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Living Very Large; Shooting ranges, an indoor tennis court, a bedroom bigger than many houses: For a small cadre of very wealthy owners, building big is back. A bird's-eye view of some of the mega mansions going up across the country. WSJ.com

The latest project of Hyatt hotel heir Anthony Pritzker is a 49,300-square-foot building designed by an architecture firm in Paris. It involves a small army of specialized consultants and boasts amenities like a bowling alley, hairdressing ...
Where Art and Architecture Collide; A sculptor and his architect wife team up to fix up their Venice, Calif., home WSJ.com

Venice, Calif. Sculptor Cliff Garten is known for his grand public pieces. His wife, Molly Reid, is a residential architect. The couple's first collaboration: an overhaul of a dilapidated house and garage on the 11,000-square-foot lot they ...
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Moment of Truth For Spanish Bank; Lender's Independence Seen at Risk From Spain's Cleanup Rules, Just Months After IPO WSJ.com

MADRID—Bankia SA, which just months ago was hailed as a success of the country's banking consolidation, on Friday will outline its plans to comply with Spain's new bank-cleanup rules—standards that have raised some doubts about the lender's ...
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House Insider Bill Passes With New Backers WSJ.com

After a six-year effort, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would formally ban insider trading by Congress, along the way picking up support from some surprising backers—lawmakers who actively trade stocks.
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U.A.E. Banks Dip Back Into Real Estate WSJ.com

DUBAI—Banks in the United Arab Emirates are tiptoeing back into real-estate lending. As the region's economy improves and some sections of the real-estate market show signs of stability and growth, banks are cautiously beginning to lend ...
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Real-Estate Crash Aids the Green Movement WSJ.com

The real-estate crash left pockets of the region's rural areas littered with the remnants of would-be golf courses, shopping centers and luxury subdivisions that never got off the ground. But the market swoon has yielded an unexpected ...
Real Estate News: It's Hardly a Ball for 11 Times Square WSJ Blogs

Here is a look at real-estate news in today's WSJ: It's Hardly a Ball for 11 Times Square: The risks of speculative office building, especially during a real-estate slump, are obvious at the 11 Times Square skyscraper. Just stand on the ...
Real Estate's Hail Mary Sales Pitch SmartMoney Blogs

In today's real estate market, you don't need a broker – you need a superhero. At least, that's the message of Century 21's first-ever Super Bowl commercial. Their agents will successfully negotiate with buyers as picky as Donald Trump, ...
Real-Estate Executive Departs Apollo WSJ Blogs

The head of U.S. real estate investments at private-equity giant Apollo Global Management has left the firm after a period when the real estate team made few new property investments.
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CME Nears Deal to Sell Chicago Board of Trade Site WSJ.com

CME Group Inc. is close to a deal to sell most of the historic Chicago Board of Trade building for between $150 million and $180 million to a group that includes Chicago developer GlenStar Properties LLC, USAA Real Estate Co. and a Canadian ...
Asia real-estate bull turns bearish; IP Global chief says this crisis not like last one MarketWatch

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asia’s gradually cooling property markets aren’t the great buys they once were, according to one expert in the region, who says better bargains can be found in the depressed markets in the West.
How to make portfolio diversification pay off; Commentary: Long-term investors find time is on their side MarketWatch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Portfolio diversification is fairly straightforward. Different kinds of assets — stocks and bonds, for example; maybe commodities and real estate as well — lower volatility and deliver more consistent returns than ...
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STATS: A 16,649-square-foot home with 11 bedrooms, 11 full baths and 2 half-baths. The owners are auctioning the property without reserve on Feb. 24 through Concierge Auctions. Property taxes in 2012 are $23,600.45. Dues to the homeowners' ...
Chinese City Moves to Ease Property Policy WSJ.com

SHANGHAI—An industrial city in eastern China is offering residents subsidies and tax waivers for home purchases, in the latest instance of property-policy easing on the local level despite Beijing's tightening policy.
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Realty Q&A is a weekly column in which Lew Sichelman, a nationally syndicated columnist who has been covering the housing market for more than 40 years, responds to readers’ questions on real estate.

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