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Looking for a glam spot to host parties and events? Consider this over-the-top party pad used by William Randolph Hearst during the 1920s and 1930s. The 3,000-square-foot townhome in Los Angeles is available to rent for $25,000 a month.

The unit in the Los Altos apartment complex on Wilshire Boulevard is being represented by Ari Wintraub of Sotheby’s International Realty–Brentwood Brokerage. The terms are for a one-year lease.

“They decked out the unit for entertaining. He created what looks like a mini Hearst Castle. He appointed it at a very grand scale,” says Wintraub. The newspaper baron even had a door connecting to the adjacent unit, occupied by his mistress, actress Marion Davies.

Architect Julia Morgan, who partnered with Hearst on his castle in San Simeon, CA, reportedly designed the lavish spaces.

Alternative homebuilding remains a small section of the market, but everything from cost challenges to worker shortages within the traditional model suggest there’s ample room for automation technologies to change how homes are built.

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On the latest “Christina on the Coast,” Christina Hall gives us a good look at her recently purchased forever home—or at least where she hopes to stay for quite some time.

In the episode “Another Dime in the Jukebox,” we learn that the designer and her husband, Joshua Hall, have been living in Dana Point, CA. But given her office and kids’ school are located in Newport Beach, she’s been spending a lot of time commuting. Plus, her kids don’t like being so far from friends, leading Christina to conclude that her current digs just aren’t working anymore.

“It’s time to have a serious talk about moving back to Newport,” she says.

“You want to move again,” Josh guesses after hearing his wife’s grievances. Thankfully, he gets it and is game to start the home search.

"It’s like that roller coaster where it’s going up and up and up and up. You don’t know what’s going to happen when you get to the top." Many investors had a pleasant ride in 2022. But the ride might come to an end.

National home prices tallied a 0.5 percent monthly decrease between September and October, according to data released Tuesday by real estate analytics provider CoreLogic.

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Is Steve Wynn cleaning house? The legendary casino and hotel developer has listed properties in Sun Valley, ID; Palm Beach, FL; and New York City, according to recent reports.

The Big Apple property is a penthouse with a jaw-dropping price tag of $90 million. Wynn reportedly paid $70 million for the three-bedroom, 4.5-bath duplex condo apartment in 2012.

The property is located in the former Hotel St. Moritz, which was designed by Emery Roth in 1930. The boutique building offers views of Central Park from the southern border.

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When a winter storm hits, many homeowners anticipate snow removal will mean quickly shoveling walkways and driveways. But plenty of folks delay the cleanup, or do it incorrectly. And unfortunately, the ramifications of this can be fairly severe.

Not handling snow and ice removal correctly can result in major issues, including roof damage and clogged gutters. At times, mishandling snow removal can even turn dangerous.

From ignoring ice dams to not using pet-safe ice melt, be aware of these common snow removal mistakes.

1. Ignoring ice dams

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During the height of COVID-19, it seemed like everyone knew someone who had bought a home and then remodeled the kitchen, created a home office or gym, or turned the scraggly backyard into an outdoor oasis.

But as the pandemic enters its fourth year, most folks are no longer trapped in their homes obsessing over every flaw. The homebuying frenzy that typically spurs remodeling work has died down. And many people are more concerned with high inflation and the looming threat of a recession than their dream en suite bathroom.

Where does that leave the remodeling industry? In fairly good shape, say most experts. Homeowners are expected to spend even more on remodeling, repairs, and maintenance in 2023 than they did in 2022.

“We are expecting the market to continue to grow, just not nearly as fast as it was the past couple of years,” says Abbe Will, a senior research associate at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. “Even if we are in a recession in 2023, I wouldn’t necessarily expect the renovation market to decline.”

Most New Yorkers wish for more space, but moving isn’t the only way to get it. Sometimes you just have to wait out the neighbors.

Most New Yorkers wish for more space, but moving isn’t the only way to get it. Sometimes you just have to wait for the neighbors to sell.

From the places that will be most in demand to the platforms you need to focus on, these statistics will help you hit the ground running as you plan your 2023 marketing strategy.

Satisfying renters is the North Star in the multifamily sector. That is the mundane matter that must be mastered.

As the last couple of years have shown us, the only thing we can rely on is change, according to The Agency president Rainy Hake Austin. Clear out some time on the calendar to put the necessary thought into nailing down your marketing budget this year so that you're ready to communicate through whatever's next.

To better illustrate how capricious the real estate industry was in 2022, Inman searched high and low for rogue data points that drove the housing market and best reflected this year's wild tumble.

Curious what your competition and colleagues are reading? Here are the top 10 most-read articles from Inman contributors this year.

Social media is still a tremendous tool for real estate professionals to grow their businesses. Counting social media out in the coming year would be a mistake. 

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An oceanfront estate with an architectural pedigree has splashed onto the market in Koloa, HI.

Listed for $30 million, the property clocks in as Kauai’s priciest listing.

It’s located on the island’s South Shore, bordered by the Allerton National Tropical Botanical Garden, and just east of Lawai Bay and Ka Lae O Kaiwa beach.

While the North Shore is an area popular with tourists and public figures alike, including Carlos Santana and Sylvester Stallone, who have owned beach homes there, the South Shore is more low-key and considered “the sunny side.”

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Nothing injects a special dash of excitement into cooking like a fancy new kitchen gadget. Who can resist the allure of the almighty egg cuber, or the fun they’ll have Sunday morning whipping out that pancake pen? Odds are you already have a few hyperspecialized tools stashed in your cabinets and are itching to add one or three more.

“This category of small kitchen appliances and tools is hard for people to resist,” points out Pamela O’Brien, interior decorator at Pamela Hope Designs.

Alas, the thrill you’ll feel using that carrot sharpener or condiment gun is bound to be short-lived, at which point you’ll be cramming it into stuffed drawers and regretting this impulse purchase.

That’s why we’re here to stage an intervention and let you know whether your kitchen gadget habit is out of control. See if you recognize your own kitchen choices in any of these red flags below— and if so, it might be high time to start purging rather than adding to your collection.

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This “dog” is trading the mountains for the beach.

Duane Chapman, aka “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” appears to have found a buyer for his enormous Castle Rock, CO, home, according to the New York Post.

Chapman, who has put down new roots in Florida, listed his 9-acre property in Colorado in October for $1,690,000. He dropped the price to $1,595,000 in November, and now a sale is pending.

On the beautiful land is a 6,200-square-foot mansion with six bedrooms and five baths.

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Here at Realtor.com, there are few things we find more satisfying than flipping through before and after photos of a great home transformation. And in 2022—a challenging year when many would-be homebuyers or sellers decided to stay put and fix up their house instead—there was no shortage of noteworthy renovation projects.

In our “Lessons From Listings Photos” series, we looked at plenty of homes in need of some love that went from drab to fab. With the help of home design and real estate experts, we homed in on what changes made these renovated homes so sought after—from fresh coats of paint to total kitchen makeovers.

It was tough for us to pick out a single property as the winner, so instead, we put together this room-by-room showcase of our favorite transformations to give you a recap of the best of the best in 2022.

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The property: A plain Jane 1950s L.A. ranch home in need of a personality infusion