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Trout Run, the Novelty Real Estate of Former Presidents, Now on Sale

Stephanie in Architecture, Celebrity Homes, Design, Historic, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage, Vacation Property   •   0 comments Dec 20, 2011

Presidents came here to relax and decompress. Celebrities came here to get away from the glitz and glam of Hollywood. And now it can be yours. Located at 12929 Catoctin Hollow Road in Thurmont, MD, Trout Run is known as the second Camp David — in part because of its close proximity to Camp David,…

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Surf, Sand, and Sun: Beachfront Novelty Real Estate For the Rich

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Los Angeles Real Estate, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Southern California, Square Footage, Vacation Property   •   0 comments Dec 6, 2011

Many cures for the winter blues exist, but one of the most relaxing (and expensive) happens to be a beachfront vacation home. Beachfront homes are commonly expensive pieces of novelty real estate, and these multi-million-dollar luxury abodes are no different. From heated Olympic lap pools to cedar saunas, from floor-to-ceiling windows to secluded stretches of…

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Want Unique Novelty Real Estate? Try These $1 Million Home Conversions

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Historic, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage, Vacation Property   •   0 comments Oct 31, 2011

Last week, we talked about if you should opt for a smaller home. Now, we’re going to the other end of the spectrum and looking at large, expensive, yet unique homes. These unconventional pieces of novelty real estate all had humble, sometimes historic beginnings — barns, churches, cider mills. But then someone came along with…

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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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Fantasy Homes: Naomi Campbell’s Island Home is Keeping an Eye on You

Stephanie in Architecture, Celebrity Homes, Design, Green Homes, House Features, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Vacation Property   •   3 comments Oct 4, 2011

Extravagant birthday gifts are a staple of the rich and famous, always have been and always will be. Never has this been more apparent, however, than in supermodel Naomi Campbell’s 41st birthday gift from her Russian billionaire boyfriend, Vladislav Doronin: Her very own private island vacation home. What’s more, this home is probably one of…

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Investment and Vacation Property Sales Steady

Chris Kolmar in Buyer Tips, Market Trends, National Association of Realtors, Vacation Property   •   0 comments Sep 11, 2011

According to the National Association of Realtors 2011 Report regarding investment and vacation home sales during 2010, the report revealed that these sales were quite steady. Vacation homes sales represented 10% of all sales transactions during 2010, while investment sales presented 17%, unchanged from 2009. Statistics show that with tight credit conditions, a large number…

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The Medicare Tax and Real Estate

Movoto Team in Buyer Tips, Homes for Sale, Interest Rates, National Association of Realtors, Real Estate Tips, Tax, Vacation Property   •   2 comments Apr 19, 2010

The real estate market and the new Medicare tax imposed by the Obama Administration seem mutually exclusive, but according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), investors in real estate might be unexpectedly affected. The recently issued 3.8% tax on “unearned income” concerns only high income taxpayers; the IRS considers a high income taxpayer to…

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Napa California Wine Country Real Estate

Guest Author in Homes for Sale, Market Trends, Vacation Property   •   0 comments Nov 7, 2007

The sleepy gateway to the wine country is getting a face lift these days with much of the city under construction and new tourism, office, retail, housing, beautification, restoration and infrastructure projects on the calendar for completion over the next few years. An article in today’s local Napa Valley Register calls it the “Changing Face…

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Buying your own property in the wine country? Sonoma and Napa real estate.

Guest Author in Homeownership, Homes for Sale, Inventory, Median Home Price, Northern California, Vacation Property   •   0 comments Aug 13, 2007

The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported renouned vintner Warren Winiarski sold his famed winnery Stag’s Leap for $185 million. That is a lot of money to pay for a property up in the California wine country, but there are probably affordable real estate and homes for sale in the region that people can purchase. In…

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