New Zealand Upscale Property Sales Are Off To A - Nuwireinvestor.com
this is still well below the 268 million dollar properties sold in the same two months in 2007 at the height of the property boom, it is a significant trend, according to Bayleys agent David Rainbow who specializes in luxury homes in Remuera He

Jobless claims fall, buoy jobs recovery hopes - MSN Money
dollar was slightly higher against the yen About 8.4 million jobs have been lost since December 2007, when the recession started. The number of people still receiving benefits after an initial week of aid fell 54,000 to 4.65 million in the week

Reality TV should show economic hardship - Daily Beacon Online
These women are still living in their multi-million-dollar homes, shopping as a hobby and spending thousands of dollars on plastic surgery. On the other end of the spectrum, the fictional “Desperate Housewives” have husbands who are losing jobs

Unoccupied homes and incomplete construction a concern - KMOV
(KMOV) -- Million dollar homes in west St. Louis County sit abandoned in one of the area's more exclusive zip codes. The situation has neighbors and the city of Creve Coeur wondering what's next for two high-end neighborhoods. Both subdivisions

Vegas shows at discount prices - San Jose Mercury News
miles east of the Strip, was planned as an upscale, multipurpose resort community with a retail and dining village, condo-hotels, full-service-hotels, golf courses, million-dollar homes, and a casino, all situated around a manmade lake.

Million dollar marijuana factories disguised as - KENS 5
In all, 1,400 high-grade marijuana plants -- along with more than 200 pounds of loose marijuana -- were seized from all six homes. The street value is estimated at between $6 million and $7 million. Police say even though the suspects use a lot of

A tune-up, first - Bismarck Tribune
They will still have caribbean junkets, million dollar homes, private planes, yearly bonuses that most of the rest of us could retire on. We should have went after the top heavy hospitals first. "When enough people realize they are dying for profits

Vatican defends decision to axe trial for priest - Staten Island Advance
I personally am sick of knowing about priests who live in half-million dollar homes (Fredericksburg VA) and drive around in $60k BMW (San Jose CA) If you want to hit them where they live, take away their cash.

America's $50 Million Homes - Forbes
When brokers and sellers determine an asking price for a home in the double-digit millions, local real estate statistics mean almost nothing. Instead of relying on metrics like "comparables," the industry term for similarly appointed homes that have