose 13.2 percent, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index, released Tuesday. Continue reading →

Leonardo DiCaprio buys $7.1M house for his mom

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 24, 2021 - 7:21 pm |May 24, 2021 Uncategorized

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The iconic actor from “Titanic” and “Wolf of Wall Street” just shelled out $7.1 million to buy a Los Feliz mansion for his mother. Continue reading →

Homeowner’s Airbnb ‘Hobbit House’ draws the ire of Warner Brothers

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 24, 2021 - 4:41 pm |May 24, 2021 Uncategorized

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A woman in the Canadian province of British Columbia claims Warner Brothers asked her to remove reference to the 2012 “Hobbit” movie or the wider “Lord Of The Rings” franchise. Continue reading →

$300 light switches and $100K gold-leaf ceilings: Inside Marc Jacobs’ outrageous $1M home renovation

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 21, 2021 - 5:00 pm |May 21, 2021 Uncategorized

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Before selling their much-photographed West Village apartment this winter, designer Marc Jacobs and husband Charly Defrancesco poured  a lot of money into it — $1.15 million, to be exact. Continue reading →

Joan Collins sells NYC co-op with 16 closets for $2M

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 20, 2021 - 9:16 pm |May 20, 2021 Uncategorized

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After less than two months on the market, the Manhattan pied-à-terre of Dame Joan Collins has sold for $2 million. Continue reading →

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s one-time LA home lists for $1M

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 20, 2021 - 8:28 pm |May 20, 2021 Uncategorized

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An abandoned Hollywood Hills home that Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love once called home in 1992 has been listed for $998,000. Continue reading →

Infinity pool atop Brooklyn skyrise is highest in Western Hemisphere

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 19, 2021 - 4:48 pm |May 19, 2021 Uncategorized

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Kohn Pedersen Fox designed the infinity pool atop the 68-story Brooklyn Point luxury residential tower. Continue reading →

Builder confidence still high amid soaring lumber costs

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 19, 2021 - 2:48 pm |May 19, 2021 Uncategorized

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Nationwide builder sentiment clocked in with an index score of 83 in May, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Continue reading →