Real Estate

Amazon’s proposed Pen Place in Pentagon City JBG SMITH PROPERTIES The plan to completely transform Crystal City, VA into Amazon’s AMZN second headquarters is still meeting milestone after milestone, most recently with the acquisition of a Marriott Residence Inn. Acorn Development LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon, purchased the building for $148.5 million a few weeks

What special circumstances elicit multiple bids, and how are they best managed to make certain that … [+] each buyer is treated fairly and that there are no dropouts? getty Competitive real estate bidding is back. Not for every property, but often enough so that both sellers and buyers require advice regarding what can precipitate

Home buyers expand their needed requirements to meet the demands of work from home and distance … [+] learning getty Last week, Box, Inc., told their staff that they can work from home permanently. Box joins numerous companies who have told their employees that they have the option of working from home indefinitely. We have

A new lot of 15 abandoned buildings located in the old Saracen district will go to the highest bidders The Sicilian town of Sambuca is preparing to place on the market a second lot of abandoned houses for a symbolic €2, or just under $2.4, less than the cost of a cappuccino. But it’s waiting

Architect and digital twin of a building getty Augmented reality in supermarkets Have you ever wondered why supermarkets don’t offer augmented reality guides to the locations of their products? Instead of criss-crossing the store, hunting for the tomato juice or the paprika, why can’t you upload your shopping list into something like Google Maps and

Mortgage interest rates have decreased to 2.81% getty This year’s steady decline in mortgage interest rates has taken another step down the ladder over the past week. Rates have dropped all the way to 2.81% , down from 2.87% last week and down from the previous record low of 2.86% in September, according to the

5, IIchester Place, a 7-bedroom house in Kensington, west London, is on sale for $42 million via … [+] Knight Frank AlexWinship Photography Ltd London’s priciest homes are in demand and are selling for nearly their full price despite the pandemic. In London, a total of 56 deals for super-prime $12.9 million-plus properties took place

The majority of people who think their home is haunted live in the West. getty If you find yourself living in a house with a spooky vibe, it could be that the home is haunted. For some people, that’s reason enough to put up a for-sale sign and take the money and run. However, a