$BTC: A Property Startup Backed By Jeff Bezos Sells Its First Property In Colombia For Bitcoin

Prometheus International, a real estate developer in Europe, sold two luxury residences on the Portuguese island of Madeira for a total of €4.1 million ($4.7 million), paid in the popular cryptocurren...

Admission To College Is Valuable, But Is It “Property”?

The process of gaining admission to an elite college can generate anxiety and worry. It can also lead to prison. In 2019, the Department of Justice charged dozens of parents, coaches and others in sev...

‘We live 5 minutes from our in-laws who have a larger home’: Is it a good idea to swap houses? Will I end up with a surprise tax bill?

I am a California resident. My husband and I own a 1,800-square-foot home that we bought in 2019 for $1.5 million. We have between 40% and 50% equity in the property due to a large down payment. We li...

Inflation Is Everywhere, Including Places You Might Not Expect

Inflation is seeping through American business, hitting companies in unexpected ways beyond higher prices for materials, shipping or wages. It is adding to legal costs for the maker of Marlboro cigare...

Gaming: race to acquire intellectual property

In the gaming industry, Loup Funds analysts Gene Munster and Doug Clinton said there is an ongoing race to acquire intellectual property and gaming content.  Companies are increasingly in the race for...

Missouri Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Exempt Crypto From State Property Taxes

Proposed legislation potentially aiding cryptocurrency adoption continues to pop up in statehouses across the United States. This week, Missouri State Representative Phil Christofanelli introduced a b...

Gen Y can use tokens to get on the property ladder – Cointelegraph Magazine

The explosive combination of blockchain and physical assets is making a real difference in how young people can access traditionally illiquid, expensive and slow-moving physical assets such as propert...

Zillow’s lost more than $230 million in its iBuying fire sale, but the stock is still surging

Three months after a home-flipping initiative imploded in an embarrassing public display, Zillow Group Inc. reported record revenue from selling the underwater homes Thursday and predicted big sales a...

‘I don’t know if it’s worth dealing with tenants’: Should I convert my home into a rental, or sell it?

I have enough money to put down on a second home — I need a slightly bigger place and another bedroom. I currently live in Portland, Ore., but I am planning to move outside of Portland. However, I’m c...

The Outlook for Housing, Malls, Workspaces, and Other Real Estate

Carly Tripp grew up playing in corn fields in Olney, Md., about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C. But by the time she graduated high school, five grocery stores had popped up within a one-mile radi...

Metaverse Real Estate Office has Opened Selling Real Property

Real Estate is a hot topic. But so is the metaverse. And now, they are colliding. Two Spanish companies have merged forces to set up a virtual real estate office in the metaverse. They are selling rea...

5 popular financial rules you might want to ditch

Traditional financial advice like the kind you got from your parents is often true but even experienced investors might rely on maxims that are outdated and no longer serving your financial well-being...

Take-Two, Simon Property, Chegg & more

James Tahaney loads textbooks on to a pallet in preparation for shipping at the Chegg warehouse in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, April 29, 2010. John Sommers II | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the co...

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan calls for register of foreign-owned property

Luxury residential townhouses stand overlooking Regents Park in London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. U.K. house prices increased at their fastest pace in more than a year in November, according to ...

‘No, no, no, no, no!’ My wife and I are close to retirement, but we want to buy a house. Should I empty my 401(k) for the down payment?

Dear MarketWatch, My wife and I have been renting for many years, and we think it’s time to buy our first house. We live in Westchester County, N.Y., and we are looking for a home in the $450,000 to $...

How To Value Real Estate Investment Property

The methods for analyzing the value of a real estate investment are analogous to those used in the fundamental analysis of stocks. Because real estate investment is typically not a short-term trade, a...

Evergrande Aims To Announce Restructuring Plan Within Six Months

The sale office in front of unfinished apartment buildings at the construction site of a China … [+] Evergrande Group development in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (Photo by Andrea V...

China’s Top Property Tycoons See Fortunes Drop $30 Billion With Even More Losses Expected

Hui Ka Yan, Yang Huiyan and Sun Hongbin have all seen their fortunes tumble this year. Bloomberg The days of property moguls dominating China’s wealth rankings appear to be at an end. Beijing’s campai...

Legal Thoughts on the Metaverse (I): Intellectual Property Rights | Footprint Analytics

About the Metaverse For the last year, the metaverse has become a flashpoint of blockchain hype, culminating in Facebook renaming itself Meta, with the support from Cryptovoxels, one of the well-known...

Billionaire Cousins Show Confidence In Singapore Property Market With Top Housing Site Bids Of $1 Billion

Apartment buildings on the east coast of Singapore on November 3, 2020. © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP Singapore tycoon Kwek Leng Beng’s City Developments and his Malaysian billionaire cousin Quek Leng C...

Why experts predict metaverse property investment could be better than physical

Let’s not go any further. According to a Fortune report, there is actually a “land grab” going on, and it has no end, apparently. It has created a real estate bubble of sorts in which the cheapest ava...

First-time home buyers are selling crypto to fund down payments — here’s what to know before you do it

Many Americans are using their tendies to tap into the American Dream — and the trend doesn’t show signs of stopping. Nearly 12% of first-time buyers indicated that selling cryptocurrency holdings con...

China’s Property Crisis Reaches Biggest Builder Country Garden

(Bloomberg) — The crisis engulfing China’s property sector is impacting its biggest developer, with Country Garden Holdings Co.’s shares and bonds hammered amid fears that a reportedly failed fu...

Roaring U.S. housing market may cool, keep climbing as Fed ends emergency support

U.S. home prices roared almost 20% higher in the past year, giving families who own properties a major boost to their finances during the pandemic. But Wall Street, a key source of home mortgage finan...

I’m buying a home with my 74-year-old mother, but the mortgage will be in my name. How should we title the house?

Dear MarketWatch, I would like to see if you can provide me with some advice on purchasing a home with my mother who is 74. I will be putting down $240,000 — using the proceeds from the sale of my own...

Xi Reshapes China Property Market Paving Way for State Dominance

(Bloomberg) — For any government, overhauling a nationwide residential real estate market would be risky under the best of circumstances. Chinese President Xi Jinping is attempting it at a time ...

I’m a teacher, still live with my parents, and have $103K in student loan debt, which is more than 2x my salary. What are my options?

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: “I’m a 33-year-old fourth-year teacher earning $41,098 a year before taxes with about $103,000 in student loans. I still live with my parents because I can’t afford ...

Bad news for home buyers: Mortgage rates have soared to their highest levels since March 2020

Interest rates are surging on the heels of data showing a concerning outlook for inflation — and home buyers are set to pay the price. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.45% for the week endin...

Crypto Wealth & Hybrid Working Drive Luxury Property Purchases

Cryptocurrency purchases of property gained traction in 2021, despite inconvenient taxation rules and the inability of sellers to accept crypto directly. A 2022 Sotheby’s report found cryptocurrency m...

Metaverse Backers Spend Millions On Virtual Property

The real estate market has obviously changed dramatically in recent years. From the beginning of the epidemic through the emergence of some breakthrough technologies, which creates the lack of stabili...

Shimao says it’s in talks for property sales to help with debt problems

An elderly couple walk past a sign in front of Shimao Tower, developed by Shimao Group Holdings Ltd., in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chi...

Developer of ‘The One’ California Mega-Mansion Wants to Tokenize the Property

In brief The One mega mansion in Bel Air has suffered because its owner defaulted on over $165 million in loans and debt. Its developer now wants to tokenize the property. If you can’t afford to...