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This Lake Erie Novelty Real Estate Just About Has It All

Stephanie in Architecture, Celebrity Homes, Design, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage   •   2 comments Oct 24, 2011

The homes of the rich and famous always make for some of the most interesting novelty real estate. First, Movoto covered the Horus-Eye Eco House gifted to Naomi Campbell for her birthday, and now we’re highlighting Waterwood Estate. Located at 5605 W. Lake Road in Vermilion, Ohio, this amazing $19.5 million-dollar property was talked about…

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Famous House Guests Loved These American Homes for Sale

Stephanie in Architecture, Historic, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage, Vacation Property   •   1 comment Oct 18, 2011

Conversation pieces make for interesting discussions. They can range from the small and inexpensive to the huge and costly. Many can’t afford the latter, but if you can, what better way to get a few tongues wagging than with a home that played host to a famous house guest or two?  A Yahoo! Real Estate…

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Dune Domiciles: Novelty Real Estate for True Beach Lovers

Stephanie in Apartments, Architecture, Design, Florida, Green Homes, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage, Vacation Property   •   1 comment Oct 12, 2011

Last week, we talked about an Egyptian eye-house build on a sandy isle. This week, we’re taking a look at a pair of apartments built inside a sandy dune. Located at 1941-1943 Beach Avenue in the scenic city of Atlantic Beach, Florida, the oceanfront Dune House is a 1,500-square-foot duplex made up of two mirrored…

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Living the High Life in Ultra-Expensive Luxury Penthouses

Stephanie in Apartments, Florida, Homes for Sale, Listings, Los Angeles Real Estate, Market Trends, Novelty Real Estate, Southern California, Square Footage   •   0 comments Sep 21, 2011

Apparently the market for luxury penthouses didn’t get the memo about the steep drop in home prices. Or at least that’s the conclusion one has to come to upon seeing the prices for a few select luxury penthouses from metropolitan areas across the United States. Yahoo! Real Estate and Forbes, along with some assistance from…

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Castle Estate: Novelty Real Estate Fit for a King!

Stephanie in Historic, Homes for Sale, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Other, Real Estate   •   1 comment Sep 8, 2011

A quick Google search for “novelty real estate” can turn up some very interesting results. These finds range from the truly bizarre (I’m looking at you, white-and-gold-spandex-chains house) to the truly gorgeous and unique. Case in point, the Castle Estate, which is currently being offered for sale on a website called Special “Finds…” Special “Finds…”…

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All Photos, All the Time

Meg in Buyer Tips, Homebuyers, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Movoto.com, Product Blog   •   0 comments May 27, 2011

  When you’re looking for a house, the thing you want to see more than anything else is… um . . . . . . .  the house! Am I right? The most-beloved bits of our site are the “listing” pages dedicated to specific homes. Users want to get a good sense of the house…

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Farewell to the Fixer-Upper?

Meg in Homebuyers, Homeownership, Homes for Sale, Listings, Market Trends, Movoto.com, Other, Real Estate, Seller Tips   •   0 comments May 10, 2011

It seems that the fixer-upper has lost its charm. The Chicago Tribune reports that, according to a recent poll by Coldwell Banker, almost 9 out of 10 home-buyers said that a “move-in ready” home was a top priority. Even with the economy still in shambles, buyers are willing to pay more in order to avoid…

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Unsolved Listing Mysteries – What Happens to Crime Scene Houses?

Meg in Celebrity Homes, Discounted Homes, Homes for Sale, Listings, Real Estate, Real Estate Tips   •   0 comments Mar 21, 2011

This morning, Inman News featured an article by Mary Umberger called “Overcoming Real Estate Stigmas”.  The title, which sounds like it’s introducing another rant against post-housing bubble real estate negativity, is misleading. Actually, the article is more about whether/how an agent, owner, or buyer can get past a home’s past – particularly when that past…

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Meditations on the Value of Listing Prices, courtesy of Oz

Meg in Homebuyers, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate Agent   •   0 comments Dec 11, 2010

A lively real estate blogging/networking site (AgentGenius.com) recently hosted an article about the Australian method of selling homes.  The process down under is comprised of many of the same components as ours – buyers, sellers, agents, walk-throughs, bids – with one key exception.  What are they missing?  A listing price! That’s right – Australians hold…

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The Common Denominator: 3 Homes, 1 Price

Movoto Team in Homeownership, Listings   •   0 comments Oct 13, 2010

Once in a while, we’ll post pictures of three Movoto listings right here on our blog. Their sizes, shapes, and locations will vary. What do they have in common? Their price-tag. In this case, all the houses posted below are priced in the $500,000 – $520,000 range. 1. This rosy and lush 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom listing…

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