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What a $33K Texas Tiny Home Taught a Family About Planning for the Long Term
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Is It Wise to Bet on a Mamdani Rent Freeze When Renewing a NYC Lease?
Rent-stabilized tenants must choose between a 3% one-year renewal and a 4.5% two-year renewal while Mayor Mamdani promises a rent freeze and RGB reform. Timing is uncertain, so the better option hinges on your risk tolerance and beliefs about whether the freeze will take effect before the 2027 lease is signed.
Central Park–Facing Duplex Penthouse Sells for $25 Million on NYC's Upper East Side
A duplex penthouse atop the new 74 condominium on Manhattan’s Upper East Side sold in a private deal for $25 million. The four‑bedroom top‑two‑floor unit measures 5,264 interior square feet plus 1,600 square feet of exterior space and features a 70‑foot terrace with Central Park views. The 32‑story tower by Elad Group, designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners with interiors by Rafael de Cárdenas, is nearing completion. The sale is the building’s priciest to date, brokered by Barbara Russo, with public records not yet reflecting the closing and other units ranging from $1 million to $12.39 million.
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Gene Hackman’s longtime Santa Fe, New Mexico estate—a 53-acre luxury property with a three-bedroom main residence, guest house, putting green, lap pool and extensive woodlands—sold within days of listing for $6.25 million after Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s passing last year.
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December Pending Home Sales Fall 9.3% Amid Tight Inventory
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Gene Hackman’s Santa Fe-area estate hits the market at $6.25 million
The former Gene Hackman residence outside Santa Fe has been listed for $6.25 million.
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