http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-mansions-owned-by-white-collar-criminals-1429199709?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_Top The 2000s saw a tidal wave of corporate scandals in which some of the world’s top business titans moved out of their palatial homes, ritzy ski lodges and...
Interesting Houses
More Shipping Containers
A new restaurant due to open in the US is claimed to be the largest in the country to be built using shipping containers. The Smoky Park Supper Club in Asheville, North Carolina, is constructed from 19 containers and was built by shipping container construction firm...
Luxury Dirt
Architects are taking rammed-earth home design far beyond the dirt-plain adobe look—creating walls that are almost sculptural in their complexity and scale. It took 300 tons of decomposed granite to build the 72-foot-long rammed-earth wall that forms the spine of...
Two Open Houses Today
Pernilla Lindberg, above If you have any interest in golf, or just like a good walk in the park, stop by the final round today of Kia Classic at the Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad. It is a challenging course, yet all but seven of the finalists are under par - and the...
Open House Today, 12-3pm
For those looking for a quality view home in Old Carlsbad, check out my new listing on a flag lot at 3750 Monroe Street: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3750-Monroe-St-Carlsbad-CA-92008/16647431_zpid/
Contemp
http://www.contemporist.com/2015/01/29/a-contemporary-home-in-a-golf-community-for-family-and-friends/
Oregon Coast
Perched above the beach at the edge of the tree line, this vacation home allows the dramatic Oregon Coast to take center stage. The design maintains sightlines from the sheltered forest to the open coastline with a minimal structure of glass and steel. Atop the...
Cape Town
http://www.contemporist.com/2015/01/30/a-family-home-with-270-views-in-cape-town/
Romney On the Move
From the Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/01/27/mitt-romney-began-building-expensive-homes-after-his-loss-part-real-estate-makeover/CeKp2sd0JcWA6URLhmJzxM/story.html Romney, whose last presidential bid was hampered by his image of excessive...
Inventory Watch – Casa Del Sol
Want to see more inventory? Just go up in price! Of the NSDCC houses for sale, 81% are listed at $1,000,000 or higher, and 48% are over $2,000,000! The stats will be slightly skewed due to this property coming up for auction. They priced it on the range $10,000 -...