Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump visits the U.S.-Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, as seen from Piedras Negras, Mexico, February 29, 2024.  Go Nakamura | Reuters President-Elect Donald J. Trump won the White House based partly on his promises to rein in immigration, with targeted policies that range from sending criminals
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Casa Encantada, touted as the most expensive residence in Los Angeles and in California overall, just received a significant price cut — dropping from an eye-watering $195 million to $165 million, according to a release from the listing brokerage. News of the discount was first reported by Mansion Global. But don’t call it a bargain
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Just two years after Brooke Shields unloaded her longtime Los Angeles estate for $7.4 million, the residence is back up for grabs for $8.65 million, The Post has learned. The actress and model purchased the property in 1997 for $3.24 million with her then-husband, tennis great Andre Agassi. In 2022, Shields sold the 5,300-plus-square-foot residence
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America’s housing market has been tepid at best lately, thanks to mortgage rates edging closer to 7% for the past weeks and already-high median prices remaining flat nationwide. However, prices in America’s top 20 hottest housing markets were up in October — by 2.9% on average compared to last year. (The median-priced home was $424,950 in October.) The uptick in home
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The Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Federal Reserve announced it will lower its benchmark rate bya quarter point, or 25 basis points, days after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election. Economic uncertainty was a prevailing mood heading into Election Day after a prolonged period of high inflation left many
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Courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images First-time homebuyers in the U.S. are getting older. The median first-time homebuyer has reached an all-time high of 38 years old — three years older than in July 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report. This summer, NAR polled 5,390 buyers
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A three-bedroom condo in Dayton, OH, that beckons buyers to flex their “HGTV designer muscle,” despite looking more like a property from an episode of A&E’s “Hoarders,” is the week’s most popular home on Realtor.com®. If you can see past the horrifying piles of personal belongings, baskets of laundry, and stained carpeting, the listing notes
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Miami’s tony Star Island, a private enclave that’s long attracted A-listers, has a hot new and currently the only listing: the former waterfront estate of Rosie O’Donnell, now on the market for a jaw-dropping $54 million. O’Donnell, who snapped up the property in 1999 for just $6.75 million, later sold it in 2003 to Dr.
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Solstock | E+ | Getty Images Halloween trick-or-treaters and jack-o-lanterns can be downright scary — for your homeowners insurance policy. There is a 14% jump in homeowners insurance claims on Halloween compared to other days of the year, according to Travelers Insurance. Theft on premises claims jump 46%. Trips or falls, thefts, fire and pet-related accidents
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Stanley Black & Decker stock plunged Tuesday on the company’s quarterly earnings release — a move Jim Cramer said investors should capitalize on. Shares of the toolmaker shed nearly 12% Tuesday after third-quarter revenues and its implied fourth-quarter guidance came in lighter than Wall Street expected. Still, Jim described the decline as unwarranted. “I would
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Residential buildings under construction at China Vanke Co.’s Isle Maison development in Hefei, China, on Nov. 27, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s struggling real estate sector may not start turning around until the second half of next year — even with the latest stimulus measures, three research firms predicted this month. After
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Thinking of buying a house? You might want to check if it comes with any spooky roommates. As Halloween approaches, Zillow’s recent state-by-state analysis reveals a spine-chilling reality: In most of the US, sellers are under no obligation to disclose if their property has a haunted past. Only New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Minnesota
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