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Eve?s Hollywood Hills Home on the Market
You might know her from just her first name or maybe her other last name — of Destruction – but Eve Jeffers is now entering the real estate market by putting her 4 bedroom, 5 bath house on the market for $2.295 million. The rapper-singer-actress, who recently played a glee club coach of a rival [...]
Homes in Barack Obama?s Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Born in 1961 in Honolulu, HI, forty-fourth President of the United States, Barack Obama, is the first President to have been born in Hawaii. After moving to Indonesia between the ages of 6 and 10, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Armour Dunham. Of his formative years on the Island, Obama wrote: [...]
What?s Cooking in Kitchen Trends for 2010?
According to MSN Real Estate, what?s old is new again. Traditional is back in and contemporary is headed out when it comes to kitchen and bath trends for 2010. A survey from the National Kitchen & Bath Association reveals that although many of the existing 2009 kitchen and bath trends are still in style, 2010 [...]
Home Building Industry Sees Improvements
After four years of feeling the effects of the recession, positive signs are starting to emerge for the home building industry as new home order rates improve while write-downs and cancellations become fewer. The Wall Street Journal reports that support from the government, in the form of the first time home buyer tax credit, longer tax-loss carry-backs, and [...]
Pro Skateboarder, Erik Ellington: Celebrity Real Estate
Erik Ellington is a pro skateboarder and co-owner of Bakerboys Distribution and Supra Footwear- established in 2005. Ellington is also the co-founder of Brigada, an eyewear company established in 2007. The goofy-footed boarder is sponsored by Deathwish Skateboards Supra Footwear Brigada Eyewear Thunder Trucks. His footwear company has introduced many of his pro model shoes including the “DOUBLE E”. Ellington recently put his [...]
Black History Month: The Power of Street Names
In recognition of Black History Month, Move Trends is bringing awareness to street names across the nation which are named after prominent black figures. Street names are intended to strengthen historical achievements of influential people over generations that affirm character and symbolism in a community. Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss, authors of Brooklyn by Name: How the [...]
Top 10 Most Searched Homes on REALTOR.com®
Love is in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches, and this week’s top 10 most searched homes on REALTOR.com® list is showing love, once again, to Florida and Texas. The Boca Raton beauty remains in the top spot this week, and newcomer, No. 5 in Frisco, Texas is the second listing from that city to make [...]
?We Are The World? Remake for Haiti Relief
During the past few weeks, relief efforts in Haiti have already seen huge influxes of aid from a number of sources. The National Association of REALTORS® Relief Foundation donated $500K to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and $50K to The Harvest of Haiti. All contributions will flow through the Foundation and one hundred percent of all funds collected [...]
Maximizing Return on Your Remodeling Investments
Because investing in remodeling doesn’t ensure the returns that it used to, homeowners are finding that they must take into careful consideration which projects will yield the biggest payoffs. After a study conducted by Remodeling magazine revealed that the average return on value for an upgrade declined to 64 percent in 2009 from 87 percent [...]
Former Chicago Bear, Rex Grossman: Celebrity Real Estate
Since first drafted out of the University of Florida in 2003, Rex Grossman spent six seasons as the Chicago Bears quarterback . His only full season under center was when the Bears went to Super bowl XLI in 2006. That year, Grossman threw for a career-best 3,193 yards, 23 touchdowns, and he completed 20 of 28 passes, according to Block [...]
