Archive: January 2014

Million Dollar Luxury Living on the Move

When you think of luxury living on the move, the first thing that comes to mind is probably a luxury yacht. A new concept of such a lifestyle can now be found with a twist: luxury living “on the road”, an innovative creation on six wheels. The most expensive high-end mobile home has been sold in Dubai for $3 million! The home is complete with comforts and endless forms of entertainment. The engineers of Marchi Mobile, the creators of this…

Moscow Revamps it’s Suburbs to Attract Real Estate Investors

Moscow holds the title as the country’s capital as well as the main economic and financial center of the Russian Federation with over 12 million citizens. The city’s suburbs are the most widespread of the country. In recent months redevelopment projects have been devised in order to attract more real estate investors to the country. The Russian mayor,   Sergey Sobyanin, in office since 2010, has declared that “the majority of Muscovites live in residential areas that have been formed hand…

Christina Ricci Sells her Apartment for 1.7 Million Dollars

American actress Christina Ricci has recently made a number of interesting real estate choices. The actress, who has recently launched a hashtag “Riccing”, has put her luxury home in Los Angeles on the market for 1.7 million dollars (around 1.2 million euro).   The Los Angeles raised star, daughter of a renowned real estate agent in the city, has managed to put her luxury 180 square meter property on the market with a surplus of around 200,000 dollars in comparison…

Luxury Residential Complex to Replace the ex-News International Site in London

The Berkeley real estate group in London has recently received preliminary approval for the development of 1,800 residences in the area in which the News International publishing site was once situated. The project, known as “London Dock”, is set to take shape in the formerly known “Fortress Wapping” where Rupert Murdoch’s editorial group was based for over 25 years, the headquarters for noted newspapers such as “Times”, “Sunday Times”, “The Sun” and “News of the World”. One of Britain’s most…

Eddie Murphy’s Villa is on the Market for $12 Million

This luxury villa, once owned by American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, is now for sale. The high-end property is ideally positioned overlooking a lake in Granite Bay, north of Sacramento in California. Although Eddie Murphy was born in New York and lived in New Jersey, he purchased this house in 1998 when he was married to his ex-wife Nicole Mitchell. In 2007 it was sold to its current owner for $6.1 million (around €4.5 million). It is now worth…

Abu Dhabi Invests in the French Real Estate Market

According to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro , the sovereign fund of the emirate of Abu Dhabi is to sign the acquisition of a number of luxury properties throughout France. Concentrating mainly on apartments and commercial businesses in Paris and Lyon. In fact, last December the sovereign fund purchased part of the business Docks Lyonnais, owner of a remarkable real estate portfolio, that forms part of the bank UBS. Amongst the recent purchases include a wonderful building destined to…

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