Japan provides post-cyclone, 110-million-dollar loan to Philippines - Earthtimes (press release)
Manila - Japan is providing a 109.8-million-dollar loan to the Philippines to rebuild infrastructure damaged by two devastating Many roads, bridges, power lines, homes and schools were damaged or destroyed by the two cyclones. Some communities in

Solar house? It's in the mail - Pueblo Chieftain
The company sells 12 to 20 solar homes a year through its own website.  ‘‘The whole reason we started Solar Village is to bring green to the masses,’’ Giebler said. ‘‘Having a few million-dollar solar homes is fine, but I want thousands

Hollywood Sign Site Saved By Hugh Hefner & Generous - Inhabitat.com
The development company was planning on selling the land off in parcels for multi-million dollar homes, and when the city found out about it, people were outraged. A campaign ensued to raise $12.5 million to buy the land for public use and

Share this on Twitter - Ken Salazar Approves $900 Million Offshore - DAILY KOS
So the President gave campaign style speeches in support of clean renewable energies, on the same day Ken Salazar approved a 900 million dollar plan to produce ocean breezes to power hundreds of thousands of homes. China’s first offshore wind

US Fidelis sues owners over excessive personal spending - KMOV
Louis fully equipped with a one million dollar marble staircase. The lawsuit accuses the brothers of spending the money on other luxuries like private jets and vacation homes, along with paying off their income taxes and traffic fines.

HOUSE OF THE DAY: Ridiculous Park City Mansions At Firesale Prices In - The Business Insider
Park City, Utah has seen a brisk housing market lately, but it will reach new heights with an auction of 30 luxury properties on May 1st. Million dollar homes in the famous winter hot spot will be auctioned by U.S. Auction & Realty , with some cases

Ebby Halliday Companies Announce Luxury Home Magazine Grand Vie - PR Inside
DALLAS, TX (April 22, 2010) – Ebby Halliday is the luxury market leader, selling more million-dollar homes than any other company in North Texas. “Grand Vie embodies luxury living as each issue presents some of the area's most incredible homes

Market for high-priced homes, jumbo mortgages begins to thaw - Washington Post
local buyers, a shortage of homes on the market is a more significant problem than obtaining a loan, said Jeff Brier, a principal with the Martin & Jeff Group of Coldwell Banker in the District. It is not uncommon for million-dollar homes to

Former Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO to Auction Atlanta Penthouse - Businesswire.com
Grand Estates’ auctions have an 11-year track record of quickly selling multi-million-dollar homes that previously languished on the market with conventional sales-listing methods. “It is the purest form of achieving market value for your

Out There: Residents on Long Beach island live in fear - Los Angeles Times
It's a trade-off, living on Naples. In exchange for inhabiting an island with quaint canals where kayakers, paddlers and opera-singing gondoliers float past million-dollar homes, residents of this Long Beach neighborhood live with the anxiety of