real estate
Can Paul McCartney’s Ex Buy Happiness?
High-roller Heather Mills may be longing for yesterday, after news of her arguably-excessive spending has come to fruition. Fametastic reports that Mills has spent £10 million from her seven months-old-divorce settlement with legendary musician Paul McCartney. A source says Heather has been moaning that her money isn't going as far as she'd thought.
While £10 million is no chump change –its interest alone could feed a small army- Mills does seem to have more where that came from. Her sum settlement weighted in at about £24.3 million pounds: £7.8 million pounds of existing assets, £14 million straight up cash, … Read More
The Hasselhoff divorce settlement is just a real estate estimate away.
We wanted to make the headline 'Judge makes potentially last mistake and hassles the Hoff,' but got voted down by everyone with any modicum of sense or headline writing ability on our staff. Whatever.
So, the rhubarb is that David Hasselhoff of German music fame decided to get divorced from his wife. Her name is Pamela Bach and she's got a really funny way of estimating real estate value. She thinks their 10,000 square foot spread in Encino, California is worth $8 million. Pffft. We're in a recession, dude. And real estate is in the crapper, friend. … Read More
Buying real estate forces Audrey to internally face some questions.
Hoo boy, things have been a little heavy around the old Ference-Smith house of late. See, I've come into some money. Which is awesome. But it has changed the conversation about buying an apartment from, "I'd really love to buy someday when we've saved enough for a down payment" to, "OK, now, what's this whole mortgage thing again?"
Which is a little scary. I mean, I do want to buy an apartment. Like a lot. After this spring's getting kicked out of our place debacle, I look forward to living somewhere that I am in control of. And unlike many … Read More
A new site tracks down all the other singles in your 'hood.
The Star Tribune reported on a new web site that allows users to see just about everything they might want to know about a neighborhood’s inhabitants—including marital status. Cyberhomes.com lists the number of singles, marrieds, and divorced in any given Zip Code, so if you’re in the market for more than just a house (relationship, perhaps?), the site will clue you in on the areas packed with others looking for love.
I mean, really. We can all be honest here. Does a single guy or girl ever want to be drowning in … Read More
How a fixer-upper first home became one couple's labor of love.
"But how could you not spend your first married Christmas together?!?"
My coworker wouldn't let it go; she must have asked me ten times. Despite feeling annoyed at her judgmental tone, I started to think maybe she had a point. Aren't newlyweds supposed to sip from each other's eggnog mugs, sneak kisses under the mistletoe, and surprise each other with thoughtful gifts?
Not Ryan and I. While I was in San Francisco eating cracked crab with my family, Ryan spent Christmas Eve with our plumber.
Six months after getting married, and four months after moving from the Bay … Read More