Buying New Chairs Not for Sitting, for Investing
As prices for ‘young’ furniture soar art-market insiders say some collectors are buying pieces with an eye toward flipping them on the auction market in a year or two.
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Communists happy to sell off Calcutta's faded glory Once known as the Jewel of the East, the Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta, former capital of colonial India, has seen better days.via
The sea inside the house This year, home decor in store after store is taking its cue from the sea. Harbor, a nautical-theme shop in Collingswood, stocks everything from shore-scented candles and local artwork to
U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell 6% Last Week (Bloomberg.com) May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage applications in the U.S. fell last week by the most since February as higher borrowing costs damped home purchases and refinancing.read more...
Albany Chamber ready to burn mortgage (Albany Democrat-Herald) Albany Area Chamber of Commerce members will celebrate paying off a $100,000 mortgage four years ahead of schedule with a party from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the chamber
The hows and whys behind seamless color We asked Peter Klick, interior designer and man who likes to live inside a color, why his Red House had to be red all-around and why his current Blue House
Mortgage data leaked over file network (AP via Yahoo! News) Three spreadsheets containing more than 5,000 Social Security numbers and other personal details about customers of ABN Amro Mortgage Group were inadvertently leaked over an online file-sharing network by
August 6th, 2007
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