It is a city where the climate is too grim, the prices are too high and the people are too rude, but also a city with which I am intimately bound by a common language, culture and history. It occurred to me all of a sudden that I had … Or because I …

Spanish banks had 97 billion euros worth of exposure to land assets at the end of 2012, according to property consultancy RR de Acuna, roughly half of which were loans to developers. Real estate advisers and banking sources could not quantify how big …

But Goya products are now crammed on a tiny shelf way in the back, while up front, there's a huge and growing selection of organic produce, vegetarian sandwiches and high–end energy bars. Deep thoughts this week: 1. Manhattan has a bifurcated market …

Gotham's luxury real estate market is still red hot and shows no sign of slowing down as buyers continue to snap up homes at sky-high prices. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and her ski-loving hubby, Marc Mezvinsky, signed a contract to buy a …

Still, Jan Francki, executive vice president of Kaerek Builders, said their business is coming back "really strong" and they are seeing a surge in custom built, higher end homes selling between $300,000 and $600,000. The reason: buyers have more …

Last month's sale of a home in New Canaan for $5.2 million could represent a slight thaw in the recent ice cold purchases of high-value real estate, one expert said. Sales for homes of more than $3 million improved in the first half of 2013, said …

Nationally, higher mortgage rates slowed sales last month of higher-priced homes in states such as California and New York, the Realtors group said. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage leapt to 4.46 percent by the end of June from 3.81 percent …

The Fitzgerald at Grove Park, a collection of luxury residences in close proximity to downtown Asheville, North Carolina, is experiencing thriving sales success with 20 of its 24 units sold or under contract. Realtors are thrilled to see a strong …

In its latest report on the office market, Louisville real estate brokerage firm Commercial Kentucky Inc. says that the class A vacancy rate in the central business district declined nominally to 16.1 percent and the end of the second quarter from 16.2 …