Realty Vine

Roman Catholic Housing Since 1520

2008-12-26T18:08:00.000-08:00

Mrs. Wunderle lives in the Fuggerei, a Roman Catholic housing settlement for the penniless that Jakob Fugger "The Rich" built in this southern German city near 500 years ago. Praying for Mr. Fugger and his descendants to enter the Pearly Gates is a clause for living here, at an annual rent of 1 Rhein guilder, the same as in 1520. In nowadays's money, that's 88 euro cents, or about $1.23.

As in medieval time, the Fuggerei farm is protected at night. Residents take turns manning the gatehouse to open for belatedly stragglers and select them between 50 cents and an euro, depending on the hour. read more

Tools for your Kitchen Drawer

2008-12-25T01:27:00.000-08:00

Every kitchen has that one drawer that accumulates the quasi-hardware for inside repairs. When you were growing up, your old man may have reticent a hammer and a few screwdrivers with some cylinder pictures firm to a thread. Now, you've perhaps got a depot of twist ties and rubber bands burying a multitool and a measuring strip. As a toolbox, it'll get you by — but it could get better. view the slides

The Best Skyscraper

2008-11-24T01:08:00.000-08:00

Not known as the tallest yet the best skyscraper of 2008, The Shanghai World Financial Center, the world's second-tallest building that some say resembles an elegant bottle opener, was named on Thursday by architects as the best skyscraper completed this year.

The simplicity of its form as well as its size dramatizes the idea of the skyscraper," said Carol Willis of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an international group of architects and engineers. read more

Cities for Single

2008-11-17T17:29:00.000-08:00

What factors do we consider for the best place to be if you’re living life solo? Let me hear your thoughts later, Forbes ranked Atlanta first among 40 largest urbanized city in mainland America using seven different ranking categories: number of singles, night life, culture, cost of living alone, job growth, online dating activity and coolness. Check the rest of the top 10 city for single here.

Cyber City Models

2008-11-13T03:03:00.000-08:00

CyberCity 3D is a state-of-the-art 3D geospatial modeling company specializing in GeoWeb solutions for the real estate, travel, hospitality and geographic information systems industries with over 700,000 buildings and travel destinations in 25 Cities around the world already in their inventory.

You can choose from three different levels of services that they offer that also varies from the lowest to highest cost.

Basic Package

Basic 3D advertising service provide the lowest quality of all the categories using standard grey untextured model with your link to Google Earth and a bubble sign within the listing and yes it goes for FREE.

Premium Package

This service provides the mid quality of your property model, textured with detailed terrestrial images, landscaping, and metadata of your choice with your link to Google Earth. The price of this service goes proportional with your property listing's price.

Custom Package

Custom 3D advertising service provides a premium level of the external model plus a custom hand modeled interiors with a price starting at $2,000.

The Place to find your Place

2008-11-09T23:37:00.000-08:00

HotPads - a map based real estate search engine but not just that, this search engine offers more than a map for with HotPads you can actually create your own listings for FREE! as easy as signing up an email account and let it be more visible by sending them to their network of partners yet another HotPads feature.

HotPads is also equipped with a buy vs rent calculator that will help you decide whether buying is better than renting or is it the other way around for you.

To know more what you can swing in with this search engine go ahead visit HotPads now and register, it's FREE!

House Sawed Cut in Half

2008-10-11T06:53:00.000-07:00

Divorce is not new to us who are not born yesterday, one effect of it could be distribution of property.

A used to be couple in Cambodia agrees to divide their 20 by 24 1/2 foot wooden house into two by cutting or sawing it to half, strange but be it. Moen Sarim 42 years old arrived at their old house with his relative to take the bits and pieces of his half house and left the half standing to his former wife who he says having a extramarital relationship with the local policeman in their village.

Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce

Lifestyle & Income

2008-10-09T05:22:00.000-07:00

Homes for sale Australia situated on a large block within separate servant's cottage and stables at the rear of this renovated home that offers an opportunity for a change in lifestyle as it exudes all the ambiance of days past.

The huge dining room is currently used as a licensed cafe operating only four days a week with potential to increase hours if desired. With 5 - 8 bedrooms, the home could also be considered for a barbecue, boutique, wedding venue, antiques showroom etc.

Located in New South Wales fastest growing area close to all amenities, 30 minutes to famous Hunter Valley Vineyards, Newcastle beaches and with Sydney only 1.5 hours away.

Now is your chance to invest and start your own history, click the image for more information.

Superman's Rescue

2008-10-04T07:16:00.000-07:00

No, the man of steel isn’t in trouble perhaps the house where he’s born way back the year 1932 but isn’t Superman from planet Krypton?

To clear things up it has nothing to do with any of the story Superman portray in his heroic act on comics, it’s all about Meltzer discovery of the deteriorating house at Cleveland Ohio where Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

And to save the day fans lead by Meltzer start a month long auction of art, memorabilia and other donated goods enabling them to raise a whopping $101,744 that’s more than enough to fix the not just the outside of the house but also the inside.

Fans unite in auction to save Superman's house

Check your Home Value

2008-08-02T05:09:00.000-07:00

Want to know your home's value? Get free instant home values and see comparable home valuations for millions of houses. No personal information is required and no one will contact you. Try this tool by Yahoo Real Estate.

Gas Allowance

2008-07-22T08:32:00.000-07:00

Want free gas? Parkside Custom Homes is the answer they will give you $100 for gas a week for 100 consecutive weeks, yes you read that right if you purchase one either of their two homes at Eagle Mountain Lake in Dallas.

Click here to view the full advertisement

Buy a House, Get a Car

2008-07-21T08:07:00.000-07:00

New appliances and vacation packages aren't unusual giveaways in the housing slump, but one woman is taking the unorthodox step of throwing in a car with the purchase of her home.

Now, will you take her offer? some Agents say this was done a long time ago and does not do the trick that was expected. All I can say is if I like the house then I'll take it I won't go for the house because of the car.

Article by: Kate Bolduan and Edvige Jean-François

World's Smallest Hotel

2008-07-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

Germany's Eh'haeusl or marriage house claims to be the worlds smallest hotel wherein you can accommodate a one night stay for 190 euros or around 300 US dollars.

It has seven levels in a 280 year-old building, with a width of 2.5 metres, a floor space of 20 square metres and a living space of 53 square metres.

Video: World's smallest hotel?

Dynamic Skyscraper

2008-07-02T06:12:00.000-07:00

How would you like to work or live in a rotating skyscraper giving you a 360° view?

The Dynamic Tower in Dubai is the first Building in Motion to be constructed in the world, and it will herald a new era of architecture and become a symbol of Dubai, the city of the future created by revolutionary architect Dr. David Fisher. The first 20 floors will be an offices, floors 21 to 35 will be a luxury hotel, floor 36 through 70 will be residential apartments, and the top 10 floors will be luxury villas. It's not just a building in motion it's also environmental friendly, the skyscraper would generate its own electricity from the massive horizontal wind turbines that would be stacked in between each floor.

Article: Dynamic Tower

Best Buy

2008-06-30T06:04:00.000-07:00

Could this be another implication of weakening real estate market, Row homes at Escondido worth $400,000 each are offered on a buy one get one free deal.

The Skyscrapers

2008-06-30T05:37:00.000-07:00

From six and a half billion to nine billion, that's the expected world population by the middle of the century according to United Nations and to accommodate the huge leap in worlds population urban planners are putting the major role to skyscrapers.

Among many new skyscrapers being planned are, from left, the Mubarak al-Kabir tower in Kuwait, Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Russia Tower in Moscow, Incheon Tower in South Korea, the Freedom Tower in New York, and the Chicago Spire.

Author: Amy Cortese
Article: Scraping the Sky, and Then Some

Small Houses

2008-06-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

Owning a tiny property as small as 84-square-foot can help you save money? Maybe but this article isn't about that take a look and read more about America at Home: Small Houses and Quirky Homes.

American Suburban Life Under Assault

2008-06-25T23:37:00.000-07:00

Moving to suburb areas was never considered a wise decision if your work is not there, yes houses may cost less but your transportation is the one that will hurt your pocket.

A new home, featuring a six-car garage, rises on a former cattle ranch in Parker, Colo. More than three-fourths of prospective home buyers are now more inclined to live in an urban area because of higher fuel prices, according to a recent survey of 903 real estate agents with Coldwell Banker, the national brokerage. Some now proclaim the unfolding demise of suburbia.

Photo: Kevin Moloney for The New York Times
Article: Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise