The latest city to crack down on pied-a-terres, Paris hits empty apartments with a whopping 60 percent tax

… of attention with its 15 percent tax on foreign buyers as global housing prices skyrocket and precious apartments in … on property taxes for absentee homeowners as Mansion Global reported in late January Previously owners of second … to be that bothered  Knight Franks Mark Harvey told Mansion Global This is just hot air Critics of the new rules also …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 21, 2017 - 2:59PM
Julia Child's house is for sale and you should buy it ASAP

… it was built on a friends property Childs former French home is now on the market the New York Times reports after many years playing … of Julia Childs history For the less industrious vacation home owner theres also an inground pool in the back  The …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 12, 2015 - 2:05PM
The Italian town of Gangi is giving away houses

… as the New York Times reported yesterday Theyre giving away houses for free to buyers willing to fix them up within … Renovation … vacation … The Italian town of Gangi is giving away houses …

By Virginia K. Smith |June 23, 2015 - 12:59PM
European homes that'll cost you the same as (or less than) a Manhattan one-bedroom

… Thanks to the weakening euro nows the time for Americans to buy in Europe … this twobedroom corner apartment in a circa1629 building near Amsterdams  Egelantiersgracht  canal and renovated in

By BrickUnderground |March 12, 2015 - 10:30AM