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House for Sale: 3BR, 2.5BA, Pulpit, Bell Tower, $7.5M
By Richard C. Paddock - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO (July 11) -- The century-old church has a pulpit, a pew and a bell tower. But instead of a congregation, the historic, red-brick structure has a single occupant, the homeowner. Siamak Akhavan purchased the 20,000-square-foot building five years ago and transformed it into an unusual single-family residence. Now, he's ready to sell. He has put the former Golden Gate Lutheran Church on the market for $7.49 million. "Some people say that it's weird and eerie, but my perspective is that this is a house of the Lord," Marcus Miller, a real estate agent representing Akhavan, told AOL ...
Two-Bedroom, Two-Bath Bungalow in Aisle Nine
By Broderick Perkins - AOL News(Feb. 15) – Would you shop for a home during a milk run to the grocery store? Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but perhaps soon, especially if you regularly push a shopping cart past a real estate outlet in the supermarket you visit several times a week. That's just what RE/MAX of New England is hoping – that consumers will add a home purchase to their grocery list now that the company is rolling out real estate offices in some Stop & Shop stores in New England. And, with many supermarkets already outfitted with banking services and coffee shops, the company might just be on ...
Report: High 'Walkability' Rating Boosts Home Values
By Broderick Perkins - AOL News(Jan. 28) – If your home offers pedestrian-friendly proximity to common daily destinations, chances are it's worth much more than a similar home without "walkability" – as much as $34,000 more. A study, "Walking the Walk: How Walkability Raises Housing Values in U.S. Cities," suggests adding "walkability" to the "location, location, location" mantra chanted by real estate agents describing well-kept neighborhoods with good schools and low crime. When the organization CEOs for Cities analyzed ZipRealty data from 94,000 real estate transactions in 15 major markets, it found that in ...
Home Sales Jump to Highest Levels in Two Years
By David Sessions - Politics DailySeptember marked a sharp turnaround in the housing market, according to a report released Friday by the National Association of Realtors, CNN Money reports. Boosted by first-time home buyers, sales of previously owned homes rose 9.4 percent in September to the highest level since July 2007. An NAR chief economist said first-time buyers are responding to a special tax credit on their home purchase. The report shows sales were strongest in the western United States, which had a growth rate of 13 percent. ...
You Want Savers, Not Debtors? Since When?
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIt's not often that Kansans make the national news. But one did so a few days ago in The New York Times. ...
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